First words of consecutive books of the New Testament (King James version), starting at St John’s Gospel. Next is the book of Hebrews, beginning with the word God. Maltese) falcon, (Portuguese) man o’ war, (Swedish) chef, (Italian) job, (Dutch) courage, (Spanish) fly, (French) connection, (German) shepherd, (Irish) stew, (Norwegian) wood, (Turkish) delight So Dewbius got their bonus point against Apocrifal, so must have scored 4 tries (2 converted). Hence they scored no penalties in that game. They scored 11 points against Beaugas, which can only come from a try and 2 penalties. b) (THE) FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: PIPPIN, LEGOLAS, ARAGORN, GANDALF, SAM, BOROMIR, FRODO, GIMLI, MERRY

The words can all be associated with Characters, Weapons and Room in Cluedo. The Characters precede words, the weapons are synonyms for words, and the rooms succeed words. The links are: g) MEXICO [BONEY M; E = EMCEE SQUARED; X MARKS THE SPOT; I = SQUAREROOT OF MINUS ONE; LOTS MORE FISH IN THE C/SEA; O FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE] d) TIN has all its letters contained in most (16) other elements (AC TINIUM, ANTIMONY, ASTA TINE, EINSTEINIUM, MEITNERIUM, NEPTUNIUM, NITROGEN, PLA TINUM, PLUTONIUM, PROTAC TINIUM, ROENTGENIUM, RUTHENIUM, STRONTIUM, TECHNETIUM, TITANIUM, TENNESSINE) and is a sub-string of most (4 - see above) other elements. Either answer is acceptable.a) S. These are the initials of every other day: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. In (j), the 1961 Kurosawa film Yojimbo is also known as The Bodyguard, the English translation of its title. Dog/2018, Dragon/2024, Goat/2027, Horse/2026, Monkey/2016, Ox/2021, Pig/2019, Rabbit/2023, Rat/2020, Rooster/2017, Snake/2025, Tiger/2022 d) GAMES is not an anagram of either a Boy’s (CLEAN, CIGAR, BAILS, WINED, SMILE, LYRIC, WILES) or a Girl’s (LADLE, HOARD, DAILY, AURAL, CANNY, MANOR, BYTES) name b) OR. The lengths of the words are decreasing uniformly, and the first/last letters (alternately) form sequences

We hope you weren’t put off by any of: (John) Terry/Kerry, (County) Cork/York, Nottingham/Mottingham or Lune/June! ME/I/1, AGAINST/V/5, VIOLET/VI/6, KISS/X/10, GREEK LETTER/XI/11, 587 YARDS (approx)/LI/51, CARBON/C/100, LIFE STORY/CV/105, SRI LANKA/CL/150, COMPACT DISC/CD/400, RALPH FIENNES/M/1000 Preceded by 2-letter element symbol: AL GORE, AM DRAM, AT LAST, AU PAIR, BE PREPARED, HE MAN , IN LOVE, NO ENTRY Londres. Each line refers to a letter which appears in a country’s name in English, but not in the native language. Vegetables: Bean BAG, Cabbage WHITE, Cauliflower EAR, Marrow BONE, Mushroom CLOUD, Onion RINGS, Pea SHOOTER, Pepper MINTSTUNNER/LULU. The others are associated with words/phrases of the form ?A?A or ?O?O: ARTFORM/DADA, AVERAGE/SOSO, BIRD/DODO, CLOWN/COCO, DITCH/HAHA, DOG/TOTO, EXECUTIONER/KOKO, FATHER/PAPA, FORBIDDANCE/NONO, GOODBYE/TATA, GRANDMOTHER/NANA, MOTHER/MAMA, SENILE/GAGA, STUNNER, TOY/YOYO a) The numbers are the minimum number of moves a knight (starting in the normal starting square in the bottom left) would take to reach that square: Can be followed by a 3-letter word ending -AY: HUDSON BAY, BIRTH DAY, BLUE JAY, MAKE HAY, MAGGIE MAY, STING RAY, FINAL SAY, RIVER TAY

Countaphyt must have lost both their losing games 0-8 (to Apocrifal and Beaugas), as they gained no bonus points for losing by 7 or less. Hence they beat Dewbius 9-0.h) BUtterfield Eight (John O’Hara) - On this Sunday morning in May, this girl who later was to be the cause of a sensation in New York, awoke much too early for her night before. Nine/9 pins: DRAWING pin, FIRING pin, HAIRpin, HATpin, KINGpin, ROLLING pin, SAFETY pin, TAILSpin, TIEpin a) DOT, or any word that remains a word with 2 I’s inserted: FaUNa, bABbLE, OccUR, BIddER, BeReAVE, COffIN, gRUDgE, ShEATh, iDiOT Can be preceded by an actor’s Christian name: CARY GRANT, DORIS DAY, JOHN CANDY, LUCILLE BALL, MAE WEST, SALLY FIELD, VINCENT PRICE, WILL HAY BATES/HE/2, BURROUGHS/ER/68, CLARKE/AC/89, GARDNER/ES/99, HEINLEIN/RA/88, JAMES/PD/46, LEWIS/CS/55, SHELLEY/PB/82, WELLS/HG/80, WOOLF/V/23