Triangles Solution
There was an error in the triangles puzzle, which several solvers pointed out. I mixed up “sewn” and sown.” The mechanical definition led to “sown,” but the straight definition would
have been “sewn.” I regret this error and appreciate those who
pointed it out.
uP TRiANgLES
1-2- 3-4 CANS—homophone of “Cannes’s” (“film
festival’s”)
PANS—reversal of SNAP (“kind of judgment”)
PACT—homophone of “packed” (“kind of snow”)
HONE—PHONE (“call this number”) – P
PEON—homophone of “pee on” (“urinate all
over”)
9-14- 15-16 ROUT—“tour” anagram
10-17- 18-19 RON—“noir” anagram
12-19- 20-21 BREW—BREADWINNER (“family’s provider”) –
“A DINNER”
14-21- 22-23 BOMB—insert “OM” (“meditative tone”) into
“B.B.” (“guitarist king”)
16-23- 24-25 TUBA—“but a” anagram
17-26- 27-28 TIDY—insert “ID” (“drive”) into “TY” (“Cobb”)
19-28- 29-30 LARD—LAIRD (“Melvin in Nixon’s cabinet”) – I
21-30- 31-32 BOLD —homophone of “bowled” (“thrown in the
alley”)
23-32- 33-34 BODE—homophone of “bowed” (“played the
violin”)
25-34- 35-36 AVER—“rave” anagram
26-37- 38-39 LAST—triple definition
28-39- 40-41 DILL—D (“five hundred”) + ILL (“sick”)
30-41- 42-43 SOIL—“Lois” anagram
32-43- 44-45 DOWN—double definition
34-45- 46-47 EARN—homophone of “urn” (“pot of coffee”)
36-47- 48-49 RAID—double definition
37-50- 51-52 GAUL—homophone of “gall” (“chutzpah”)
39-52- 53-54 CLUE—delete the odd letters in “e coli uses”
41-54- 55-56 CLIP—second through fifth letters of “eclipse”
43-56- 57-58 LOAN—homophone of “lone” (“sole”)
45-58- 59-60 CANE—CA (“California”) + NE (“Nebraska”)
47-60- 61-62 CLAW—C (“copyright”) + “law”
49-62- 63-64 LISA—“Ilsa” anagram
2-5- 6-7
4-7- 8-9
5-10- 11-12
7-12- 13-14
1
A
24
N
S3C
AA
68
37
A
50 52
G
L 51 U
579
NP T
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OEO
11 13 15
N 19W21M23
18 20 22
RBB
A30O32O34 36
29L31D33E R
41 S 43W 45R 47D 49
I 42O44N46A48 I
P56 N58 E60W62 S64
55L57A59C61 L63A
17
I
26 28
Y
T27D
SL
39
38 L 40
E
54
53 C
16
U
T
25
24 A
V
35
DOWN TRiANgLES
6-7- 8-13 NAPA—“Japan” reversed - J
11-12- 13-20 WHEN—no W HENrik
13-14- 15-22 NORM—NORMA (“Bellini opera”) – A
18-19- 20-29 WARN—WA (“Washington”) + RN (“nurse”)
20-21- 22-31 WOMB—WOMBAT (“marsupial”) – AT
(“present”)
22-23- 24-33 TOMB—TOM (“your author”) + B (“
second-rate”)
27-28- 29-40 LADY—anagram of “Dylan” – N
29-30- 31-42 ALSO—“Laos” anagram
31-32- 33-44 WOOD—homophone of WOULD (“is willing”)
33-34- 35-46 ROVE—double definition
38-39- 40-53 SELL—homophone of CEL (“phone”)
40-41- 42-55 LISP—double definition & literally
42-43- 44-57 SOWN—“now’s” anagram
44-45- 46-59 WREN—double definition
46-47- 48-61 WARD—“draw” anagram
One reason casualty actuaries find triangles so
compelling: ACTUARIAL CALCULATIONS.
Solvers
Tim Adams, Steve Alpert, Dean Apps, Karl Baker, Steven
Barclay, Jan Brown, Andrew Buckley, Bob Camp, Bob
Campbell, Lois Abel Cappellano, Todd Dashoff, Mark Daulby,
Josh DenHartog, Mick Diede, Gregory Dreher, Ryan Elmore
and Wade Hess, Tim Fitzgibbons, Nick Franceshine, Bob
Gardner, Olivia Giuntini, Elliott Goldstick, Philip Gollance,
George Green, Rich Harder, Jason Helbraun, Pete Hepokoski,
Ruth Howald, Paul Ivanovskis, Brian Klimek, Eric Klis,
Andrew Lang, Philip Lew, Dave McGarry, Lee Michelson, Jon
Michelson, Brett Miller, Jim Muza, Anil Narale, Alan Putney,
Ralph Reese, Debbie Rosenberg, Corinne Rozon, Lou Scarim,
Bill Scott, Bob Share, Philip Silverman, Jonah Smith, Tim
Swankey, Betsey Uzzell, Arlene Woodruff, Frank Zaret
Tom Toce is a senior manager for actuarial services with Ernst &
young in New york.
CORBIS
