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c) IRON/FE and LEAD/PB are the only elements where the Scrabble score of the symbol exceeds that of the name.

Falcons (Atlanta); Celtics (Boston), Predators (Nashville); Colts (Indianapolis); Kings (Sacramento); Broncos (Denver); Bruins (Providence).

The four elements named Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine, Oganesson have not yet been formally approved by the IUPAC Council. e) IDEA: all have rhyming synonyms, but IDEA’s ends in -OUGHT, not -ORT: CASTLE/FORT, DEATH/MORT, HARBOUR/PORT, IDEA/THOUGHT, LITTLE/SHORT, RECREATION/SPORT, TYPE/SORT, WRONG/TORT.

NO (THOMAS SEAN CONNERY), CASINO ROYALE (DANIEL WROUGHTON CRAIG), LICENCE TO KILL (TIMOTHY PETER DALTON), GOLDENEYE (PIERCE BRENDAN BROSNAN), MOONRAKER (ROGER GEORGE MOORE), DIE ANOTHER DAY (PIERCE BRENDAN BROSNAN), QUANTUM OF SOLACE (DANIEL WROUGHTON CRAIG), TOMORROW NEVER DIES (PIERCE BRENDAN BROSNAN), THUNDERBALL (THOMAS SEAN CONNERY), FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (ROGER GEORGE MOORE), each film having punctuation, spaces and letters in the actors name removed LAZENBY’s ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE is unclued. The numbers, when converted to the symbol of the corresponding element, Scrabble scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, … (‘-’ denotes an unachievable score). The odd sequence out spells a word (RENNET) when each number is replaced by the last letter in its name.NO, GOLDFINGER, MOONRAKER, CASINO ROYALE, LIVE AND LET DIE, THUNDERBALL, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN with punctuation, spaces and letters in his name removed. The list is the Roman numerals I, II, III, …, (part of) XXI with I, V, X replaced by 1, 5, 10 respectively. Each line refers to a letter which appears in a country’s name in English, but not in the native language. The numbers have, when expressed as cardinals in English, Scrabble scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, … (‘-’ denotes an unachievable score).

Sam and Garden can be followed by Spade; Golf and Fight can be followed by Club - these are black suits. The list comprises the factors of 1 (1), 2 (1, 2), 3 (1, 3), 4 (1, 2, 4), …, 19 (1, 19): the factors of 20 are ( 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20). Loaf’ ( Baton Rouge); President ( Jefferson City); Small ( Little Rock); ‘Some’ ( Des Moines); Simon Templar ( Saint Paul); Musical (Oklahoma City); Claus ( Santa Fe).The sequence involves the first 5 letters: Alfa Romeo, Bravo Two Zero, Charlie Brown, Delta Force, Liverpool Echo.

c) 99 (NINETY NINE): all other numbers contain, when written in English, two letters which are consecutive in the alphabet (but not necessarily consecutive in the word(s)). The scores derive from comparing the respective letters in the name and seeing which comes earlier in the alphabet. O3 = 3 rd letter of O/OX YGEN, K8 = 8 th letter of K/POTASSI UM … P4 = 4 th letter of P/PHO SPHORUS.

The agency said last month that it wanted to boost the number of female coders in its ranks, and that it needed to improve diversity to tackle threats ranging from foreign states to children’s online safety. Broken and Purple can be followed by Heart; Rough and Baseball can be followed by Diamond - these are red suits in a pack of cards. 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. The European countries of which these are the capitals begin with A, B, C, … Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary.