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Two brains

by raymond keene
The Times
by raymond keene
The Times

Question 1 Add a different letter, in the same position, to each of the following (there is a logical progression), to produce a new word. The new word alters the pronunciation of the existing one.

Lower, earth, slander, aunt, eyed, over, allow, ether, dour, lease.

Question 2 What English word consists of five letter ‘e’s with two consonants between each pair of ‘e’s?

Thanks to e-mail correspondents Pete Webb and Kevin Driscoll. Please send your puzzles to keenebrain@aol.com.

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