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By Raymond Keene
The Times
By Raymond Keene
The Times

Question 1

With one exception, it is possible to add a single letter (not the same one) to each of the following words to create a connected group of items. What is the group and which is the rogue word? Able, hair, ivan, lock, ouch, rock, tool.

Question 2

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The name of the spoken and written language of which state is a palindrome?

Thanks to Ian Service, of Cheshire, for the first question. Please send your puzzles to keenebrain@aol.com.