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Two brains

By Raymond Keene
The Times
By Raymond Keene
The Times

Question 1

What is the biblical word which, when you add an “s” at the end, changes from plural to singular, and when you add an additional “es” becomes plural again — but only half as many as originally.

Question 2

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Pick the odd one out:

English, hyphenated, mellifluous, noun, polysyllabic, short, sibilant, word.

Thanks to e-mail correspondent Ian Service for this week’s questions. Please send your puzzles to keenebrain@aol.com.