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    Oliver Twist and Fellow Puzzlers (Quote-Outs 1)
    Oliver Twist and Fellow Puzzlers (Quote-Outs 1)
    Oliver Twist and Fellow Puzzlers (Quote-Outs 1)
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    Oliver Twist and Fellow Puzzlers (Quote-Outs 1)

    By Dr E J Yeaman

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    Over 160 novel word puzzles! You are given a short quotation from a classic book, with one word missing. You know the number of letters in the word; and these letters are taken from the given title of the book. Can you deduce the missing word?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr E J Yeaman
    Release dateApr 9, 2016
    ISBN9781311814838
    Oliver Twist and Fellow Puzzlers (Quote-Outs 1)
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    Dr E J Yeaman

    I retired (early) and started a new career as a writer. I wrote short stories and articles. Some were published; some won prizes; some sank without trace.Having heard my stories, two friends suggested I should write for children. I’d never thought of that, although I’d spent my first career communicating with young people – as a Chemistry teacher, and running clubs for badminton, chess, table tennis and hillwalking.I tried writing for young people – and I loved it. It became my main occupation. I sent samples to publishers. One asked to see a complete story. In excitement, I sent it off. Then nothing. After four months, I rang, and was told the manuscript was being considered: I would be notified. Then more nothing. Now, after eight years, I no longer rush to the door when the letter box rattles.But I kept writing the stories because I enjoyed it so much. Until, in late 2013, I learned I could publish my stories and games as e-books. Since then, I’ve been polishing and issuing some of them. I hope everyone enjoys reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.Check out the series:C: Charades – party game – a new twist to the traditional game.D: Diagags – party game – gags written as plays for two people.M: My Story – novels – classical stories, told by the heroes.O: One-Offs – party game – guess the titles, not quite the classical ones.P: Pop Tales – short stories – inspired by 60s and 70s hit songs.Q: Quote-Outs – word games – can you deduce the missing words?S: Inside Story – novels – a boy’s adventures inside classical stories.T: Troubleshooters – novels – space adventures for young people.

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      Oliver Twist and Fellow Puzzlers (Quote-Outs 1) - Dr E J Yeaman

      This e-book contains over 160 puzzles based on quotations from a varied selection of books.

      Each puzzle has a short quotation from a book, with one word replaced by the number of letters in it.

      These letters are taken from a given key word – the title of the book or the name of the author.

      Your challenge is to deduce the missing word.

      Each puzzle is given on a separate page, with the key word at the top. The following page gives the answer – the complete quotation with the missing word in italics.

      THE SMALL PRINT

      (1) The answer can only use two of any letter if there are two in the key word. In the set with the key word ‘Shakespeare’, ‘peek’ could be correct because ‘Shakespeare’ has two Es, but ‘peep’ could not be correct because ‘Shakespeare’ has only one P.

      (2) Some quotations have more than one word missing. They have a note indicating whether the missing words are the same or different.

      (3) Within each set, the puzzles are arranged roughly in order of increasing difficulty.

      (4) The sets are arranged roughly in order of increasing average difficulty.

      (5) Different puzzles in the same set may have the same answer.

      Each puzzle is fair, in that the missing word reads naturally in the quotation, so it may be deduced from context. But that’s not always as easy as it may seem.

      First set of puzzles begins on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      The Moonstone

      Wilkie Collins (1868)

      Many people credit The Moonstone as the first full-length detective novel in English. The story centres on the Moonstone, a huge diamond. An English girl inherits it on her eighteenth birthday, but other people are keen to lay their hands on it.

      First puzzle on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      1

      PUZZLE

      It’s an ill bird, they say, that fouls its own (4).

      Answer on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      1

      ANSWER

      It’s an ill bird, they say, that fouls its own nest.

      Next puzzle on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      2

      PUZZLE

      The medical man who examined him, being informed of this circumstance, considered the post-mortem appearances as being perfectly compatible with murder by smothering – that is to say, with murder committed by some person, or persons, pressing the pillow over the (4) and mouth of the deceased until death resulted from congestion of the lungs.

      Answer on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      2

      ANSWER

      The medical man who examined him, being informed of this circumstance, considered the post-mortem appearances as being perfectly compatible with murder by smothering – that is to say, with murder committed by some person, or persons, pressing the pillow over the nose and mouth of the deceased until death resulted from congestion of the lungs.

      Next puzzle on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      3

      PUZZLE

      As (4) as we were alone, my aunt reclined on the sofa, and then alluded, with some appearance of confusion, to the subject of her will.

      Answer on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      3

      ANSWER

      As soon as we were alone, my aunt reclined on the sofa, and then alluded, with some appearance of confusion, to the subject of her will.

      Next puzzle on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      4

      PUZZLE

      By the time we reached the hill, the (4) was high in the heaven.

      Answer on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      4

      ANSWER

      By the time we reached the hill, the moon was high in the heaven.

      Next puzzle on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      5

      PUZZLE

      (two different)

      How can I describe the joy with which I now remembered that the precious clerical friends on whom I could rely, were to be counted, not by (4) and twos, but by (4) and twenties.

      Answer on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      5

      ANSWER

      How can I describe the joy with which I now remembered that the precious clerical friends on whom I could rely, were to be counted, not by ones and twos, but by tens and twenties.

      Next puzzle on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      6

      PUZZLE

      June twenty-first, the day of the birthday, was cloudy and unsettled at sunrise, but towards (4) it cleared up bravely.

      Answer on next page.

      MOONSTONE

      6

      ANSWER

      June twenty-first, the

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