The Potato Chip Puzzles: the Puzzling World of Winston Breen
“Winston thought one of the girls was Krissy Huang, who had been trapped in the ladies’ room back at the farm. That would make this the New Easton team. They were staring up at the ride and trying to decide what to do next.
Winston took a few steps away to make sure they couldn’t hear him. “Look,” he said to his team in a low whisper, pointing at the paper. “Look at RHINO and HORN. All the letters in HORN are also in the word RHINO. If you remove all those letters, there’s only one left.”
“The l...etter I,” Mr. Garvey said.
Winston continued, “You can do that with every pair of words across from each other. FACES and SAFE. Take the letters from SAFE out of the word FACES—”
“You get the letter C,” said Jake. “Winston, you did it!”
Mr. Garvey said, “What word do you get when you solve every pair?”
Winston said, “ICARUS. Isn’t that a word? Something out of Greek mythology, right?”
Mr. Garvey nodded in agreement. “Right, I know this one. He was the son of Daedalus.MoreLess
Winston took a few steps away to make sure they couldn’t hear him. “Look,” he said to his team in a low whisper, pointing at the paper. “Look at RHINO and HORN. All the letters in HORN are also in the word RHINO. If you remove all those letters, there’s only one left.”
“The l...etter I,” Mr. Garvey said.
Winston continued, “You can do that with every pair of words across from each other. FACES and SAFE. Take the letters from SAFE out of the word FACES—”
“You get the letter C,” said Jake. “Winston, you did it!”
Mr. Garvey said, “What word do you get when you solve every pair?”
Winston said, “ICARUS. Isn’t that a word? Something out of Greek mythology, right?”
Mr. Garvey nodded in agreement. “Right, I know this one. He was the son of Daedalus.MoreLess
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