perplexity

Pastimes

Mixed Doubles:

Angry head don nailed stammery hunch.

The above sentence hides three words connected by a single theme. To find the answers, all you have to do is group the six words into three pairs, then rearrange the letters within each pair.

A copy of Chambers Encyclopaedic Dictionary will be awarded to the first correct answer opened on 21 September. Entries to: Saturday Pastimes, The Independent, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL.

19 August answers: GRAPES = 306579 or 432857.

Winner: John West (Sheffield)

26 August answers: The lost words were: duck, goal, checkmate: Dearth of rUns in CricKet; tarGet in foOtbAlL; in CHEss Contest a King terMinATEd.

Winner: Dave Moffatt (Gosport)