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Literacy

Tuesday 26 March 1996 00:02 GMT
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MAD - CAD - COD - COW.

From MAD to COW in just three steps. That was easy, wasn't it? But how many steps does it take you to change BEEF into LAMB, altering only one letter at each step, and using only words to be found in Chambers Dictionary?

Average: 9 changes, Good: 8 changes: Excellent: 6 changes.

Answer tomorrow

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