Pastimes

Perplexity

Triples all round:

Allows gentleman to tie accountable totem

The above sentence hides the ingredients of two well-known threesomes. To find them, all you have to do is divide the six words into two groups of three, then rearrange the letters within each group.

A Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia awaits the first correct disentanglement opened on 5 June. Answers to: Saturday Pastimes, the Independent, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL.

11 May answers:

Tony Blair (Albion try); Stephen Hendry (hyphens tender); Roy Hattersley (earthly storey).

Winner: Hilary Marsh (Hinkley).