Perplexity

Mixed Doubles

Eve, raping acorn, grins lie handy.

The above sentence conceals three loosely connected answers. All you have to do to find them is to group the six words into three pairs, then rearrange the letters within each pair. The sender of the first correct answer opened on 26 March will win a copy of the new Chambers 21st Century Dictionary. Answers to: Perplexity, the Independent, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL.

1 March answers:

BRAINS plus BRAINS equals ANSWER works out as 469138+469138 = 938276, so SWINE = 82137

Winner: Jack Norwood (Leavenheath, Colchester).