Perplexity

Mixed Doubles

Brainy patterns to Streep - nil cleavage.

The above sentence hides three related one-word answers. To find them, you must group the six words into pairs, then rearrange the letters within each pair.

A copy of the Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia will be awarded to the sender of the first correct entry opened on 17 October. Entries to: Saturday Pastimes, the Independent, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL.

7 September answers:

Schadenfreude (underfed aches); Volkswagen (glove swank); Kindergarten (deter ranking).

Winner: John Coleman.