1. What is the next letter in this sequence: m, n, b, d, p, ? 2. What are the next four letters in this sequence: H, H, L, B, B, C, N, O, F ... (Careful! There are two equally correct answers). 3. Then there is this one: W, A, J, M, M, A, J ... 4. Here's another letter sequence problem: Complete this sequence: A, E, H, I, K, L, ... 5. And don't forget this one: A B C D E F G H ... 6. Now, what's the next letter in the sequence Z O T T F F S S E N T E T T F F S S E N T... ? 7. consider the folowing: A EF HI KLMN T VWXY BCD G J OPQRS U now on which line will the 'Z' go, and why? 8a. G L M B C L M C F S 8b. A V R R C C L L L E 9a. S M S S S C P P P 9b. M S C P P P S S S 10. D P N G C M M S ... 11. R O Y G B ... (has two answers) 12. A T G C L ... 13. M V E M J S ... 14. A B D O P ... 15. A E F H I ... 16. W --- end of questions, beginning of partial completions and hints --- 1. Answer 1: ... N N M A ... Answer 2: ... N S M A ... The sad thing about this sequence is that it ends U U U, and will probably end U U U for the longest time. Oh, like too easy, man! The answer is N, N, M, A or N, S, M, A. Well, obviously it's N, S, M, A. How could anyone fail to see it right off? But I don't see how there's another equally correct answer, unless you're going to argue for N in place of my S, which would be pretty perverse. Actually, this was a good one. I stared at it for some minutes without any progress, then decided to call my Dad and see if he had any ideas. As his phone was ringing, suddenly it all was clear. Funny how these things happen. I think it was the haunting familiarity of the CNOF part of it that clicked. 3. W A J M M A J V H T P T F P B L .... The really important question, though: What is the 41st element? K? B? H? C? This is closely analagous to the even more mysterious 3a. G J T J J J A M W J J Z M F J A .... And then there are the really obscure 3b. A J B C G T C V J T D F K B H J ... 3c. M A M D E L R H A ... 4. Oh, now I get it. But I'm still waiting for the completion of: ' A E H I K L M ... Hint: I have thrown in a hint this time. 5. That's easy. M. (Really! Ask anyone from Boston.) 6. The series continues : T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E N N N N N N N N N N O 6b. Similar is: F S T F F S ... 7. Z goes on the top line. The numbers go: 1 4 7 0 23 56 89 10. Continuation: ... N V N N R ... 12. Completion: ... V L S S C A P 13. Completion: ... U N P 14. ... Q R 14a. Similar is: a b d e g o p q 15. Completion: ... L M N O S U 16a. Complement: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z Happy puzzling,