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‘IT takes all sorts to make a hang-gliders’ convention go with a whirl,’
confided Icarus Thorns to the Rev E. B. Inept as they dallied over their
tea on a mountain top.

‘You can say that again,’ answered his companion, dipping into the bag
of proffered sweets and adding absent-mindedly another two lumps to his
already sweetened tea. ‘You can say that again,’ echoed the mountains faintly.

‘This puzzle, unlike our jump, needs little preamble. In the (correct)
equation:

ABC-D-E-F-G-H-I-J=100,

each of the letters stands for a different digit. All you have to do
is deduce the value of:

D x E x F x G x H x I x J .’ ————————- A B
C

So saying, the intrepid Inept threw himself down off the outcrop, his
wings glinting in the sun.

Can you deduce the answer before he reaches the bottom?

A Pounds sterling 10 book token will be awarded to the sender of the
first correct solution opened on Thursday 7 December. Please send entries
to Enigma 540, New Å®ÉúСÊÓƵ, King’s Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London
SE1 9LS. The Editor’s decision is final. The winner of Enigma 537, ‘The
three sisters’, was Sarah Hubbold, of Stockport.

Answer to Enigma 537

The three sisters

Tora, Tora, Tora!