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Solution to 2146: 4 ÷ 4 = 8

issue 15 February 2014

One 4-letter word is to be placed in the middle of another to yield an 8-letter solution:
6 ÷ 19 = 44: 14 ÷ 8 = 1A; 31D ÷ 37 = 31A; 22 ÷ 25D = 9
 
First prize John Bartlett, Shirley, Solihull
Runners-up Anthony Harker, Oxford; Mrs D. King, Leeds

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