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Enigma Number 1558

By Albert Haddad

12 August 2009

Mirror image

The digits in the two addition sums are all non-zero and have been replaced by letters and smiley faces. Different letters stand for different digits, the same letter stands for the same digit, and each emoticon can be any digit.

If the six-digit summation of either addition is a mirror image (i.e. reverse) of the other, find the value of MIRAGE.

WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Wednesday 16 September. The Editor’s decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 1558, �鶹��ý, Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Road,…

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