Start where the clue is tightest
Three times in a word is a demanding thing to ask, and usually hands you the answer. Once in a word leaves you holding nine possibilities. Choose your starting clue deliberately.
Alphabet
3 posts on this. Written by Mat and Alicia, who prepare pupils for the Buckinghamshire Transfer Test every week in Winslow.
Mirror first, then jumps
The two letters in a pair can move by different amounts and in different directions. Check for a mirror before anything else, write both jumps down, and remember the alphabet is a loop.
Write it out, then cross it off
The backwards position is twenty-seven minus the forwards one, the middle letter is count, add one, halve — and once a letter is crossed off it stops existing.