Question

On October 22nd 2020, the Exeter Express and Echo newspaper published its weekly Niner puzzle. The puzzle was as follows.

Each number from 1 to 9 represents a different letter. Solve the clues and insert the letters in the appropriate squares to discover a word which uses all nine letters.

• 452589 — gives an animal;

• 658785 — gives a vegetable;

• 7378719 — gives a mineral

Answer 1

The representation of the letters are given below

$1\rightarrow s$

$2\rightarrow y$

$3\rightarrow n$

$4\rightarrow c$

$5\rightarrow o$

$6\rightarrow p$

$7\rightarrow A$

$8\rightarrow T$

$9\rightarrow E$