LETTER BANK LI 

The Enigma

NPL Magazine

February, 2026

Nemo DeSluymp 

 

[In a letter bank, the letters of one word or phrase are used - and repeated as necessary - to spell a longer word or phrase. For example, IMPS is a letter bank for MISSISSIPPI. That is, the only letters in MISSISSIPPI are I, M, P, and S - repeated as necessary.]

 

In the flat below, PETITE is (appropriately) a letter bank for GRAND.

 

Riding hard on PETITE makes me

   grumpy:

With no damper or GRAND, it gets 

   bumpy.  

 

HINTS:

PETITE is a compound word with an animal.

GRAND is two words. 

 

Answer:

 

Riding on HORSEBACK makes me

   grumpy:

With no damper or SHOCK ABSORBER, it gets

   bumpy.