1)

Whether backward or forward I'm read,

It matters to me not a bit;

Either way I'm a touch, both gentle and light,

And transposed, the situation I fit.

2)

Take a word with letters eight,

A word that means "alleviate;"

Replace the first letter with the letter

That precedes it in the alphabet,

And "to engage in legal proceedings"

Is what you'll get.

3. The following six words contain an X in each advancing letter position, from first to sixth. Can you fill in the missing letters? The solution is not unique.

X _ _ _ _

_ X _ _ _

_ _ X _ _

_ _ _ X _

_ _ _ _ X _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ X

Answers:

1. TAP/PAT/APT

2. MITIGATE/LITIGATE

3. (Possible Answers)

Xerox

eXact

toXic

proXy

intoXicated

matriX