Seventeenth Arrondissement CROSSWORD HERE *** The Joys of the Telephone The days in which telephone dials combined numbers and letters is definitely numbered, where AU-teuil 06 63 was read as AUTOMNE [autumn] or POIncare 74 37, POIRIER [pear tree]. Let's take advantage of this once more to remind ourselves that: ABC = 2; DEF = 3; GHI = 4; JKL = 5; MN = 6; PRS = 7; TUV = 8; WXY = 9 OQ = 0. Who is the singer we can listen to at 746.28.72? What profession is practiced at 708.33.87? [note. Only works in French.] What is the favourite drink of 725.32.53? Which poet is loved by 642.42.89? What is the favourite dish of 632.40.84? [note. Only works in French.] What is the first name of 628.74.23? What is the flaw in 727.37.73? How many kids did 586.32.89 have? The same number can correspond to many names. But I have noticed that this is very complicated to produce. The number 728.28.38 corresponds to three names and 728.24.37 to four. *** Enrich Your Itineraries What is the shortest trajectory in which we can use the maximum number of streets? It is rightly evident that we will obtain the most rectilinear trajectory possible. It is a very difficult problem at first glance. For now, I found two itineraries which seems to nearly answer the question. The first is really very short. It runs parallel to a portion of rue Geoffery-Saint-Hilaire and goes from rue Lacepede to rue Censier and uses successively: Rue Quatrefages Place du Puits-de-l'Ermite Rue Georges-Desplas Rue du Gril. The second, much longer, traverses all of the 3rd arrondissement and uses eight streets: Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare Rue Michel-Le-Comte Rue des Haudriettes Rue des Quatre-Fils Rue de la Perle Rue du Parc-Royal Rue Saint-Gilles The inverse problem - to find the longest trajectory possible utilising the minimum number of streets - is much less interesting. Would the letter R be predisposed to wandering? Two Parisian itineraries use five streets which begin with this letter.