Zoo to Ape
A simple little puzzle for those who like word games. Your aim is to change ZOO to APE in eight moves by changing one letter at a time. And then transfer the letter value you have changed to a number, i.e.: if you change the letter S to a B the numerical value will be 2. A=1 B=2 etc. In the case of a number value having two digits add the digits together i.e. S=19 T=20 U=21 they then become S=10 T=2 U=3.
Remember the letter value you change it to, NOT from.
There are clues for the word you need to change the previous word to.
Here is the puzzle: This time there’s a twist, you work from H to A
H Appropriate or suitable
G Take by preference
F Not in
E Except, apart from, other than
D Purchase
C Male child
B Make someone jump
A Where animals are kept
The cache is here: N 51 32.E (C-B) D W000 38.(A-F) G ((HxF)+1)