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Subj:.....Cryptic Math (S599)
          From: Dell Crossword Special 
            for September 2008, Page 47 
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Each of the nine letters stands for one of the numbers
one through nine, but no two letters stand for the same number.  Using the given clues, can you deduce the number represented be each letter?

 
1. R is greater than S
   but less than Y.

2. U is the square of Y.

3. One row has consecutive odd
   numbers in descending order
   from left to right.

4. One column has consecutive
   numbers in descending order
   from top to bottom.

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