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Puzzle 1 


Below you will find well-known eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
-----rue -----jar -----dil -----any -----pox -----gth -----elf -----oia -----ige -----hog -----too -----dix -----fin -----upt

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Puzzle 2 


Place the words below into pairs.

You will then have 5 lots of eight letters, each of which is an anagram of at least one other word.

Can you find the 5 pairings, and at least one anagram each?

peer time date wall june tone snob seat pale veil

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Puzzle 3 


Hidden in the grid below are six hidden animals.

The letters are in sequence, but you move from letter to letter using the moves of a chess knight.

Once you have crossed off all of the animals, you will be left with seven unused letters.

What animal do these letters spell?

OIAALTF REERFNH KPGLNAE GDANLET OAOAHGE AORMPEP SOTTAER

The moves of a knight are:

Knight's Move

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 4 


Below, you will find 10 seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
----igy ----aoh ----erg ----ynx ----lth ----mox ----ovy ----esh ----awe ----ipt

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