My 9, 6, 1, 2 is something a swimmer might do.
My 5, 4, 4, 3 is not that hot really.
My 7, 4, 3, 2 is a long piece of wood.
My 7, 6, 8, 5, 10 is a small part of something.
My 3, 4, 1, 10 is a deep affection.
My 7, 6, 8 is something you can eat.
My whole is an old form of transport.
Reasoning
For a 31-day month, such as March, to have 5 Saturdays and 5 Mondays the 1st must be a Saturday (and the 31st a Monday).
You can then work forwards from the 1st.
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Puzzle 3
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
som one dbr pen rtm ber
nes ent ive eph eti ens
mes off eak eid sep win
erd tel day ter wed tem
aft apa own car ern oon
Hint
The first letters of the words are: W, E, S, A, S, C, O, T, W, A.
Answers
Windbreak, eiderdown, sometimes, afternoon, September, carpenter, offensive, telephone, Wednesday, apartment.
win + dbr + eak = windbreak
eid + erd + own = eiderdown
som + eti + mes = sometimes
aft + ern + oon = afternoon
sep + tem + ber = september
car + pen + ter = carpenter
off + ens + ive = offensive
tel + eph + one = telephone
wed + nes + day = wednesday
apa + rtm + ent = apartment
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Puzzle 4
Using the letters EEIIIISSSTTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.
R
R
R
R
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
