Puzzle 1
Two explorers went wandering one day, one mile south, then one mile east, then one mile north, and they were back where they started.
What colour was the bear that was eating their sandwiches?
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Hint
Where on Earth can you end up back where you start?
Answer
White.
They were at the north pole and saw a polar bear.
Puzzle 2
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
cl--h
co--h
di-r-
-rea-
in-e-
-ok-r
-a-or
-ua-l
re-e-
-to-e
s-am-
ya--t
-eb-a
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Hint
The 4th word begins with the letter F.
Answers
cl--h = cloth (OT)
co--h = cough (UG)
di-r- = diary (AY)
-rea- = freak (FK)
in-e- = index (DX)
-ok-r = joker (JE)
-a-or = manor (MN)
-ua-l = quail (QI)
re-e- = rebel (BL)
-to-e = stove (SV)
s-am- = swamp (WP)
ya--t = yacht (CH)
-eb-a = zebra (ZR)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 3
Can you find every occurrence of the word NOVEMBER that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
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The word NOVEMBER appears 22 times.
Answer
The word NOVEMBER appears 22 times.
Puzzle 4
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
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Hint
How many 2 x 2 squares are there?
Answer
There are 93 squares without a rook.
Reasoning
There are 60 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 33 squares of size 2 x 2.
Giving a total of 60 + 33 = 93 squares.