Puzzle 1
Can you complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letter missing.
The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.
What is the missing word?
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Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Hint
The missing word ends with the letter D.
Answer
The missing word is BREAD.
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Puzzle 2
What is made from nothing …
… yet you can see it?
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Hint
Think about it carefully.
Answer
A hole, or a shadow.
Puzzle 4
Which is heaviest …
a pound of feathers
a pound of wood
a pound of steel
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Hint
Imagine a set of scales.
Answer
They are all the same!