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Puzzle 1 


Can you find every occurrence of the word LEMON 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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Puzzle 2 


Can you place a different 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words.
  drift[----]wind    home[----]bench    foot[----]mother   court[----]stick    moth[----]room quarter[----]ground   space[----]yard    wild[----]span    your[----]less    back[----]fighter
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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Puzzle 3 


What number comes next in the sequence:

11  13  17  31  37  71  73  79  97  ?

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Puzzle 4 


Can you find a five-digit number that …

… if you place a 9 at the beginning is four times larger than if you place a 9 at the end instead?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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