Puzzle 1
Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2 x 2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.
Letters allowed: S O N A T A
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo
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Row 3's missing letter is T.
Answer
N
A
R
E
B
S
O
W
K
R
E
T
A
P
Z
S
Across: NEAR, BOWS, TREK, ZAPS
Down : BANK, SPAR, ZERO, STEW
Boxes : BANS, WORE, PARK, ZEST
Other anagrams of these words are OK as long as they don't change the answer grid.
Puzzle 2
I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the night.
Our local town hall has a clock which strikes on the hour and also strikes just once on the half hour.
During one of my more awake moments I heard the clock strike once, but I could not tell what time it was.
Half an hour later it struck once again, but I still could not tell what time it was.
Finally, half an hour later it struck once again, and I knew what the time was.
What time was it?
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When does the clock strike just once?
Answer
1.30 in the morning.
The initial single strike was at 12.30.
Puzzle 3
If:
SAFE + STAY + SOON + SKIP = STOP
then:
PINK + PORE + PUSH + PLOT = ?
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Hint
Where do the letters of STOP occur in SAFE, STAY, SOON, SKIP?
Answer
POST.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.
Puzzle 4
If 7 ingots of IRON weigh 112 tonnes, 4 ingots of COBALT weigh 104 tonnes and 3 ingots of GOLD weigh 54 tonnes.
How heavy are 5 ingots of TIN?
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Start by looking at the consonants and vowels (AEIOU).
Answer
65 tonnes.
Reasoning
Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 3 and consonants are worth 5, added together and then multiplied by the number of ingots.
IRON = V + C + V + C = 3 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 16, and 7 of these = 7 x 16 = 112 tonnes.
COBALT = C + V + C + V + C + C = 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 26, and 4 of these = 4 x 16 = 104 tonnes.
GOLD = C + V + C + C = 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 18, and 3 of these = 3 x 54 tonnes.
TIN = C + V + C = 5 + 3 + 5 = 13, and 5 of these = 5 x 13 = 65 tonnes.
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