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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?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 2 


A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.

For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run

How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.
hard port duck bugs bail mast thin lean fire read

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Puzzle 3 


My first is in camel, and in hamster.
My second is in otter, but not in ferret.
My third is in mustang, but not in horse.
My fourth is in snake, and in asp.
My last is in tiger, and in panther.

What am I?

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Puzzle 4 


Which word does not belong with the others:
dgo act ehors ceffio elrttu ekmnoy

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