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Puzzle 1 


Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
finger[---]toe   copy[---]walk    don[---]hole    out[---]trot  every[---]dream
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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Puzzle 2 


Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.

These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.

Can you determine the 10 original words?
rbr tim sag tel lig ent
hea dli ble whi htn fer
car age esc ing ind wat
til hai ush dif eta new
rlw all erf ope ent ght

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Puzzle 3 


What shape completes the bottom line?
triangle pentagon square

square hexagon hexagon square

pentagon hexagon hexagon hexagon square triangle

hexagon octagon octagon octagon octagon ?

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Puzzle 4 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e --ave -uie- --gon p--ot vi-e- -ac-t --met b--ep -u-ge -lan- -ra-e bon--

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