Puzzle 1
How many squares are in the drawing below?
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Hint
There are fewer than 20 squares.
Answer
18 squares.
In the solution below, you can see 6 squares in the middle, with another 12 squares around the outside.
Puzzle 2
Can you create a sentence that contains the word 'and' five times in a row?
With no other word between each 'and'.
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Hint
Start by imaging a sign saying 'BrainBashers Puzzles And Illusions'.
Answer
I commissioned an artist to paint a sign for BrainBashers that said 'BrainBashers Puzzles And Illusions', however, they made a terrible mistake.
The gaps between 'Puzzles' and 'And', and 'And' and 'Illusions' weren't the same, so the sign seemed oddly out of balance.
Puzzle 3
Which three letters come next in this sequence:
pes · gua · luj · nuj · yam · rpa · ?
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Hint
Do the words make any sense when read another way?
Answer
Ram.
These are the first three letters of the months in reverse order.
Therefore, RAM are the first three letters of March.
Puzzle 4
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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Hint
The missing word ends with the letter D.
Answer
The missing word is BREAD.
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