Puzzle 1
Can you complete this grid of letters?
Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letters 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?
I
N
E
R
O
D
Y
L
O
O
A
S
E
A
T
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Hint
The first missing letter is D, giving DineD.
Answer
DENTS.
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Puzzle 2
Which is larger:
centimetres in a mile
miles travelled by light in a second
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Hint
Light travels over 186,000 miles each second.
Answer
Miles travelled by light in a second.
Reasoning
Light travels over 186,000 miles per second.
There are 2.54 cm in an inch, 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1760 yards in a mile. So there are 2.54 x 12 x 3 x 1760 = 160,934.4 cm in a mile.
Puzzle 4
These words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed, can you replace them to find some girl's names:
gl
rs
dth
ptsy
mxn
dwn
gth
dry
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Hint
The first letters of the names are: G, R, E, P, M, E, A, A.
Answer
gl = Gail
rs = Rose or Iris
dth = Edith
ptsy = Patsy
mxn = Maxine
dwn = Edwina or Dawn
gth = Agatha
dry = Audrey
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