Answers
foo + tpr + int = footprint
som + ewh + ere = somewhere
pin + eap + ple = pineapple
tec + hni + que = technique
ref + ere + nce = reference
pro + fes + sor = professor
bio + gra + phy = biography
clo + ckw + ise = clockwise
bar + ome + ter = barometer
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Puzzle 2
Which word is the odd one out:
ceelry caorrt caabbeg caefilloruw caehikort
Answer
Caehikort, which is an anagram of artichoke.
The others all begin with the letter C: celery, carrot, cabbage, and cauliflower.
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Puzzle 3
Can you find the book titles hidden in these phrases?
ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW, JULIE, TO VISIT. WARM TOO FEW, THE SUBWORLD SNEEZES AN I MALL? SHOPS, FAR MALLS? GO NEXT, GO! WITHOUT OTHER I DWINDLE. GO! WATER. SHIP, BOAT. STORM! DOWN RAIN! BRAVERY IN A NEW AGE, WORLD'S HOPE.
For each word in the title, new letters are added of the same length, and then the spacing is changed, and punctuation is added.
For example:
BOOK TITLE
BOOK 1234 TITLE 12345
BOOK NIGH TITLE APTUP
BOOKNIGHTITLEAPTUP
BOO, KNIGHT. IT LEAPT UP!
Answers
ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW, JULIE, TO VISIT.
ROMEO ROSLO AND REW JULIET OVISIT
= ROMEO AND JULIET
WARM TOO FEW, THE SUBWORLD SNEEZES
WAR MTO OF EW THE SUB WORLDS NEEZES
= WAR OF THE WORLDS
AN I MALL? SHOPS, FAR MALLS?
ANIMAL LSHOPS FARM ALLS
=ANIMAL FARM
GO NEXT, GO! WITHOUT OTHER I DWINDLE. GO!
GONE XTGO WITH OUTO THE RID WIND LEGO
= GONE WITH THE WIND
WATER. SHIP, BOAT. STORM! DOWN RAIN!
WATERSHIP BOATSTORM DOWN RAIN
= WATERSHIP DOWN
BRAVERY IN A NEW AGE, WORLD'S HOPE.
BRAVE RYINA NEW AGE WORLD SHOPE
= BRAVE NEW WORLD
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Puzzle 4
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
Hints
The first letters of the words are: T, T, H, D, W, L, H, W, C, N.
Answers
tel + esc + ope = telescope
tim + eta + ble = timetable
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
dif + fer + ent = different
wat + erf + all = waterfall
lig + htn + ing = lightning
hea + dli + ght = headlight
whi + rlw + ind = whirlwind
car + til + age = cartilage
new + sag + ent = newsagent