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Puzzle 1 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you find the ten girl's names?

....---.--.-.....- .---.-.-.....-...-. .---.........-.-..- ..-....--...--....-.... .....--.-..-.... --..-.-.......-...-... .---..-.-.....- --..-..--.-.. .--.--...-...- ------...-.-..-
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

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Puzzle 2 


A grocer has to place 28,121 carrots into bags, each bag containing the same number of carrots, and using as few bags as possible.

If you think that one big bag will suffice, then feel free to calculate its size!

If we assume that more than one bag is used, how many are required?

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Puzzle 3 


These words have had their vowels removed, can you replace them to find some girl's names:
gl
rs
dth
ptsy
mxn
dwn
gth
dry

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Puzzle 4 


Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central V and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?

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

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