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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?

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

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Puzzle 2 


The following words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed, can you find some animals?

ln ntlp gzll strch wl rbn rdvrk dr clt bs

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Puzzle 3 


By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word?

You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten-letter word when read downwards.

Therefore, what now reads 'krzsaprokg' will be a real word.
bake cure maze pest neat rope port food poke bugs

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Puzzle 4 


This is a well known children's musical piece, the vowels (AEIOU) have been removed, and the remaining letters have been grouped together.

Can you determine the correct words?
hmpt ydmp tyst nwll hmpt ydmp tyhd grtf llll thkn gshr ssnd llth kngs mncl dntp thmp tytg thrg n

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