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Workings

Hint
The country spans more than one word.

Answer
Spain.

After falling off the roof at work, Dale'S PAIN was relived by an ice compress.

Workings

Hints
The first letters of the words are: P, P, I, P, S, F, A, R, O, R.

Answers
----igy = prodigy ----aoh = pharaoh ----erg = iceberg ----ynx = pharynx ----lth = stealth ----mox = flummox ----ovy = anchovy ----esh = refresh ----awe = overawe ----ipt = receipt

Workings

Hint
Think of the pages from 1 to 9, and then 10 to 99.

Answers
There are 147 pages. The number 3 appears 35 times.
Answer #1
For pages 1 to 9, there are 9 pages, which is 9 digits.

For pages 10 to 99, there are 90 pages, which is 180 digits.

This is a total so far of 189, therefore we require another 333 − 189 = 144 digits, which is another 144 ÷ 3 = 48 pages.

Taking us to 9 + 90 + 48 = 147 pages in total.

Answer #2
From page 1 to 147 we have 15 pages that end in 3:

   3, 13, 23, …, 143

We also have the ten pages that start with 30:

   30, 31, 32, …, 39

Plus the ten pages that start with 130:

   130, 131, 132, …, 139

For a total of 15 + 10 + 10 = 35 number 3's.

Workings

Hint
How many sweets in total are there?

Answer
1 in 15.

Reasoning
In total, there are 390 sweets in the jar, and 26 of them are blue.

So the chance of picking blue is 26 in 390 = 1 in 15 = 6.66%.