Puzzle 13
Can you complete these common 5-letter words?
-s-g-
--r-f
-zu--
e--x-
-p--c
--ln-
-w--m
---jo
q---a
-v-k-
i--h-
-b-y-
--dt-
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One of the words begins with the letter S.
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-s-g- = usage
--r-f = serif
-zu-- = azure
e--x- = epoxy
-p--c = optic
--ln- = kilns
-w--m = swarm
---jo = banjo
q---a = quota
-v-k- = evoke
i--h- = itchy
-b-y- = obeys
--dt- = width
Puzzle 14
Where on Earth do …
… the winds always blow from the South?
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Where on Earth is everything South?
Puzzle 15
What number comes next in this sequence:
2 · 5 · 9 · 19 · 37 · ?
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The sequence involves doubling in some way.
Answer
75.
Alternately double plus one, double minus one.
Puzzle 16
How many cubic feet of earth are removed …
… to make a hole 4 feet wide by 7 feet long by 2 feet deep?
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Read the question carefully.
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56 cubic feet (= 4 x 7 x 2).
We usually ask how much earth there is in a hole, which of course there is none!
