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Puzzle 13 


What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?

Queen On C3

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Puzzle 14 


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 decipher the sequence and find 10 related words?

.....-----..-. ------.-...--.-- .--.-..-.....-...--.-- ....-.-...-.--. ....--..-...-.--. --..-..-...--.....- ....---..-.-. -.-..-..----.-.-.- .--..-.- ------.-....
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 15 


What word most logically goes in the brackets:
EASY [HEAD] HARD
OOZE [----] FACT

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 16 


A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.

For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run

How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.

team cost flew ward fail rook soft most lamp load

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