Puzzle 13
Tha Brainaasaera elactaonac ward aroaesaor aas aeea playiag ua.
It as raplaciag eaera thard aetaer aita an a. What saouad tais aaragraph aeaa?
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Look at every third letter.
Answer
The BrainBashers electronic word processor has been playing up.
It is replacing every third letter with an a. What should this paragraph read?
Puzzle 14
If I can boil 2 eggs in 10 minutes.
How long will it take me to boil 5 eggs?
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Be careful with your thinking.
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Exactly the same time!
Puzzle 15
If it took …
… Alex, Billie and Charlie exactly 60 minutes to dig a hole …
how long would it take for them …
… to dig half a hole?
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How large is the hole?
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You cannot have half a hole!
Puzzle 16
My trustworthy (?!) BrainBashers word processor is playing its silly tricks again.
This time, it has replaced all of the consonants with random ones.
I can at least be thankful that it has left the vowels untouched.
Can you find all of the animals?
fahjec
qsaxe
eep
zoth
epessawx
feyuv
zowqud
pol
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The first letters of the words are: B, S, E, W, E, L, P, C.
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Any animal that fits is correct, but these are possible answers:
fahjec = badger, barbet, gannet, marten
qsaxe = crane, skate, snake, whale
eep = eel
zoth = fowl, lory, moth, pony, wolf, worm
epessawx = elephant
feyuv = lemur, xerus
zowqud = possum
pol = cod, cow, dog, fox, hog