Puzzle 17
What three-letter word best completes these words?
c---on
he---
e---h
m---yr
qu---er
st---
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Hint
The word ends with the letter T.
Answer
Art.
c---on = carton
he--- = heart
e---h = earth
m---yr = martyr
qu---er = quarter
st--- = start
Puzzle 18
The infamous BrainBashers encyclopedia has been suffering from its usual problems again.
Below is a printout of reptiles and amphibians, but they have lost every other letter.
Can you replace the missing letters?
-r-g
-o-t-i-e
-n-k-
-e-t
-i-a-d
-r-c-d-l-
-a-a-a-d-r
-u-t-e
-k-n-
a-l-g-t-r
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One of the words end in K. Remember that a skunk isn't a reptile, or an amphibian.
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-r-g = frog
-o-t-i-e = tortoise
-n-k- = snake
-e-t = newt
-i-a-d = lizard
-r-c-d-l- = crocodile
-a-a-a-d-r = salamander
-u-t-e = turtle
-k-n- = skink
a-l-g-t-r = alligator
Puzzle 19
Below you will find 15 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
--pay
--lad
--ior
--eue
--rva
--day
--voc
--yss
--gun
--pty
--til
--cay
--uke
--uze
--noe
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Five of the missing first letters are: F, P, T, C, B.
Answers
--pay = repay
--lad = salad
--ior = prior
--eue = queue
--rva = larva
--day = today
--voc = havoc
--yss = abyss
--gun = begun
--pty = empty
--til = until
--cay = decay
--uke = fluke
--uze = gauze
--noe = canoe
Puzzle 20
Take a word from the first column, and a word from the second column.
You will now have 5 lots of eight letters, and each of these eight letters is an anagram of an animal.
What are the 5 animals?
soot tent
most then
much tire
area mare
leap pink
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Try: soot + tire, most + mare, much + pink.
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soot + tire = tortoise
most + mare = marmoset
much + pink = chipmunk
area + tent = anteater
leap + then = elephant