Puzzle 17
By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word?
You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten-letter word when read downwards.
Therefore, what now reads 'krzsaprokd ' will be a real word.
bak e
cur e
maz e
pes t
nea t
rop e
por t
foo d
pok e
sod a
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Hint
The first word is base.
Answer
Strawberry.
bake = bas e
cure = cut e
maze = mar e
pest = pea t
neat = new t
rope = rob e
port = poe t
food = for d
poke = por e
soda = soy a
Puzzle 18
What well-known saying has been altered below:
lla doog shingt eomc ot ehost ohw taiw
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Hint
There are no missing letters.
Answer
All good things come to those who wait.
The first and last letters of each word have been exchanged.
Puzzle 19
What number comes next in this sequence:
42 1412 11141112 31143112 132114132112 ?
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Hint
Say each number, one digit at a time.
Answer
11131221141113122112.
Reasoning
Each term describes the previous term.
For example, 42 = one four, one two = 1412.
And, 1412 = one one, one four, one one, one two = 11141112.
Puzzle 20
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 2 different answers, can you find them both?
ap--e
b-a-e
bo--d
-an-c
-ro-e
--ell
-ra-y
bu-c-
-o-ra
-umb-
s-ua-
lo--l
g-es-
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The 4th word begins with the letter M.
Answers
ap--e = apple (PL)
b-a-e = brake (RK)
bo--d = boxed (XE)
-an-c = manic (MI)
-ro-e = froze (FZ)
--ell = dwell (DW)
-ra-y = gravy (GV)
bu-c- = bunch (NH)
-o-ra = cobra (CB)
-umb- = jumbo (JO)
s-ua- = squat (QT)
lo--l = loyal (YA)
g-es- = guess (US)
Alternative Answers
Apple, brake, boxed, manic, froze, swell, gravy, bunch, cobra, jumbo, squad, loyal, guest.
Can you find another?
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