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Puzzle 17
Can you place a different 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
drift[----]wind
home[----]bench
foot[----]mother
court[----]stick
moth[----]room
quarter[----]ground
space[----]yard
wild[----]span
your[----]less
back[----]fighter
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case
Puzzle 18
My first is in bridge, but not in ridge.
My second is in awake, and in mistake.
My third is in danger, but not in ranger.
My fourth is in strange, and in orange.
My fifth is in spline, and in nine.
My last is in river, and in diver.
My whole likes the darkness.
What am I?
Puzzle 19
Why are 2024 UK pound coins worth more than 2023 UK pound coins?
Puzzle 20
Which name is missing from this sequence:
Richard · ? · Keith · Graham · Kevin · James · Matthew
Choose from:
Simon, Steve, Bob, Frank, Gavin