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Puzzle 17 


The BrainBashers Dictionary of Proverbs is running out of memory.

Below are four proverbs with their vowels missing and the remaining letters are grouped in fours.
dntb tthh ndth tfds y
trth wllt
bslw nchs ngbt slwr nchn gng
thnk frst ndth nspk

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Puzzle 18 


Golf House MischiefLogic Puzzles

Five men, whose names are Bob Edison, Tom Stevenson, Marty Brown, Jim Davis, and John Alberts were questioned by the police for a crime committed in their local golf house.

Detectives investigated, they questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects, and they collected physical evidence from the crime scene.

They collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime.

So, they have called on you to help. Can you examine the clues, and solve the crime for them?

No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes. Can you find the culprit?

The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds.
Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The culprit has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair.
Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes.
John Alberts has black hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds.
Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds.
The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds.
Marty Brown has brown hair.
The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.

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Puzzle 19 


What 5-letter word can be added to the end of these words to make new words:

green out light bird boat club cook

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Puzzle 20 


During a recent expedition, three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the middle of the desert with only a crate full of apples.

During the night, Alex woke up and decided to hide some of the apples and hid a third, then promptly fell asleep again.

Billie woke up shortly after and also decided to hide a third of the remaining apples and then also dozed back to sleep.

Finally, Charlie woke up and seeing the others were asleep, took a third of what was left.

Of course, none of the adventurers knew of the other's antics, so, in the morning, they shared the remaining apples, each receiving sixteen. How many apples were in the crate originally?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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