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Puzzle 17 


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?

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Puzzle 18 


Each of these words can be split in half, and two letters can be placed in the middle to create a new six-letter word.

The four added pairs of letters, in order, spell an 8-letter word. What is that word?
lend
liar
pale
coin

For example:
door + ct = do + ct + or = doctor
suit + nl = su + nl + it = sunlit

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Puzzle 19 


In Farmer Stone's hay loft, there were several animals, in particular birds, mice, and cockroaches.

One day, feeling bored, I decided to count the animals. I found there were exactly 150 feet and 50 heads in total, and there were twice as many cockroaches as mice.

How many of each animal were there?

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Puzzle 20 


Alex can eat 27 chocolates in an hour, Billie can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Charlie can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes.

How long will it take them to share and eat a large box of 120 chocolates while watching a movie?

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