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Puzzle 1 

Parked Vehiclesall logic puzzles

One warm sunny afternoon I was sitting eating my sandwiches, and I noticed four vehicles in the parking spaces outside four buildings across the street.

The taxi was picking up a passenger next door to the barbers, but not outside the bank.
The large tractor wasn't occupying the parking space outside the third building.
The motorcycle was parked outside the building next to the bank.
The book delivery van had been lucky enough to find a parking space right outside the bookshop.
The bakery was somewhere to the left of the parked tractor.
Can you work out which vehicle was outside which building?

A grid of squares to help keep a track of the clues.

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked, but the grid can be printed or you can take a screenshot.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 

Customer services at BrainBashers headquarters received the following letter recently.

Luckily, our top puzzle solvers were able to determine the meaning and help Sam South.

Can you work out what the problem was?
D-a- K-v-n,

- ---ld l-k- -- c-m-la-n ab--- -h- --- --- -f m- ----------.

-h-s- l-----s d- n-- a---a- -- b- ---k-ng c----c-l-.

As --- can s--, -h-- a-- m-ss-ng f--m -h-s d-c-m-n-.

- ---ld b- v--- g-a--f-l -f --- c--ld c----c- -h-s ---bl-m -mm-d-a--l-.

K-nd --ga-ds.

Sam S---h.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 

Can you find anagrams of each of the words below?

The first letters of these anagrams will give you six new letters, which can be anagrammed into the answer.

eighth barney fidget darner napped docile

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 

Pre-Championship Rehearsalall logic puzzles

At last month's rehearsal, four top athletes competed in two 400-metre qualifiers.

As the results were expected to be mislaid, various notes were taken to ensure the accuracy of the overall placings:

No one finished both races in the same position.
In both races, Sam beat the runner whose surname was Watson.
Billie Taylor came third in the second race, and Pat came last in the first race.
In the second race, the athlete whose surname was Arnold won, and the athlete whose surname was Bowler came last.
In the first race, Billie beat Jamie, but Jamie beat Sam.
Can you determine who finished where in each of the races?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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