Puzzle 85
Which word is the odd one out:
seventy
brawl
clover
proper
carrot
swing
change
travel
sacred
stone
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Puzzle 86
Art Theft - Logic Puzzles
After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.
From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Emery
Billie said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Emery
Chris said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Emery
Drew said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Chris
Emery said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Frankie
Frankie said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Alex
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Puzzle 87
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
As an example, DOOR can be split into DO + OR. CT can then be placed in the middle to create: DO + CT + OR = DOCTOR.
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Puzzle 88
Triathlon - Round 1 - Logic Puzzles
During the latest round of the BrainBashers school triathlon the final results were mislaid, however, this is what we do know.
Hayden was fourth.
Alex was not the oldest but was older than Drew, who was not second.
The child who was next in age to the youngest, finished second.
The child who finished in third place was older than the child who finished first.
Billie was younger than the child who finished in third place.
Can you determine who finished where and place the children in order of age?
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