Puzzle 141
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central P and you can move one letter in any direction (including diagonally) to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
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Puzzle 142
What value of X makes the following correct:
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Puzzle 143
Combine the word fragments below to produce pairs of words that have opposite meanings. There are 9 pairs of words, one pair on each line.
For example, USE REF EPT ACC becomes ACCEPT + REFUSE.
AB ANT RCE SCA UND
WA RY RD BR ICE CO AVE
ETY NG SAF ER DA
ACT AND CO EXP NTR
WN US UNK NO MO FA
TR TE IBU HER GAT DIS
CAL HO RI RTI TAL VE ZON
TIO AL CID EN ENT INT NAL AC
OWL OR KN IGN GE ED CE AN
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This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.21) and is used with permission.
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Puzzle 144
The legendary BrainBashers calendar had a recent bug. Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January 107
February 68
March 135
April 15
May 133
June 104
July 104
August 16
September {?}
How many days did it show for September?
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