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Puzzle 165 



Below are 8 Academy Award winners.

The letters of their names have been mixed up and put into alphabetical order.

The brackets contain clues to their names, the first letter and the length of each part of their name. For example, EEIKNNOSTV [K5 S5] = KEVIN STONE.
DEEFIJOORST      [J5 F6]
EEELMPRRSTY      [M5 S6]
ABEIJLORRSTU     [J5 R7]
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU [K9 H7]
CEEEGGLNOOORY    [G6 C7]
ACCHIJKLNNOOS    [J4 N9]
BDEEINOORRRT     [R6 D2 N4]
AACCEEHIILMN     [M7 C5]

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Puzzle 166 



Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Once you have found the words, their initial letters are an anagram of a 9-letter word.

What is the word?
--xic --ien --nre --ppo --pil --loo --day --uip --elf

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Puzzle 167 



Using the letters AAAAEERRRRTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 168 



What comes next in this sequence:

fawn  bear  lion  mole  {?}
Choose from:

seal, duck, stag, vole, wolf

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