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Puzzle 169 



My BrainBashers calculator is low on batteries again, and the following multiplication is wrong. Can you correct it?

Each of the numbers has the correct digits, but they have been mixed up.

Luckily, the solution is correct, which makes the task a little easier.
    2471
    3725 x
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22084429

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Puzzle 170 



Complete this grid, using the letters AAADDEEEEKSSSS.

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Puzzle 171 



Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding three letters to the beginning, and the same three letters in the same order to the end.
ertainm iscove row ioxid rocos
For example:

   iperspir
   ??? + iperspir + ???
   ant + iperspir + ant
   antiperspirant

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This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (203.08) and is used with permission.

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Puzzle 172 



The BrainBashers Dictionary of Proverbs is running out of memory.

Below are four proverbs with their vowels missing and the remaining letters are grouped in fours.
dntb tthh ndth tfds y
trth wllt
bslw nchs ngbt slwr nchn gng
thnk frst ndth nspk

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