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Puzzle 1 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e --ave -uie- --gon p--ot vi-e- -ac-t --met b--ep -u-ge -lan- -ra-e bon--

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Puzzle 2 


Alex's child, Drew, is exactly one fifth of Alex's age. In 21 years, Alex will be exactly twice Drew's age. How old is Drew now?
Billie is exactly seven times the age of his child, Glen. In 8 years, Billie will be three times the age of Glen. How old is Glen now?

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Puzzle 3 


For each of these words, using only the letters of that word, what is the longest word that can be found?

Every letter must be used at least once, and no other letters can be used.

For example:
   taper = repeat · tapper · parapet · pretreat, and many more. But what is the longest word?

taper heals brows often farce yowls satin awful iotas quiet foils score

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Puzzle 4 


Can you find every occurrence of the word MARCH that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?

The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?



Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.

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