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Puzzle 1

A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.

For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run

How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.

team cost flew ward fail rook soft most lamp load

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Puzzle 2

What well-known saying has been altered below:
lla doog shingt eomc ot ehost ohw taiw

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Puzzle 3

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 4

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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