BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Can you find every occurrence of the word LEMON 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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Puzzle 2

Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
finger[---]toe copy[---]walk don[---]hole out[---]trot every[---]dream
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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Puzzle 3

Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

We told Cliff to run, 'Run Cliff, run'. So Cliff ran, celebrating his recent victory in the inter-departmental relay race.

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Puzzle 4

What number replaces the question mark?

7,3 and 4,1 = 12. 9,2 and 8,3 = 35. 6,2 and 8,7 = ?

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