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Puzzle 1 


Last week my wife and I found ourselves stranded on an island, oops!

Unfortunately, we were also stranded with our two sons, with no clear means of rescue.

Luckily, I came across an old rickety boat which I knew could carry either one adult or two children.

How did I rescue my family?

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Puzzle 2 


Recently Kevin had a party and because it was his birthday he wanted a mathematical cake!

He ordered a cake in the shape of a cube and had it completely iced (but of course the shop didn't ice the underneath because that just isn't very sensible).

He cut every side of the cake into three equal pieces, giving 27 slices of cake.

He ended up eating all of the pieces of cake that had exactly 2 sides with icing.

So, how many pieces did that leave for the guests?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


Combine the word fragments below to produce pairs of words that have opposite meanings. There are 9 pairs of words, one pair on each line.

For example, USE REF EPT ACC becomes ACCEPT + REFUSE.
AB ANT RCE SCA UND

WA RY RD BR ICE CO AVE

ETY NG SAF ER DA

ACT AND CO EXP NTR

WN US UNK NO MO FA

TR TE IBU HER GAT DIS

CAL HO RI RTI TAL VE ZON

TIO AL CID EN ENT INT NAL AC

OWL OR KN IGN GE ED CE AN

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (194.21) and is used with permission.

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Puzzle 4 


Can you find every occurrence of the word NOVEMBER 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.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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