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Puzzle 1 


Here are some less well known proverbs. What is the missing word in each?
Loyalty is worth more than ?.
He that cannot pay in ? must pay in person.
Shameful ? is worse than shameful eating.
Don't say ? until you are asked.
Payment in advance is ? payment.

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Puzzle 2 


Art TheftLogic Puzzles

After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.

Below is a summary of their statements.

Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.

From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
   It wasn't Billie
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Emery

Billie said:
   It wasn't Alex
   It wasn't Chris
   It wasn't Emery

Chris said:
   It wasn't Billie
   It wasn't Frankie
   It wasn't Emery

Drew said:
   It wasn't Alex
   It wasn't Frankie
   It wasn't Chris

Emery said:
   It wasn't Chris
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Frankie

Frankie said:
   It wasn't Chris
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Alex

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Puzzle 3 


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 4 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you decipher the sequence and find 10 related words?

.....-----..-. ------.-...--.-- .--.-..-.....-...--.-- ....-.-...-.--. ....--..-...-.--. --..-..-...--.....- ....---..-.-. -.-..-..----.-.-.- .--..-.- ------.-....
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

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