Puzzle 1
What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?
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Puzzle 2
Each of these words can have the same letter placed at the beginning and the end to form a new (common) word.
For example, -LIT- becomes ELITE by adding an E at both ends.
What are the new words?
-eve-
-able-
-carve-
-as-
-on-
-ode-
-elude-
-ape-
-ate-
-rod-
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Puzzle 3
Place all of the digits from 1 to 9 into the circles so that the sum of the numbers in each straight line is the same.
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay
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Puzzle 4
The Winter Festival is well underway and BrainBashers control is working out the plane times for the return journeys.
Unfortunately, the BrainBashers timetable software is playing up again and has worked out the times incorrectly, as shown below.
France 4.00pm
Mexico 3.00pm
Jamaica 5.00pm
Japan 1.00pm
According to the software, at what time is the return trip to Finland?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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