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Puzzle 1
Hidden in these sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 (in words).
A number might appear in more than one sentence, and they might not be in order, but there is only one way to use all of the sentences and find all ten numbers.
The robins love hiding amongst the smooth reeds. It's always worth looking after your friends, even if they've upset you. Even heavyweight boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold. To avoid the cliff, I veered sharply to the left. The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box. Having salmon every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while. The attendance at the local football match exceeded last week's by many thousands. We need to waterproof our boots to make sure we don't get wet. Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively. The orchestra sounded magnificent with the three virtuosi xylophonists.
Answer Having salmON Every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while.Meeting friends after work allows executives to neTWOrk effectively.The robins love hiding amongst the smooTH REEds.We need to waterprooF OUR boots to make sure we don't get wet.To avoid the clifF, I VEered sharply to the left.The orchestra sounded magnificent with the three virtuoSI Xylophonists.It's always worth looking after your friendS, EVEN if they've upset you.Even heavywEIGHT boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold.The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozeN IN Each baker's delivery box.The atTENdance at the local football match exceeded last week's by many thousands.
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Puzzle 2
Can you find anagrams of the following words? aspiratealarmingbleatingdecimatecreativecheatingdownloadgradientaltitudegenerate
Workers with the surnames Baker, Teacher, Carpenter, and Plumber are currently attending an annual convention.
No-one is currently, nor has ever been, in the same occupation as their name, and no-one has had the same occupation twice. Charlie has never been a carpenter, and Mr Teacher is now a plumber. Davie used to be a teacher, but Mr Billie Baker never has. Mr Plumber is not called Eddie, and Mr Carpenter wasn't previously a teacher. The previous occupations were all different, and the current occupations are all different.
Can you determine the full names of each of the attendees, along with their current and previous occupation?
The previous occupation is followed by the current.
Reasoning
The four forenames are: Billie, Charlie, Davie, Eddie.
The four surnames are: Baker, Teacher, Carpenter, Plumber
The four occupations are: baker, teacher, carpenter, plumber.
By (3), we have Billie Baker:
Billie Baker – ? + ?
Teacher – ? + ?
Carpenter – ? + ?
Plumber – ? + ?
By (2), Mr Teacher is currently a plumber:
Billie Baker – ? + ?
Teacher – ? + plumber
Carpenter – ? + ?
Plumber – ? + ?
By (3) Mr Baker was not previously a teacher. By (4), neither was Mr Carpenter. And by (1) Mr Teacher can't have been either. Therefore, Mr Plumber used to be a teacher, and is called Davie:
Billie Baker – ? + ?
Teacher – ? + plumber
Carpenter – ? + ?
Davie Plumber – teacher + ?
By (3), Mr Baker has never been a teacher, and by (1), Mr Plumber can't currently be a teacher either. Also, by (1), neither can Mr Teacher. Therefore, Mr Carpenter must currently be a teacher:
Billie Baker – ? + ?
Teacher – ? + plumber
Carpenter – ? + teacher
Davie Plumber – teacher + ?
By (1), Mr Baker can't be a baker, so only Mr Plumber can currently be a baker. Leaving Mr Baker as a carpenter currently:
Billie Baker – ? + carpenter
Teacher – ? + plumber
Carpenter – ? + teacher
Davie Plumber – teacher + baker
By (1), only Mr Teacher could have previously been a carpenter:
Billie Baker – ? + carpenter
Teacher – carpenter + plumber
Carpenter – ? + teacher
Davie Plumber – teacher + baker
By (2), Charlie has never been a carpenter, and since Mr Teacher has, Charlie must be Mr Carpenter.
Billie Baker – ? + carpenter
Teacher – carpenter + plumber
Charlie Carpenter – ? + teacher
Davie Plumber – teacher + baker
By (1), we now know all of the occupations, and Eddie must be Mr Teacher:
Billie Baker – plumber + carpenter
Eddie Teacher – carpenter + plumber
Charlie Carpenter – baker + teacher
Davie Plumber – teacher + baker
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Puzzle 4
What four related items have been mixed together:
K N A N O T E E X H I W S Y O R A S K O A S
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