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Puzzle 1 


Can you fill the thermometers with mercury, such that the numbers outside the grid indicate how many cells in each row and column contain mercury?

Mercury always starts filling from the bottom of a thermometer and not every thermometer has to contain mercury.

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter

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Puzzle 2 


Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes.

He likes balloons, but does not like parties!

He likes books, but does not like reading!

He likes weeds, but does not like flowers!

He likes swimming, but does not like water!

Does he like towns or villages?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


BungalowsLogic Puzzles

There are four bungalows in our cul-de-sac. They are made from these materials: straw, wood, brick, and glass.

Mrs Scott's bungalow is somewhere to the left of the wooden one, and the third one along from the left is brick.

Mrs Umbrella owns a straw bungalow, and Mr Tidsley does not live at either end but lives somewhere to the right of the glass bungalow.

Mr Wilshaw lives in the fourth bungalow, while the first bungalow is not made from straw.

Who lives where, and what is their bungalow made from?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


What letter comes next in this sequence:

E  O  E  R  E  ?

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