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Puzzle 1 


Take a set of three letters from the left column, and a set of three letters from the right column and merge them together, without changing the order of the letters in each half (matching sets might not be on the same row).

Example 1: wmb + oat and mat + wob both equal wombat.

Example 2: rbt + abi and ait + rbb both equal rabbit.

Can you find the six animals that have been split in half?
cyo aru
wls dne
ear fee
oky ote
rrt jar
agu bve

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Puzzle 2 


Below you will find 15 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
--lta --yss --pty --dth --day --ybe --dex --fth --nda --aph --alp --era --njo --eue --xty

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Puzzle 3 


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?

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Puzzle 4 


My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.

I listed six countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Spain     14,000 miles
Fiji      12,000 miles
Germany   18,000 miles
Brazil    16,000 miles
India     16,000 miles
Iceland   --,--- miles

How far away did it list Iceland as?

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