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Puzzle 1 


This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.

In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.

Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.

Can you determine which square you must start with?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e --ave -uie- --gon p--ot vi-e- -ac-t --met b--ep -u-ge -lan- -ra-e bon--

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


Three builders are laying a brick wall.

Freddie can lay 1,000 bricks in three hours, Jimmy can lay 1,000 bricks in two hours and Kevin can lay 1,000 bricks in six hours.

How long will it take Freddie, Jimmy, and Kevin to lay 1,000 bricks if they all work together?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


Snail RaceAll Logic Puzzles

At last year's BrainBashers snail race, 10 fine snails completed the tabletop course.

Predictably, as per every year, the results mysteriously went missing.

However, various spectators remembered the following snippets of information:

Orange Berry lost to Zebra Wings.
Zebra Wings beat Orange Berry, Frog Flippers and Apple Pie.
Fizzy Pop lost to Minty Mouth, Orange Berry and CD Player.
Frog Flippers beat Windy Hill, CD Player and Orange Berry.
Top Hat lost to CD Player, Kipper Slippers and Apple Pie.
CD Player beat Top Hat and Fizzy Pop.
Apple Pie lost to Zebra Wings and Orange Berry.
Kipper Slippers lost to Apple Pie and Frog Flippers.
Frog Flippers beat Fizzy Pop, Minty Mouth and CD Player.
CD Player lost to Frog Flippers, Kipper Slippers and Apple Pie.
Top Hat beat Fizzy Pop and Windy Hill.
Minty Mouth lost to Windy Hill and Orange Berry.
Windy Hill lost to Apple Pie and CD Player.
Can you work out who finished where?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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