Puzzle 1
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
ely rec ant htn fer ort
ent cer por sin lig ian
lio row use rar lib ive
tfo sca ing ing far eth
som dif est dig imp mho
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Puzzle 2
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed a fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result:
Austria 1,800 miles
New Zealand 2,400 miles
Japan 1,200 miles
Brazil 1,400 miles
How far away did it list Argentina as?
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Puzzle 3
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
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Puzzle 4
Can you complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letter missing.
The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.
What is the missing word?
| L | U | R | ||
| A | D | A | ||
| A | G | L | ||
| L | P | H | ||
| R | U | I |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
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