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Puzzle 57 


I am a 10-letter word.

My 9, 6, 1, 2 is something a swimmer might do.
My 5, 4, 4, 3 is not that hot really.
My 7, 4, 3, 2 is a long piece of wood.
My 7, 6, 8, 5, 10 is a small part of something.
My 3, 4, 1, 10 is a deep affection.
My 7, 6, 8 is something you can eat.
My whole is an old form of transport.

What am I?

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Puzzle 58 


In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.

The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.

This sentence contains ? letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop.
Interestingly, this sentence contains ? letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop.
Finally, this sentence contains ? letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.

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Puzzle 59 


My local shop wants to create a sign that says PUZZLES, and they have the following letters, each in a different colour:

P P P U U Z Z Z Z Z L L L L E S S
How many different ways can they make the sign?

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Puzzle 60 


What comes next in this sequence:

2  3  5  7  11  31  71  91  ?

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