Answer
In the phrase 'my bucket and your spade', the gap between 'my' and 'and' is the same as the gap between 'and' and 'spade', namely one word.
Indeed, this logic can be continued to give the following sentence. In the first sentence the gap between 'and and' and 'and and' is seven words, et cetera.
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Puzzle 58
Can you find the encoded countries?
The letter indicates the first letter of the country, and the number represents the number of letters in the country. H5V9D7J7F6N6P4Z8R7Q5
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central V and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
R
E
T
N
R
E
N
I
P
M
A
G
I
Y
I
L
A
A
A
C
C
L
N
A
V
A
C
N
A
R
A
A
A
C
A
H
N
U
R
I
O
U
S
I
L
T
E
D
S
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.
