Puzzle 57
Which word is the odd one out:
ceelry caorrt caabbeg caefilloruw caehikort
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The words are all vegetables.
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Caehikort, which is an anagram of artichoke.
The others all begin with the letter C: celery, carrot, cabbage, and cauliflower.
Puzzle 58
Find three common nine letter words that can be formed on an upside-down calculator.
Assuming you have one of the old-fashioned calculators that can show 9 digits!
What is the longest word which could be formed?
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Illegible, eggshells and bobsleigh. The longest word is bibliologies with 12 letters.
Puzzle 59
Complete the grid such that every row and column contains the digits 1 to 6.
All squares that are connected contain the same digit.
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Start with the three connected squares that contain the third column on the bottom row.
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Puzzle 60
Can you find the number that best completes this puzzle?
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The answer involves a square root.
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4.
The middle of each triangle contains the square root of the sum of the three surrounding numbers.
