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Puzzle 57 

Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.

These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.

Can you determine the 10 original words?
rbr tim sag tel lig ent
hea dli ble whi htn fer
car age esc ing ind wat
til hai ush dif eta new
rlw all erf ope ent ght

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Puzzle 58 

After a day picking strawberries, I ended up with a full basket, which is always nice.

I ate 5, and then gave Alex half of the remaining.

I ate another 3, and then gave Billie one third of the remaining.

I ate another 6, and then gave Charlie two thirds of the remaining.

I now had 34 strawberries left. How many did I start with?

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Puzzle 59 

There are three houses, and three utilities: water, gas, and electricity.

Your task is to connect each house to all three utilities.

Therefore, each house will have three lines, and each utility will also have three lines.

However, you cannot cross lines! You cannot pass lines through houses or utilities. You cannot share lines.

Can you draw the 9 lines required?

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Puzzle 60 

Starting with COLD, change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM.

Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a common word.

What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?

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