Take a word from the first column, and a word from the second column.
You will now have 6 lots of eight letters, and each of these eight letters is an anagram of something that lives in water.
dish leek
tray shoe
raft sign
cram golf
ears fern
loud hiss
Reasoning
If we call the number of unknown minutes T.
Between four o'clock and eight o'clock, there are 240 minutes.
There is some point between these two times, before which we have 3 lots of T, and after which we have one lot of T plus 40 minutes.
Therefore, in the 240 minutes, there are 4 lots of T plus 40 minutes.
240 = 4 x T + 40.
Therefore, T = 50 minutes.
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Puzzle 7
My first is in mammoth, but not in elephant.
My second is in racoon, but not in beaver.
My third is in dobbin, but not in horse.
My fourth is in koala, and in kangaroo.
My fifth is in tiger, but not in lion.
My last is in pony, but not in horse.
What am I?
Hint
My first letter is M, and watch out for the 4th letter.
Answer
A monkey.
Reasoning
The 1st letter can be: M O
The 2nd letter can be: C O N
The 3rd letter can be: D B I N
The 4th letter can be: K O A
The 5th letter can be: T G E R
The 6th letter can be: P N Y
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Puzzle 8
If cat and a half can catch a mouse and a half in a day and a half how many mice can 3 cats catch in 3 days?
