Puzzle 89
Hidden in the grid below are three boys names. Starting at any point, trace out the path of a chess knight. The last letter of one name starts the next one. What are the names?
The moves of a knight are:
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Answer
Fred, Darren, Nick.
Puzzle 90
What four-digit number has...
...Digit 2 smaller than Digit 4 which is two thirds of Digit 1 which is two thirds of Digit 3 which is three times Digit 2?
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Look at Digit 3 first.
Answer
6394.
Reasoning
Labelling the clues:
Digit 2 is smaller than Digit 4
Digit 4 is two thirds of Digit 1
Digit 1 is two thirds of Digit 3
Digit 3 is three times Digit 2
Using (4), Digit 3 can only be 3, 6 or 9 (as it's 3 x Digit 2).
Therefore, using (4), Digit 2 can only be 1, 2 or 3.
Using (3), Digit 1 can only be 2, 4 or 6 (as it's two thirds of Digit 3).
However, using (2), the only possible value for Digit 1 that we can find two thirds of is 6.
So, using (2), Digit 4 is 4.
So far, we have 6??4.
Using (3), Digit 1 is two thirds of Digit 3, so Digit 3 must be 9.
And, by (4), Digit 2 must be 3.
Giving 6394.
Puzzle 91
Can you decode this well-known saying:
V CCVCCC VC CVCV CVCVC CVCV
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V represents a vowel (AEIOU).
Answer
A stitch in time saves nine.
Each vowel (AEIOU) is represented by the letter V and each consonant is represented by C.
Puzzle 92
Below, you will find 10 seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
----igy
----aoh
----erg
----ynx
----lth
----mox
----ovy
----esh
----awe
----ipt
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The first letters of the words are: P, P, I, P, S, F, A, R, O, R.
Answers
----igy = prodigy
----aoh = pharaoh
----erg = iceberg
----ynx = pharynx
----lth = stealth
----mox = flummox
----ovy = anchovy
----esh = refresh
----awe = overawe
----ipt = receipt
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