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Hint
One of answers involves royalty.

Answer
Prince, princes, princess.

Bra, bras, brass.

A similar change is care, cares, caress, but these are not nouns.

Workings

Hint
Which dog was first, and which was second?

Answer
# Name     Breed
1 Jamie    Dalmatian
2 Sammy    Alsatian
3 Whitney  Great Dane
4 Jimmy    Poodle

Reasoning
(Clue 1) Jamie was first, and (Clue 3) Sammy the Alsatian was second:
   # Name     Breed
   1 Jamie
   2 Sammy    Alsatian
   3
   4

(Clue 4) Whitney was owned before the poodle, leaving Jimmy last:
   # Name     Breed
   1 Jamie
   2 Sammy    Alsatian
   3 Whitney
   4 Jimmy    Poodle

(Clue 2) the Dalmatian was before the Great Dane:
   # Name     Breed
   1 Jamie    Dalmatian
   2 Sammy    Alsatian
   3 Whitney  Great Dane
   4 Jimmy    Poodle

Workings

Hint
In the first box, look at 7 & 3, and 4 & 1, to see how we can use them to make 12.

Answer
4.

Reasoning
For each row, the left minus the right gives a number.

The numbers for the rows are then multiplied together.

In the first box:

   7 – 3 = 4
   4 – 1 = 3

so 4 x 3 = 12

In the second box:

   9 – 2 = 7
   8 – 3 = 5

so 7 x 5 = 35

In the last box:

   6 – 2 = 4
   8 – 7 = 1

so 4 x 1 = 4.

Workings

Hint
One of the words is Antelope.

Answer
ln      =  lion
ntlp    =  antelope
gzll    =  gazelle
strch   =  ostrich
wl      =  owl
rbn     =  robin
rdvrk   =  aardvark
dr      =  deer
clt     =  ocelot or colt
bs      =  ibis