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Hint
The 2^nd word begins with the letter C.

Answers
ban-    = bank    (K) -a-i-et = cabinet (CBN) -aiz-   = maize   (ME) s--th   = sixth   (IX) na-e-   = navel   (VL) -eco-   = decoy   (DY) -ocu-   = focus   (FS) -la-e   = glaze   (GZ) --nk    = junk    (JU) f-x     = fox     (O) be--re  = beware  (WA) e-ui-   = equip   (QP) ot-er   = otter   (T) wis-    = wish    (H) -oast   = roast   (R)
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Workings

Hint
In the road race, where could Charlie have finished?

Answer
Cycling : Billie > Alex > Charlie > Drew

Road race : Drew > Charlie > Billie > Alex

Road Race
In the road race, where could Charlie have finished?

By (4), he wasn't last. By (5), he wasn't first.

By (2), if Charlie was third, then he would have won the cycling, but by (3) Alex beat Charlie in the cycling, so Charlie can't have won the cycling.

So Charlie must have finished in second place.

By (5), Drew was first.

By (1), Alex didn't win the cycling, so by (2) he didn't come third in the road race. Therefore, Alex came last.

Leaving Billie in third place.

Road race : Drew > Charlie > Billie > Alex

Cycling
By (2), Billie won.

By (4), Charlie wasn't last.

By (3), Alex beat Charlie. So Alex finished in second place, with Charlie in third place.

Leaving Drew in last place.

Cycling : Billie > Alex > Charlie > Drew

Workings

Hint
Water turns to?

Answer
Water.

The next coldest state of each.

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Hint
Make sure that you read the question carefully.

Answer
Kevin, since it was Kevin's mother and Kevin's brothers were Alpha and Beta.