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Marathon Results – Logic Puzzles

The recent BrainBashers annual marathon has just taken place.

The judges have given up keeping track of who won, as the results go missing every year.

Using the following spectators' notes, can you determine who finished where?

Terry Tipton finished after Lake Linkerton and Alex Adams but before Mason Miller.
Pat Peterson finished before Dale Dartford and Lake Linkerton.
Ryan Richards finished after Pat Peterson and before Jesse Jacks and Harper Hall.
Kelly Kirkpatrick finished after Pat Peterson, Mason Miller, and Terry Tipton.
Lake Linkerton finished after Alex Adams and Dale Dartford but before Jesse Jacks and Mason Miller.
Mason Miller finished after Ryan Richards and Alex Adams.
Alex Adams finished before Jesse Jacks, Mason Miller, and Pat Peterson.
Dale Dartford finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton but after Ryan Richards.
Jesse Jacks finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton, and Mason Miller, but after Pat Peterson and Dale Dartford.
Harper Hall finished before Mason Miller but after Lake Linkerton, Jesse Jacks, and Terry Tipton.

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Hidden below are eight, 7-letter words.

Each word begins with the central S and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter.

Each of the letters is used exactly once.

What are the words?

G	N	L	K	R	T	E
E	I	E	O	X	A	E
K	R	N	I	H	M	N
E	A	Y	S	E	A	P
R	E	P	P	A	W	O
N	E	A	G	U	E	O
R	N	E	S	A	D	E

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.

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Four related words are merged below:
maap eaba nngp prle anao

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How can you drop an egg exactly 30 feet …

… above a concrete floor without breaking the egg?

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