Puzzle 153
Hidden in the grid 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. All of the letters are used exactly once each. 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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Puzzle 154
Three people check into a hotel.
They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room.
The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the porter to return to the people.
On the way to the room the porter reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so they keep £2 and give £1 to each person.
Now each person paid £10 and got back £1.
So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The porter has £2, totalling £29.
Where is the missing £1?
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Puzzle 155
Which is greater?
The number of seconds in a year.
Miles that light can travel in 3 minutes.
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Puzzle 156
What is the smallest positive integer which …
… when multiplied by 3 gives a number consisting of only 4's?
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