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Puzzle 153

After a local bungled heist, five suspects were being interviewed by the police.

Eventually, the police managed to get a confession.

Below is a summary of their statements, and it turns out that exactly 5 of these statements were true.

Would you make a good detective? Can you work out who committed the crime?

   Alex said:
      It wasn't Brook
      It was Charlie

   Brook said:
      It wasn't Alex
      It was Dale

   Charlie said:
      It wasn't Dale
      It wasn't Brook

   Dale said:
      It wasn't Emery
      It was Alex

   Emery said:
      It wasn't Charlie
      It was Dale

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Puzzle 154

Can you fill the thermometers with mercury, such that the numbers outside the grid indicate how many cells in each row and column contain mercury?

Mercury always starts filling from the bottom of a thermometer, and not every thermometer has to contain mercury.

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Puzzle 155

What is the 10^th prime number?

2, 3, 5, 7, …

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Puzzle 156

Below you will find 15 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
--pay --lad --ior --eue --rva --day --voc --yss --gun --pty --til --cay --uke --uze --noe

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