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Puzzle 153 


Add lines to this grid and create five areas that each have 4 letters, to spell five 4-letter words.

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (195.13) and is used with permission.

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Puzzle 154 


Can you place a different 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words.
  drift[----]wind    home[----]bench    foot[----]mother   court[----]stick    moth[----]room quarter[----]ground   space[----]yard    wild[----]span    your[----]less    back[----]fighter
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 155 


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

Can you find the words?
--lta --yss --pty --dth --day --ybe --dex --fth --nda --aph --alp --era --njo --eue --xty

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 156 


If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have.

However, if you give me seven apples, we will then both have the same number of apples.

How many apples do I currently have?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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