Puzzle 17
Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Once you have found the words, their initial letters are an anagram of a 9-letter word.
What is the word?
--xic
--ien
--nre
--ppo
--pil
--loo
--day
--uip
--elf
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The anagrammed word begins with the letter S.
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Spaghetti.
--xic = t oxic
--ien = a lien
--nre = g enre
--ppo = h ippo
--pil = p upil
--loo = i gloo
--day = t oday
--uip = e quip
--elf = s helf
Giving the letters TAGHPITES, which is an anagram of SPAGHETTI.
Puzzle 18
What is made from nothing …
… yet you can see it?
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Think about it carefully.
Answer
A hole, or a shadow.
Puzzle 19
Below are ten words that have been split in half.
The first column has the first 2 letters, and the second column has the last 2 letters.
Can you pair the letters and remake the ten common words?
bo af
br re
fo ne
go af
ho ke
jo ew
le ud
lo am
lo nd
so pe
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One of the words is gone.
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bo + nd = bond
br + ew = brew
fo + am = foam
go + ne = gone
ho + pe = hope
jo + ke = joke
le + af = leaf
lo + af = loaf
lo + ud = loud
so + re = sore
Puzzle 20
This is a well known children's musical piece, the vowels have been removed, and the remaining letters have been grouped together.
Can you determine the correct words?
hmpt ydmp tyst nwll hmpt ydmp tyhd grtf llll thkn gshr ssnd llth kngs mncl dntp thmp tytg thrg n
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The last word is AGAIN.
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
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