Puzzle 17
What are the next five letters in this sequence:
HDSOAW
HDHAGF
ATKHAATKM
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Hint
From common children's song.
Answer
CPHTA.
From:
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.
Puzzle 18
Using the letters AAEEHHLLLLMMNNOOSSTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
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Hint
The bottom word begins with M.
Answer
| C |
H |
A |
S |
M |
| H |
E |
L |
L |
O |
| A |
L |
I |
E |
N |
| S |
L |
E |
P |
T |
| M |
O |
N |
T |
H |
Puzzle 19
Which are there more of: ounces in gross pounds, or …
… seconds in an hour?
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Hint
There are 16 ounces in a pound, and 144 in a gross.
Answer
Seconds in an hour.
Reasoning
There are 16 x 144 = 2,304 ounces in gross pounds.
There are 60 x 60 = 3,600 seconds in an hour.
Puzzle 20
Can you find a word that can suffix (go after) each of these letters:
re
deva
rein
over
inter
under
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Hint
The missing word is five letters long.
Answer
State.
restate
devastate
reinstate
overstate
interstate
understate.
