BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 17

Can you find the hidden nine-letter word in this grid?

Starting with any letter move in any direction, including diagonally. The letters of the word are in the correct order.
T U D T
L I C I
T I F D
D F F I

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Puzzle 18

Using a 3 gallon container and a 7 gallon container (along with a water source and drain) …

… can you measure exactly 5 gallons in the fewest steps?

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Puzzle 19

Place all of the digits from 1 to 9 into the circles so that the sum of the numbers in each straight line is the same.

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Puzzle 20

Each of these words can have a letter added, and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word.

For example: DENY + B = BENDY (not part of the answer!).

If the 7 added letters are an anagram of CHEMIST, what are the new words?
deny mail exit gosh city newt type

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