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Puzzle 17
Place JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, into the grid. The sequence will snake around, but cannot go diagonally, nor cross itself.
Puzzle Copyright © Cihan Altay
Puzzle 18
How many animals can you find in this rather curious poem:
A person, so simple we are.
Catch the kid o'er the bridge.
Follow the chief, oxtail soup we like.
Anagram ANPI gives us PAIN, cower under a ridge.
Can you find at least eight?
Puzzle 19
My wonderful BrainBashers printer has made a few errors in my latest puzzle.
In each sentence below, exactly one letter in every word has been misprinted.
Can you find the original sentences?
O bord is she land in eorth too is she push.
She barly bind watches she warm.
I tolling stonk rathers to mops.
Thy grans in alwags greeter in thy otter wide.
Puzzle 20
Start in the bottom left corner and move either up or right, one square at a time, adding up the numbers. What is the largest total you can make?
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.