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Puzzle 17 


Can you find every occurrence of the word MARCH that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?

The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?



Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.

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Puzzle 18 


Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
finger[---]toe   copy[---]walk    don[---]hole    out[---]trot  every[---]dream
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case

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Puzzle 19 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you find the ten boy's names?

.---.---.... .-.-.-......-.-. ...-..-.-.----.-. .-.--..-...-.....-.- -.-.-.--...--. .-------..--.....--. -.-......-......----.--.......-. .-.-...-..-.--.-....-. --..-..--.---.-.-.-- .--..--.-...-.-.-.-
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

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Puzzle 20 


What is the next number in this sequence:

0 · 0 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 4 · 3 · 6 · 4 · 8 · 5 · ?

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