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Puzzle 17

My 6, 7, 3 is a tear to a newspaper.
My 5, 4, 1 is damper than moist.
My 1, 7, 6, 4 is to become weary.
My 5, 7, 6, 9 helps electricity to flow.
My 8, 10, 2 is an attempt at this puzzle.

My whole could have been used to create this puzzle.

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Puzzle 18

Can you find every occurrence of the word AUGUST 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 19

I recently went to the shop and purchased 4 items.

Three of the items cost:
$1.50
$3.00
$4.00

There was quite a long queue, and as I was quite bored, I was playing with my pocket calculator while I waited.

Very curiously, the 4 prices added to the same number as I got when I multiplied the 4 prices together.

What was the price of the 4^th item?

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Puzzle 20

Can you find three consecutive prime numbers …

… that equal 409,457 when multiplied together?

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