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Puzzle 17 


Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.

The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.

Can you determine what the 10 words are?
cer ent ead rat uti spr
ful oun pro ann ope ock
nce een oat est liv ion
nou sev ion ast hou akf
bre bea ens dim bed seb

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 18 


Can you find a 5-digit number …

… whose digits add up to 18 and whose product is 210 and the digits increase from left to right in the number?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 19 


In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a number of birds.

A local bird spotter knows that there are as many birds on each tree as there are trees in the wood, and that there are between 2,000 and 2,100 birds in total.

How many trees are there in the wood?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 20 


This famous river has a number of cities along its course.

What is its name?

A squiggly line, flowing to the right.

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

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