Hint
One of the words is waterfall (wat + erf + all).
Answers
som + eth + ing = something
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
gra + ssl + and = grassland
pin + eap + ple = pineapple
pol + ice + man = policeman
mea + nwh + ile = meanwhile
wat + erf + all = waterfall
sca + rec + row = scarecrow
yes + ter + day = yesterday
obs + tin + ate = obstinate
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Puzzle 19
I was recently given a new watch for my birthday.
However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it loses 6 minutes every hour.
I set it using my friend's accurate watch at midnight, and it now shows 10:39am.
I know that the watch stopped 21 minutes ago, so what is the correct time now?
Reasoning
The watch now shows 10:39am, so we know that 10 x 60 + 39 = 639 watch minutes have passed.
Since the watch is losing 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the watch will show 54 minutes.
So, 639 ÷ 54 ≈ 11.8333 real hours have passed.
This equals 710 minutes, which is 11 hours and 50 minutes = 11:50am.
The watch stopped 21 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 12:11pm.
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Puzzle 20
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