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Workings

Hint
The country spans more than one word.

Answer
Togo.

Once upon a time in a land far away, lived a hamster. Every morning, very early, the hamster had TO GO into the forest and forage for food. Every morning, he would come back hungry and miserable.

Workings

Hint
It's neither LEFT not RIGHT.

Answer
The outside!

Workings

Hint
Convert the letters to positions of the alphabet.

Answer
A.

The letters' positions in the alphabet are squares.

Y = 25
P = 16
I = 9
D = 4
A = 1.

Workings

Hint
How many rooms can Alex clear in 36 hours?

Answer
12 hours.

Reasoning
In 36 hours, Alex could empty 2 lots of bookshelves, Billie could also empty 2 lots of bookshelves, and Drew could refill 1 lot of bookshelves.

So, 2 + 2 − 1 = 3 lots of bookshelves in 36 hours. Which is 12 hours for one lot of bookshelves.

Alternative Reasoning
Alex and Billie can each empty ¹/₁₈ of the bookshelves in 1 hour, but Drew will refill ¹/₃₆ of the bookshelves in one hour.

So in one hour we have ¹/₁₈ + ¹/₁₈ − ¹/₃₆ = ¹/₁₂.

So it would take 12 hours to empty the bookshelves.