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Puzzle 197 


Hidden in the grid below are three boys names. Starting at any point, trace out the path of a chess knight. The last letter of one name starts the next one. What are the names?



The moves of a knight are:

Knight's Move

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Puzzle 198 


Jam Making Contestall logic puzzles

At the recent interdepartmental jam making contest, four lucky candidates took part to make the juiciest strawberry jam.

As it happens, the person who came last was the oldest.
Glen was three years older than the person who came second.
Drew was neither the oldest nor the youngest.
Emery finished ahead of the 27-year-old, but didn't win.
Alex was also unlucky this time, and didn't win either.
The ages of the contestants were 24, 27, 30 and 32.

Can you work out who finished where, and how old they were?

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Puzzle 199 


If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?

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Puzzle 200 


By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word.

Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven-letter word when read downwards?

Therefore, what now reads 'vokahliuppw' will become a real word.
oval post skin malt when slab miss fund aped sped sway

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