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Puzzle 197 


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?
rbr ent ard man tor rbo
and ban con erf dst dli
fly spa dra dif hai ght
per all fis ove ush hea
new gon fer wat her duc

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 198 


In this long division, each number has been replaced by another. The answer has also been removed. Can you determine the answer?
       ....
    ———————
75 | 796767
     791
      ——
       57
       30
       ——
        86
        82
        ——
         47
         47
         ——
          9

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 199 


If it took …

… Alex, Billie, and Charlie exactly 60 minutes to dig a hole …

how long would it take for them …

… to dig half a hole?

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Puzzle 200 


Can you fill the thermometers with mercury, such that the numbers outside the grid indicate how many cells in each row and column contain mercury?

Mercury always starts filling from the bottom of a thermometer and not every thermometer has to contain mercury.

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter

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