Puzzle 197
Starting with SOFT, change one letter at a time until you have the word LENS.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
SOFT
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....
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LENS
Puzzle 198
Here is a set of five clues for five words that only differ by one vowel (vowels are AEIOU, but not necessarily in that order). What are the words?
small robot
small part
on the contrary
nocturnal mammal
wager
Here's another set of clues for five new words:
struck
heated (archaic British)
straw dwelling
a head warmer
not cold
Puzzle 199
Astrology begins with the letter A, biology with B.
Can you find an 'ology' that begins with a P and another that begins with an L?
Puzzle 200
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser-spotted great weevil.