Reasoning
The initial letters of the words spell BREAM, a fish. The other sentences all spell birds. SWAN = Sam wanted another newt. EAGLE = Every artistic giraffe likes elephants. * BREAM = Badgers rapidly excavate a mound. WREN = Wild rabbits enjoy nature. DUCK = Dale understood cute kittens. CRANE = Casual restless aardvarks need exercise.
Hint
Do the words make any sense when read another way?
Answer
Ram.
These are the first three letters of the months in reverse order.
Therefore, RAM are the first three letters of March.
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Puzzle 199
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?
hol rec ant imp fer con
man dif ice pol acq htn
ort myt new air sag duc
dec lig kch ogy ing tan
uit ent gle tal tor ent
Hint
The first letters of the words are: A, C, D, D, I, L, M, N, P, R.
Answers
acq + uit + tal = acquittal
con + duc + tor = conductor
dec + kch + air = deckchair
dif + fer + ent = different
imp + ort + ant = important
lig + htn + ing = lightning
myt + hol + ogy = mythology
new + sag + ent = newsagent
pol + ice + man = policeman
rec + tan + gle = rectangle
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Puzzle 200
In Farmer Donald's hay loft there are a number of ants, mice and chickens.
There are ten times as many ants as there are mice, and there are four times as many mice as there are chickens.
