Puzzle 197
Each of these words can be split in half, and two letters can be placed in the middle to create a new six-letter word.
The four added pairs of letters, in order, spell an 8-letter word. What is that word?
lend
liar
pale
coin
For example:
door + ct = do + ct + or = doctor
suit + nl = su + nl + it = sunlit
Puzzle 198
Stacey's Cinema Outingall logic puzzles
Just last week, Stacey's nieces and nephews met up to go to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster.
From the clues below, can you determine the order in which they stood in the ticket queue?
Sam was in front of Sarah. Stuart was behind Sandra, and Sally. Sally was in front of Sharon, and Steve. Sabrina was behind Stuart, Simon, and Steve. Steve was in front of Sabrina, Simon, and Shane. Shane was behind Simon, Sharon, and Sabrina. Sandra was in front of Sarah. Simon was in front of Sam, Stuart, and Sandra. Sarah was in front of Sharon. Sabrina was in front of Sam, and Shane. Sarah was behind Sandra, Sally, and Sabrina. Stuart was in front of Sarah. Simon was behind Sally.
Puzzle 199
Art Theftall logic puzzles
After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.
From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Emery
Billie said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Emery
Chris said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Emery
Drew said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Chris
Emery said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Frankie
Frankie said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Alex
Puzzle 200
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 8 different answers, can you find them all?
-e--a
-ui-ar
--ick
-a-
bo-
-owe-
-on-ey
-el
ra-
---kage
--ll
mo--
-eap
-eep
-un