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Puzzle 197 


Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb?
A --i--- i- -i-e -a-e- -i-e.

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Puzzle 198 


The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem.

Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January    73
February   83
March      51
April      52
May        31
June       42
July       41
August     63
September  ?

Using the same rules, how many days are in September?

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Puzzle 199 


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 200 


Can you find a word that begins with the letter R, and with the addition of the letter A …

… gives another word that sounds the same?

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