Puzzle 197
What comes next in this sequence:
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Each letter appears as many times as there are straight lines in that letter.
The letter H has three straight lines, so three H's are shown.
Puzzle 198
Which is greater, the number of grooves on one side of a vinyl record (if you can remember them!) or the number of days in the year?
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Days in the year as there is only one groove per side of a vinyl record!
Puzzle 199
How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST
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There are quite a few anagrams, one of which is LEAST.
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Least, slate, stale, steal, tales, teals.
Remember that the question asked for common words.
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.
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Tops of thermometers can't be filled unless the bottoms are.
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