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Puzzle 197 


Using exactly four straight lines, without taking your pen off the (virtual) paper, can you join all nine dots?

3 x 3

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.

A Charming Puzzle, Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.

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Puzzle 198 


Can you find every occurrence of the word JANUARY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?

The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?



Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 199 


By changing the second letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word?

You have to change each word such that the second letters will reveal a ten-letter word when read downwards.

Therefore, what now reads 'craihruane' will be a real word.
icon crew farm oily chop arid fund wait gnat tear

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 200 


What word can prefix (go before) these letters to make a valid word in each case:
..ir
..ad
..lm
..ed
..lp

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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