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Puzzle 197 


Gardener's Spring Fayreall logic puzzles

At the recent spring fayre, four keen gardeners were displaying their fine roses.

In total there were four colours and each rose colour appeared twice.

From the clues below, can you tell who had which colour roses?

Gardener Green had a yellow rose.
Gardener Yellow did not have a red one.
Gardener Red had a blue rose, but not a green one.
Gardener Blue did not have a yellow one.
One person with a red rose also had a green one.
One person with a yellow rose also had a blue one.
One of the persons with a green rose had no red.
Neither of the persons with a yellow rose had a green one.
No person had two roses of the same colour.
No two persons had the same two colour roses, and their names provide no clues.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 198 


How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Rooks On C3, C6, F3, F6

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 199 


Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding three letters to the beginning, and the same three letters in the same order to the end.
ertainm iscove row ioxid rocos
For example:

   iperspir
   ??? + iperspir + ???
   ant + iperspir + ant
   antiperspirant

Puzzle Copyright © Elliott Line
This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (203.08) and is used with permission.

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Puzzle 200 


Can you find a word that begins with the letter I …

… and by the addition of the letter A becomes another word that is pronounced the same?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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