Puzzle 197
Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?

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Hint
The word FEBRUARY appears 21 times.
Answer
The word FEBRUARY appears 21 times.
Puzzle 198
What is the name of this city?
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Hint
Why does each column start with A, B, C?
Answer
Chicago.
Reasoning
Look at the letters at the bottom of each stack.
Puzzle 199
Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Once you have found the words, their initial letters are an anagram of a 9-letter word.
What is the word?
--xic
--ien
--nre
--ppo
--pil
--loo
--day
--uip
--elf
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Hint
The anagrammed word begins with the letter S.
Answers
Spaghetti.
--xic = toxic
--ien = alien
--nre = genre
--ppo = hippo
--pil = pupil
--loo = igloo
--day = today
--uip = equip
--elf = shelf
Giving the letters TAGHPITES, which is an anagram of SPAGHETTI.
Puzzle 200
Can you add one Z to the following word to form another valid English word:
LEG
You may change the order of the letters.
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Hint
Add 'one Z', literally.
Answer
Lozenge.
Reasoning
'one Z' + LEG = ONE Z LEG = ONEZLEG > LOZENGE.