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Puzzle 197 


My shirt has 5 buttons, my cardigan has 2 buttons, and my suit jacket has no buttons.

How many buttons do my trousers have?

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Puzzle 198 


Can you find the book titles hidden in these phrases?

ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW, JULIE, TO VISIT.
WARM TOO FEW, THE SUBWORLD SNEEZES
AN I MALL? SHOPS, FAR MALLS?
GO NEXT, GO! WITHOUT OTHER I DWINDLE. GO!
WATER. SHIP, BOAT. STORM! DOWN RAIN!
BRAVERY IN A NEW AGE, WORLD'S HOPE.
For each word in the title, new letters are added of the same length, and then the spacing is changed, and punctuation is added.

For example:
   BOOK TITLE
   BOOK 1234 TITLE 12345
   BOOK NIGH TITLE APTUP
   BOOKNIGHTITLEAPTUP
   BOO, KNIGHT. IT LEAPT UP!

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Puzzle 199 


From each of these words, remove one letter, and then rearrange the remaining letters to find a new word. The resulting ten new words are related to each other.

energy oregano clearest weight outlive embark calmer solemn voiding archery

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Puzzle 200 


If York is 9 miles away, London is 14 miles and Manchester is 23 miles away.

How far away is Leeds?

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