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Hint
The bottom word begins with P.

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How many squares of size 1 x 1 are there?

Answer
There are 116 squares without a rook.

Reasoning
There are 61 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 37 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 15 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are  3 squares of size 4 x 4.

Giving a total of 61 + 37 + 15 + 3 = 116 squares.

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The word begins with the letter A.

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Workings

Hint
A little algebra might help.

Answer
Pineapple = 83p, coconut = 57p, melon = 62p.

Reasoning
If we assign the letters P, C and M to the fruits, and work in pence we have:

(1)   M + C = 119
(2)   M + P = 145
(3)   C + P = 140

Using (2) − (1) we have:

(4)   P − C = 26

And (3) + (4) gives:

         2P = 166
          P = 83

This can then be substituted back into (2) and (3).