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Puzzle 197 


Take a word from the first column, and a word from the second column.

You will now have 5 lots of eight letters, and each of these eight letters is an anagram of an animal.

What are the 5 animals?
soot         tent
most         then
much         tire
area         mare
leap         pink

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Puzzle 198 


You've been asked to buy the cakes for the school party and you've been given $100 to buy 100 cakes.

Donuts cost 56c, chocolate eclairs cost $2.26 and iced rolls cost 92c.

How can you spend exactly all of the money on the 100 cakes?

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Puzzle 199 


Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? The answer is nothing to do with food or animals.
Jackals are mean, eager scavengers.
Koalas eat in the heat.
Sheep invariably munch old newspapers.
Seals are rare and hungry.
Foxes rich appetite never kicks.

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Puzzle 200 


Hidden in these sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 (in words).

A number might appear in more than one sentence, and they might not be in order, but there is only one way to use all of the sentences and find all ten numbers.

The robins love hiding amongst the smooth reeds.
It's always worth looking after your friends, even if they've upset you.
Even heavyweight boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold.
To avoid the cliff, I veered sharply to the left.
The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box.
Having salmon every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while.
The attendance at the local football match exceeded last week's by many thousands.
We need to waterproof our boots to make sure we don't get wet.
Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively.
The orchestra sounded magnificent with the three virtuosi xylophonists.

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