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Puzzle 197
What is the smallest positive integer which, when multiplied by 7, gives an answer consisting of only 4's?
Puzzle 198
Jam Making Contestall logic puzzles
At the recent interdepartmental jam making contest, four lucky candidates took part to make the juiciest strawberry jam.
As it happens, the person who came last was the oldest.
Glen was three years older than the person who came second.
Drew was neither the oldest nor the youngest.
Emery finished ahead of the 27-year-old, but didn't win.
Alex was also unlucky this time, and didn't win either.
The ages of the contestants were 24, 27, 30 and 32.
Can you work out who finished where, and how old they were?
Puzzle 199
Bank Robbery #1all logic puzzles
After a local bank robbery, five suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other.
From this information, can you work out who committed the crime?
Billie said:
It wasn't Chris
It was Alex
Drew said:
It was Chris
It wasn't Alex
Chris said:
It was Billie
It wasn't Emery
Alex said:
It was Emery
It wasn't Billie
Emery said:
It was Drew
It was Alex
Puzzle 200
Using the letters AAAAEERRRRTT complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.
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Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.