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Puzzle 201 


Below are ten words that have been split in half.

The first column has the first 2 letters, and the second column has the last 2 letters.

Can you pair the letters and remake the ten common words?
bo   af
br   re
fo   ne
go   af
ho   ke
jo   ew
le   ud
lo   am
lo   nd
so   pe

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Puzzle 202 


Summer PaintingsLogic Puzzles

At a recent painting competition, the results were mislaid. Luckily, I remembered the following:

Emery's rendition of the Constable painting was not in last place.
The person who painted the Monet was very successful and took first place.
Glen only just managed to avoid last place and came third.
Alex beat the person who painted the Taylor, and the person who painted the Van Gogh beat Drew.
Can you determine who painted what, and who won?

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Puzzle 203 


Can you find every occurrence of the word DECEMBER that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?

The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?



Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.

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Puzzle 204 


Can you replace both sets of dashes with the same common 3-letter word to make two valid words?
s--- and ---ped

How many answers can you find?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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