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Hints
The first letters of the words are: W, O, B, H, D, F, C, N, H, D.

Answers
wat + erf + all = waterfall
ove + rbo + ard = overboard
ban + dst + and = bandstand
hai + rbr + ush = hairbrush
dif + fer + ent = different
fis + her + man = fisherman
con + duc + tor = conductor
new + spa + per = newspaper
hea + dli + ght = headlight
dra + gon + fly = dragonfly

Workings

Hint
The answer is in front of you.

Answer
M.

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Workings

Hint
Find how many sheep Drew has first.

Answer
3.

Reasoning
If we denote Alex by A, Billie by B, Charlie by C, and Drew by D and number the clues.

If Alex had three more sheep, then he'd have one fewer sheep than Billie. Whereas Drew has the same number as the other three shepherds put together. If Charlie had three fewer sheep, he'd have exactly three times the number of Alex. If they were evenly distributed, they'd each have eleven sheep.
By (4):
   A + B + C + D = 44

And, by (2), these are shared equally between A + B + C and D.

So D = 22, and A + B + C = 22 (*)

By (1):
   A + 3 = B − 1
   A + 4 = B

By (3):
   C − 3 = 3A
   C     = 3A + 3

Substitute B and C in (*):

A + (A + 4) + (3A + 3) = 22
                5A + 7 = 22
                    5A = 15
                     A = 3

And, B = 7, C = 12.

Double-Checking
A = 3, B = 7, C = 12, D = 22.

(1) 3 + 3 = 7 − 1
(2) 3 + 7 + 12 = 22
(3) 12 − 3 = 3 x 3
(4) 3 + 7 + 12 + 22 = 44, and 44 ÷ 4 = 11 each.

Workings

Hint
Since Dale had a second place, what does this tell us about Chris?

Answer
Race 1: Billie, Chris, Alex, Dale.
Race 2: Chris, Dale, Alex, Billie.

Reasoning
Since Chris always beat Dale, and Dale had a second place, one race must have been Chris first and Dale second.

Billie therefore won the other race, with Chris second.

Since only one runner finished in the same place in both races, this must have been Alex in third.