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Puzzle 201

What three-letter word best completes the below words?
sw--- ---y al--- f--- w---

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Puzzle 202

At the local games evening, four friends were competing in the chess and croquet competitions.

Frankie beat Glen in chess, Dale came third, and the 16-year-old won.
Frankie came second in croquet, the 15-year-old won, Dale beat the 18-year-old, and the 19-year-old came third.
Emery is 3 years younger than Glen.
The person who came last in chess came third in croquet, and only one person got the same position in both games.
Can you find the ages of the people and their positions in the two games?

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Answer
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale    15     3      1
Emery   16     1      4
Frankie 18     2      2
Glen    19     4      3

Reasoning
The possible ages are: 15, 16, 18, 19.

Breaking the clues down, and numbering them:
Frankie beat Glen in chess. Dale came third (chess). The 16-year-old won (chess). Frankie came second in croquet. The 15-year-old won (croquet). Dale beat the 18-year-old (croquet). The 19-year-old came third (croquet). Emery is 3 years younger than Glen. The person who came last in chess came third in croquet. Only one person got the same position in both games.
By (4), Frankie came 2^nd in croquet.
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale
Emery
Frankie               2
Glen

By (2), Dale came 3^rd in chess.
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale           3
Emery
Frankie               2
Glen

By (8), Emery is 15 or 16, and Glen is 18 or 19.

By (9), the person who came 4^th in chess, came 3^rd in croquet, and by (7), they are 19. This can't be Dale (3^rd in chess), or Frankie (2^nd in croquet), or Emery (aged 15 or 16), so it must be Glen.
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale           3
Emery
Frankie               2
Glen    19     4      3

By (6), Dale can't have been 4^th in croquet, so must be 1^st. Leaving Emery in 4^th.
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale           3      1
Emery                 4
Frankie               2
Glen    19     4      3

By (10), only one person got the same position in both games, this can't be Emery 4^th in both (as Glen is already 4^th in chess), so must be Frank, 2^nd in both. Leaving Emery 1^st in chess.
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale           3      1
Emery          1      4
Frankie        2      2
Glen    19     4      3

By (3) and (5) we know the ages of the winners in each competition, and Frankie is therefore 18.
Name    Age    Chess  Croquet
Dale    15     3      1
Emery   16     1      4
Frankie 18     2      2
Glen    19     4      3

Puzzle 203

Complete this grid with the digits 1 to 6 to make the sum correct.

Perform each mathematical operation in the order shown, from left to right, so 1 + 2 x 3 is treated as (1 + 2) x 3 = 9.

Consecutive numbers are not next to each other, there is no ÷ 1, and at no point is a decimal or a fraction used.

?+?-?x?/?x?=50

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 204

Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
---rix ---osy ---few ---oze ---uum ---wth ---nda ---nis ---tem ---pod ---reo ---hom ---gan ---amt ---gen

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