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Puzzle 201 


I am compiling the new BrainBashers world almanac, and it now contains lots more pages.

I know that it takes 333 digits to print the page numbers in sequence.

How many numbered pages does the book have?
How many times does the number 3 appear?

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Puzzle 202 


Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central S and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?

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

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Puzzle 203 


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

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Puzzle 204 


I am a 10-letter word.

My 9, 6, 1, 2 is something a swimmer might do.
My 5, 4, 4, 3 is not that hot really.
My 7, 4, 3, 2 is a long piece of wood.
My 7, 6, 8, 5, 10 is a small part of something.
My 3, 4, 1, 10 is a deep affection.
My 7, 6, 8 is something you can eat.
My whole is an old form of transport.

What am I?

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