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Puzzle ZFEX 



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What word most logically goes in the brackets:
SAFE [FAST] MALT
OUST [----] FLAW

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Answer
SLOW.

Reasoning
Take the third letter of the first word
   + the second letter of the second word
      + plus the first letter of the first word
         + plus the fourth letter of the second word.

Double-Checking
3-1- [1234] -2-4
S-F- [FAST] -A-T
O-S- [SLOW] -L-W

 

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