Across: JOYS, LAKE, COME, HARP
Down : MORE, JACK, YEAH, SLOP
Boxes : JOKE, LAYS, CRAM, HOPE
Note : Other anagrams of these words are OK as long as they don't change the answer grid.
Puzzle 2
The BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the safe you have to press every single button once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the button marked E. Each button clearly states which button to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 buttons and 3R means move right 3 buttons. Can you determine which button you must start with?
Hint: Start anywhere and see which squares are missing.
Answer: Start with the 3U on the 5th row down and the 6th column across.
Puzzle 3
I am compiling the BrainBashers world almanac and it now contains lots of pages. I know that it takes 121 digits to print the page numbers in sequence. How many numbered pages does the book have and how many times does the number 9 appear?
Answer: There are 65 pages and the number 9 appears 6 times.
Puzzle 4
What is represented by this BrainBat?
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[Ref: ZMKT]
Hint: Say what you see.
Answer: Up-market.
Puzzle 5
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central O and no letter can be used twice. The letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 68 words. Good: 50 words. Average: 38 words.