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  Puzzle 1
Below are ten words which have been split in half. The first column has all of the starts and the second column has all of the ends. Can you pair the letters and remake the ten words?
BO AF
BR RE
FO NE
GO AF
HO KE
JO EW
LE IN
LO AM
LO MB
SO PE
 
[Ref: ZQIA] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
Bomb, brew, foam, gone, hope, joke, leaf, loaf, loin, sore.
Puzzle 2
Which word does not belong with the others:
dgo act ehors ceffio elrttu ekmnoy
[Ref: ZJBE] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
ceffio: this is an anagram of office, the others are animals (dog, cat, horse, turtle, monkey).
Puzzle 3
A bank customer had $100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totalling $100. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:
Withdrawals Balance left
$50 $50
25 25
10 15
8 7
5 2
2 0
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$100 $99
When he added up the columns as above, he assumed that he must owe $1 to the bank. Was he right?
[Ref: ZEZC]
There is no reason whatever why the customer's original deposit of $100 should equal the total of the balances left after each withdrawal. The total of withdrawals in the left-hand column must always equal $100, but it is purely a coincidence that the total of the right-hand column is close to $100. For example: Withdrawals Balance left
$5 $95
10 85
85 0
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$100 $180
Puzzle 4
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central C and no letter can be used twice, however, 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: 19 words. Good: 17 words. Average: 14 words.
[Ref: ZTUP] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
Common words: cent, cite, coin, con, cone, content, CONTINENT, cot, ice, icon, innocent, nice, notice, octet, once, tic, tonic.
All words: cent, cento, cine, cion, cite, coin, con, cone, coni, conin, conine, conn, conte, content, CONTINENT, cot, cote, etic, ice, icon, innocent, nice, nocent, noetic, notice, octet, once, ontic, otic, tic, tinct, tonetic, tonic.
Puzzle 5
BrainBashers electronic pocket word processor is playing up again. In each of the well know sayings below, every word has one letter that is wrong. What should each sentence read?
Ill food thinks dust dome so in and.
Chat yog sea it chat yog wet.
Top mane corks smoil tie froth.
Beast sand moonest bended.
Sore sweed yess waste.
Bed sly it fight, shipherd's defight.
[Ref: ZVPE] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
All good things must come to an end.
What you see is what you get.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Least said soonest mended.
More speed less haste.
Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.
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