Puzzle 91
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?
2R
2R
4D
2D
1R
2D
E
2R
1U
3R
2D
1U
4L
3L
1U
1R
4R
2D
1U
2D
2U
3U
5R
2D
3L
1U
3L
2U
2D
2U
2L
2L
1U
2D
1D
3U
2R
1D
2R
1U
2U
6L
6R
3U
2R
2L
1U
2L
2U
[Ref: ZCBS] © Kevin Stone
Hint: Start anywhere and see which squares are missing.
Answer: Start from the 2R on the sixth row down and second column across.
Puzzle 92
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, e.g. 1 + 2 x 3 is treated as (1 + 2) x 3 = 9.
Note: there is no ÷ 1, and at no point is a decimal or fraction used.
[Ref: ZXLN] © Kevin Stone
Hint: The first number is 2.
Answer:
Puzzle 93
Below you will find some well known eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words?
.....YEE
.....EGY
.....IGM
.....LSE
.....COM
.....BET
.....LEL
.....DEE
[Ref: ZUMS] © Kevin Stone
Hint: The first letters of the words are: E, S, P, C, I, A, P, A
Answer:
EMPLOYEE
STRATEGY
PARADIGM
CONVULSE
INTERCOM
ALPHABET
PARALLEL
ATTENDEE
Puzzle 94
What is represented by this BrainBat?
VESTPRIVATEIGATOR
[Ref: ZZXL] Copyrighted.
Answer:
Private Investigator: [private IN vestigator].
Puzzle 95
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central D 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: 56 words. Good: 42 words. Average: 31 words.
[Ref: ZLMY] © Kevin Stone
Hint: Every word must contain the central letter.
Answer:
Common words: accident, ACCIDENTS , acid, acted, aid, aide, and, ascend, aside, cad, cadet, candies, caned, cased, cited, dais, dance, date, dean, decant, den, dent, descant, DESICCANT , detain, dice, die, diet, din, dine, disc, distance, edict, edit, end, iced, id, idea, instead, sad, said, sand, sated, sedan, send, side, sited, snide, stained, stand, stead, tad, tend, tide, tied, tined.
All words: accident, ACCIDENTS , aced, acid, acids, acned, acted, ad, adit, adits, ads, aid, aide, aides, and, ands, anted, ascend, asdic, aside, cad, cade, cadent, cades, cadet, cadets, cadi, cadis, cads, caid, caids, candies, caned, canid, canids, canted, cased, cedi, cedis, cited, dace, daces, dais, dance, dances, date, dates, de, dean, deans, decant, decants, deist, den, dens, dent, dents, descant, DESICCANT , destain, detain, detains, dicast, dice, dices, dicta, die, dies, diet, diets, din, dine, dines, dins, dint, dints, dis, disc, discant, distance, dit, dita, ditas, dite, dites, dits, ed, edict, edicts, edit, edits, end, ends, iced, id, idea, ideas, ides, ids, incased, instead, nicad, nicads, nide, nides, sad, sade, sadi, said, sained, sainted, sand, saned, sated, scad, scandic, scanted, scend, sedan, send, sicced, side, sited, sned, snide, stade, staid, stained, stand, staned, stead, stied, tad, tads, ted, teds, teind, teinds, tend, tends, tide, tides, tied, tined, tsade, tsadi.