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During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you find the ten names for pet cats?

Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a listing of the Morse code characters:

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Using the clues below can you find 8 four-letter words?

Once you have placed the words into the correct order you will find that each word is different from the previous word by only one letter.

For example, FARE may be followed by FIRE, etc.
Additional items

Insufficiently heated

A female equine

Insufficiently cooled

Pottery

A bump on a toad?

The middle of an apple

Insulated electrical wire

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You have a very large number of generic plastic building blocks, each in the shape of a cube.

Think about how many cubes you would need in order to construct a giant cube with 16 small cubes along each edge.

If you were to then remove the outside layer, how many small cubes would you have removed?

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My 7658 is a large stick.

My 5634 is a strong desire.

My 712 holds animals.

My 845 is a fish.

What am I?

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