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 Puzzle 401
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7 letter words. Each word begins with the central R and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
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[Ref: ZGNB] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

Rainbow, referee, revenge, roasted, rubbish, running, retreat, restore.

 Puzzle 402
Can you find an eight digit number with the following property. The first digit tells you how many zeros there are in the number, the second digits tells you how many ones there are in the number, the third digit tells you how many twos there are in the number, etc. For example, with the number 21200, there are 2 zeros, 1 one, 2 twos, 0 threes and 0 fours. What is the required eight digit number?

[Ref: ZXQK]

 Puzzle 403
At a local village gala, the entire population turned up, 500 people. The event raised £3,000. Tickets were priced as follows:
£7.48 men
£7.12 women
£0.45 children.
How many children were there?

[Ref: ZYKA] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

92: with 149 men and 259 women. The best way is to fix the number of children and play around with the numbers of the men and women to see what happens as these are changed. It soon becomes apparent how changing the children changes the answer and 92 is soon found.

 Puzzle 404
Using these letters: AAADDEEEEKSSSS complete this square. The square reads the same across as down:
R * * *
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* * * *
* * * K

[Ref: ZITA] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

R E A D
E A S E
A S K S
D E S K

 Puzzle 405
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central T 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: 13 words. Good: 10 words. Average: 9 words.

[Ref: ZGUV] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

Common words: event, nest, net, sent, set, SEVENTEEN, tee, teen, ten, tense, vent, vest, vet.
All words: et, evenest, event, events, nest, net, nets, sennet, sent, sente, set, SEVENTEEN, steeve, tee, teen, teens, tees, ten, tens, tense, vent, vents, vest, vestee, vet, vets.



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