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Puzzle 349 



Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding three letters to the beginning, and the same three letters in the same order to the end.

For example, ANGLEM can have ENT added at the start and the end to become ENT + ANGLEM + ENT = ENTANGLEMENT.
ERTAINM
ISCOVE
ROW
IOXID
ROCOS

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This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (203.08) and is used with permission.

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Puzzle 350 



The BrainBashers Dictionary of Proverbs is running out of memory.

Below are four proverbs with their vowels missing and the remaining letters are grouped in fours.
dntb tthh ndth tfds y
trth wllt
bslw nchs ngbt slwr nchn gng
thnk frst ndth nspk

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Puzzle 351 



I was quite bored yesterday, so I visited my local animal sanctuary.

To pass the time, I counted 612 legs.

This came from an equal number of beetles, spiders, and mice.

Can you work out the total number of animals I counted?

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Puzzle 352 



Below is a grid which should contain boy's names. The missing letters for a particular column are listed at the top of that column. Can you 'drop' the missing letters in and complete the grid?

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