Puzzle 81
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
ban-
-a-i-et
-aiz-
s--th
na-e-
-eco-
-ocu-
-la-e
--nk
f-x
be--re
e-ui-
ot-er
wis-
-oast
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The 2nd word begins with the letter C.
Answers
ban- = bank (K)
-a-i-et = cabinet (CBN)
-aiz- = maize (ME)
s--th = sixth (IX)
na-e- = navel (VL)
-eco- = decoy (DY)
-ocu- = focus (FS)
-la-e = glaze (GZ)
--nk = junk (JU)
f-x = fox (O)
be--re = beware (WA)
e-ui- = equip (QP)
ot-er = otter (T)
wis- = wish (H)
-oast = roast (R)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 82
I recently travelled from my home town to a distant music concert, on a pedal tricycle, of all things! My wonderful, three-wheeled tricycle.
I knew that the epic 2,345 mile trip would wreak havoc on the tyres, but luckily I took along 4 spares!
Instead of waiting for any single tyre to fail, I decided that I would rotate the tyres evenly, making sure that by the end of the trip, all seven tyres had travelled exactly the same distance.
What was the distance that each tyre travelled?
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How many tyre miles were travelled?
Answer
1,005 miles.
Reasoning
A total of 2,345 miles were travelled and at any one time, three tyres were on the tricycle.
Therefore, 3 x 2,345 = 7,035 tyre miles were travelled, which was shared equally by the 7 tyres.
And 7,035 ÷ 7 = 1,005.
Puzzle 83
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
a-a-e
--ave
-uie-
--gon
p--ot
vi-e-
-ac-t
--met
b--ep
-u-ge
-lan-
-ra-e
bon--
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The 2nd word begins with the letter B.
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a-a-e = amaze (MZ)
--ave = brave (BR)
-uie- = quiet (QT)
--gon = wagon (WA)
p--ot = pivot (IV)
vi-e- = vixen (XN)
-ac-t = yacht (YH)
--met = comet (CO)
b--ep = bleep (LE)
-u-ge = judge (JD)
-lan- = flank (FK)
-ra-e = grape (GP)
bon-- = bonus (US)
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Puzzle 84
Boat Club Boats - Logic Puzzles
At the local model boat club, four friends were talking about their boats.
There were a total of eight boats, two in each colour: red, green, blue, and yellow.
Each friend owned two boats, and no friend had two boats of the same colour.
Alex didn't have a yellow boat.
Billie didn't have a red boat, but did have a green one.
One of the friends had a yellow boat and a blue boat.
Another friend had a green boat and a blue boat.
Charlie had a yellow boat.
Drew had a blue boat, but didn't have a green one.
Can you work out which friends had which coloured boats?
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Try to find Drew's boat colours first.
Answer
Alex Red + Green
Billie Green + Blue
Charlie Yellow + Red
Drew Blue + Yellow
Reasoning
By (3), Yellow and Blue went together (Combination1: Yellow + Blue).
By (4), Green and Blue went together (Combination2: Green + Blue).
By (2), Billie had Green. By (5), Charlie had Yellow. By (6), Drew had Blue. Giving:
Alex
Billie Green
Charlie Yellow
Drew Blue
By (6), Drew had Blue, but not Green. This can't have been (Combination2: Green + Blue), so must have been (Combination1: Yellow + Blue):
Alex
Billie Green
Charlie Yellow
Drew Blue + Yellow
By (2), Billie didn't have Red, so Alex and Charlie must have had Red:
Alex Red
Billie Green
Charlie Yellow + Red
Drew Blue + Yellow
Which means that Billie had (Combination2: Green + Blue), and Alex had Green:
Alex Red + Green
Billie Green + Blue
Charlie Yellow + Red
Drew Blue + Yellow
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