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Puzzle 85 



Below you will find 15 well-known seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
----nst ----nip ----fth ----rno ----dox ----sil ----nac ----iem ----arb ----ior ----bey ----van ----ipt ----dth ----nox

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Puzzle 86 



At the recent BrainBashers code-breaking convention, Billie Brisk won the speed contest.

The following sentence was deciphered in a record time of 123 seconds.

What was the well-known saying and how has it been encrypted?
MOOT CYNA SKOO IOPS EHTL TORB YCBH

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Puzzle 87 



What 5-digit number am I thinking of?

It has two prime digits. Digit 3 is the highest digit. Digit 2 is the lowest digit. Digit 1 is higher than the sum of digits 4 and 5. Digit 5 is half of digit 4. Digit 1 is one smaller than digit 3. Digit 5 is between digit 2 and digit 1
The digit 0 doesn't appear, and there are no duplicates. Don't forget that 1 isn't prime, the prime numbers start with 2, 3, 5…

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Puzzle 88 



Volleyball Bonanza - Logic Puzzles

At the end of the last volleyball season, the main results table had been destroyed.

Luckily, a number of people could remember the following snippets:

Arlington Wonderers finished above The Mad Hatters and Derby Surefires.
Eagle Wings finished above Arlington Wonderers, The Mad Hatters, and Derby Surefires.
Happy Hippo finished above Bright Moon and Eagle Wings.
Eagle Wings finished above Foxtrot Foxes and Chippy Flippers.
The Mad Hatters finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished before Bright Moon, Derby Surefires, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below Foxtrot Foxes, Chippy Flippers, and Bright Moon.
Arlington Wonderers finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Bright Moon finished below Eagle Wings, Foxtrot Foxes, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below The Mad Hatters and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished below Arlington Wonderers and Eagle Wings.
Can you restore the correct league positions?

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