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Puzzle 129 


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

Can you find the words?
--lta --yss --pty --dth --day --ybe --dex --fth --nda --aph --alp --era --njo --eue --xty

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Puzzle 130 


My special BrainBashers clock works in a very unusual way.

It only ever shows the reflection of the current time!

So when it shows 7:15, what is the correct time?

Clock Showing 7:15

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Puzzle 131 


Can you complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letter missing.

The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.

What is the missing word?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 132 


Place the digits 1 to 8, into the grid. The numbers you can see are the totals for the surrounding numbers.

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