The second letter of the words are the vowels (AEIOU) in order.
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Puzzle 239
If a farmer buys chicken feed for £1.26 per tonne, pig feed for £2.74 per tonne and cattle feed for 78p per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.
How much of each would he have if he had 100 tonnes for £100?
Answer
5 tonnes of chicken feed, 10 tonnes of pig feed and 85 tonnes of cattle feed.
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Puzzle 240
Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.
For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly
