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Puzzle 349 



The following are the first letters of the first few lines of popular Christmas carols. Can you guess which ten carols they are from?
GRYMGLNYD
WTKFOABGWTA
DDMOHIHTBAR
OIRDCSALCS
WSWTFANASOTG
AIAMNCFABTLLJLDHSH
OLTOBHSWSTL
HTHASGTTNBK
OCAYFJATOCYOCYTB
THATIWYABFG

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Puzzle 350 



During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a binary code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation.

Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet. The resulting code was then blocked in groups of five digits.

Can you find 10 girl's names?
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001, z=11010

11001 11000 11001 01110 01

10001 11101 11011 000

11001 10101 10010 10111 10

11101 00111 11111 10010 1

11101 11110 1001

10010 11110 00101 1100

10101 11110 01010 01111 0

11010 11001 00101 01110 01

10011 11110 10010 0101

10010 11110 10011 00111 01

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Puzzle 351 



Can you find the hidden nine-letter word in this grid?

Starting with any letter move in any direction, including diagonally. The letters of the word are in the correct order.
T U D T
L I C I
T I F D
D F F I

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Puzzle 352 



Santa's Reindeer - Logic Puzzles

Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, that will form a single line of nine reindeer:

Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher.
Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?

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