Puzzle 1
Below you will find well-known eight-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
-----rue
-----jar
-----dil
-----any
-----pox
-----gth
-----elf
-----oia
-----ige
-----hog
-----too
-----dix
-----fin
-----upt
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Hint
The first letters of the words are: C, N, D, M, S, S, Y, P, P, H, C, A, P, B.
Answers
-----rue = construe
-----jar = nightjar
-----dil = daffodil
-----any = mahogany or epiphany
-----pox = smallpox
-----gth = strength
-----elf = yourself
-----oia = paranoia
-----ige = prestige
-----hog = hedgehog
-----too = cockatoo
-----dix = appendix
-----fin = paraffin
-----upt = bankrupt
Puzzle 2
Place the words below into pairs.
You will then have 5 lots of eight letters, each of which is an anagram of at least one other word.
Can you find the 5 pairings, and at least one anagram each?
peer
time
date
wall
june
tone
snob
seat
pale
veil
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Hint
Try: pale + tone, veil + june, peer + date.
Answers
pale + tone = antelope
veil + june = juvenile
peer + date = repeated, departee
snob + wall = snowball
time + seat = estimate, meatiest, teatimes
Puzzle 3
Hidden in the grid below are six hidden animals.
The letters are in sequence, but you move from letter to letter using the moves of a chess knight.
Once you have crossed off all of the animals, you will be left with seven unused letters.
What animal do these letters spell?

The moves of a knight are:

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.
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Hint
The L in the top row is the start of one of the animals.
Answer
Hamster.
The hidden animals are leopard, elephant, antelope, giraffe, kangaroo, goat.
Puzzle 4
Below, you will find 10 seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
----igy
----aoh
----erg
----ynx
----lth
----mox
----ovy
----esh
----awe
----ipt
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Hint
The first letters of the words are: P, P, I, P, S, F, A, R, O, R.
Answers
----igy = prodigy
----aoh = pharaoh
----erg = iceberg
----ynx = pharynx
----lth = stealth
----mox = flummox
----ovy = anchovy
----esh = refresh
----awe = overawe
----ipt = receipt