Puzzle 1
Starting with any number on the top row, make your way to the bottom, adding the numbers as you go.
Each time you must move to the next row, but you can move either straight down, or one place to the left or right.
What is the highest total you can make? What is the lowest?
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the numbers cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 2
Can you find every occurrence of the word AUGUST that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
Puzzle 3
A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.
For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run
How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.
hard
port
duck
bugs
bail
mast
thin
lean
fire
read
Puzzle 4
Cake Theftall logic puzzles
During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try to identify who stole the prize cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:
Alex: it wasn't Emery
it was Billie
Billie: it wasn't Charlie
it wasn't Emery
Charlie: it was Emery
it wasn't Alex
Dale: it was Charlie
it was Billie
Emery: it was Dale
it wasn't Alex
It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?