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Puzzle 1 

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

Can you find the words?
---rix ---osy ---few ---oze ---uum ---wth ---nda ---nis ---tem ---pod ---reo ---hom ---gan ---amt ---gen

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Puzzle 2 

What is made from nothing …

… yet you can see it?

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Puzzle 3 

This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.

In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.

Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.

Can you determine which square you must start with?

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

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Puzzle 4 

Pre-Championship Rehearsal – Logic Puzzles

At last month's rehearsal, four top athletes competed in two 400-metre qualifiers.

As the results were expected to be mislaid, various notes were taken to ensure the accuracy of the overall placings:

No one finished both races in the same position.
In both races, Sam beat the runner whose surname was Watson.
Billie Taylor came third in the second race, and Pat came last in the first race.
In the second race, the athlete whose surname was Arnold won, and the athlete whose surname was Bowler came last.
In the first race, Billie beat Jamie, but Jamie beat Sam.
Can you determine who finished where in each of the races?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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