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Workings

Hint
Look at the second letter in each word.

Answer
Julie.

The second letters of the names are the vowels (AEIOU) in alphabetical order.

Workings

Hint
The first word begins with the letter J.

Answers
--ust = joust (JO) -ue-n = queen (QE) o-o-e = ozone (ZN) --and = brand (BR) -a-er = water (WT) id-o- = idiom (IM) -uc-y = lucky (LK) e-i-t = exist (XS) hea-- = heavy (VY) tou-- = tough (GH) -rie- = fried (FD) -ry-t = crypt (CP) h-m-n = human (UA)
Alternative Answers
Joust, queen, ozone, brand, wafer, idiom, lucky, exist, heavy, tough, tried, crypt, human.

Joust, queen, ozone, bland, wafer, idiot, mucky, exist, heavy, tough, drier, crypt, human.

Can you find another?

Workings

Hint
Think of the phrase 'my bucket and spade'.

Answer
In the phrase 'my bucket and your spade', the gap between 'my' and 'and' is the same as the gap between 'and' and 'spade', namely one word.

Indeed, this logic can be continued to give the following sentence. In the first sentence the gap between 'and and' and 'and and' is seven words, et cetera.

Workings

Hint
Try rewriting each statement so that they are all 'finished before' statements instead.

Answer
Bailey won …

… then Dale, Alex, Chris, and Emery.

Reasoning
By placing the person who finished higher to the left, we have:

Dale finished before Alex (Dale > Alex) Emery finished after Bailey (Bailey > Emery) Alex finished before Chris (Alex > Chris) Emery finished after Dale (Dale > Emery) Bailey finished before Alex (Bailey > Alex) Dale finished after Bailey (Bailey > Dale) Chris finished before Emery (Chris > Emery)
From (1) and (3):

   Dale > Alex > Chris

Adding (7):

   Dale > Alex > Chris > Emery

Adding (6):

   Bailey > Dale > Alex > Chris > Emery

Which is the final placing for all the players, and can be double-checked with the remaining clues.