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Puzzle 1 


Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.

For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 


How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?

Rooks On C2, E5, F3, G8

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


Can you find all of the spokes? A digit on a hub denotes the number of spokes that meet there. Spokes never cross and in the end everything will be connected.

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter

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Puzzle 4 


If I was in Florida and dropped a heavy ball into a bucket of water which was at a temperature of 45 °F and dropped another identical ball into an identical bucket of water at a temperature of 25 °F …

… which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?

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