Puzzle 1
What word most logically goes in the brackets:
safe [fast] malt
oust [----] flaw
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Hint
The answer is in the words given.
Answer
Slow.
Reasoning
Take the third letter of the first word
+ the second letter of the second word
+ plus the first letter of the first word
+ plus the fourth letter of the second word.
Double-Checking
3-1- [1234] -2-4
s-f- [fast] -a-t
o-s- [slow] -l-w
Puzzle 2
Where on Earth do …
… the winds always blow from the South?
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Where on Earth is everything South?
Puzzle 3
Last night, I was looking at a road sign and could see that Leeds was 13 miles away, Stoke was 13 miles away and Leek was 10 miles away.
Unfortunately, it was too dark to see how far it was to Manchester. Can you help me?
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Hint
Each vowel (AEIOU) counts as 2 miles.
Answer
27 miles.
Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 2 miles and consonants are worth 3 miles.
Puzzle 4
Which of the shapes is identical to the first one?
There might be more than one.
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann
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Hint
Try to rotate them around in your head, but watch out for mirror images.
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