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Puzzle 1 


Here are some less well known proverbs. What is the missing word in each?
Loyalty is worth more than ?.
He that cannot pay in ? must pay in person.
Shameful ? is worse than shameful eating.
Don't say ? until you are asked.
Payment in advance is ? payment.

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Puzzle 2 


Yesterday I was asked to buy some stamps.

In the land of BrainBashers, stamps are available in denominations of 3p, 9p, 11p, 17p, and 21p (just the five different values).

For three denominations of stamp I was asked to buy eight of each, and for the other two denominations I was asked to buy nine of each.

Unfortunately, I forgot which I was supposed to buy eight of, and which to buy nine of!!

Luckily I had been given the exact money required to buy the stamps, £5.00, so the shopkeeper was able to work out the stamps I needed.

Which stamps did I have to buy?

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Puzzle 3 


Below, you will find 10 seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.

Can you find the words?
----igy ----aoh ----erg ----ynx ----lth ----mox ----ovy ----esh ----awe ----ipt

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Puzzle 4 


For being well-behaved at the garden fayre, four children were each given two sweets.

Jesse had an orange sweet.
One child who had a red sweet also had a blue one.
No child had two sweets of the same colour.
A child who had a green sweet also had a red one.
Jamie didn't have a red sweet, and Jo had a green one.
Jordan didn't have an orange one, and Jesse had no blue sweets.
Knowing that there were two sweets of each colour, can you tell the colours of the sweets each child had?

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