BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 653

Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

As a keen photographer, I find the best way to capture the portrait of a gazelle is to stand well downwind. I also try to wear clothes that blend in with the background to reduce the chances of scaring the animal.

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Puzzle 654

Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.

The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.

Can you determine what the 10 words are?
cer ent ead rat uti spr
ful oun pro ann ope ock
nce een oat est liv ion
nou sev ion ast hou akf
bre bea ens dim bed seb

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Puzzle 655

You can replace the dashes with the same four-letter word, and create two new words, one that starts with ARM, and one that ends in ING.

Can you find all possible four-letter words that work?
arm----
----ing

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Puzzle 656

Place the words below into pairs.

You will then have 5 lots of eight letters, each of which is an anagram of at least one other word.

Can you find the 5 pairings, and at least one anagram each?

peer time date wall june tone snob seat pale veil

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