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Puzzle 657 


As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

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Puzzle 658 


Each empty white square in the grid contains one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, …, 8. Each of the horizontal and vertical equations must be true, and each number must be used exactly once.

Puzzle Copyright © Erich Friedman

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Puzzle 659 


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

Can you find the words?
----rem ----oct ----pso ----dma ----edo ----rre ----sfy ----ott ----hma ----dpa

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 660 


Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

As managers, we deny all involvement in the unscrupulous dealings that have come to light in the recent interdepartmental investigation.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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