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Puzzle 5 


What do you get if …

… you add 2 to 200 four times?

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Puzzle 6 


At the local mid-summers fayre, four ladies are planning to delight the visitors with their speciality cakes.

Mrs Archer will make a chocolate cake.

Neither Mrs Bowness, Louise nor Kay Cook propose to make a vanilla cake.

Julie, who is not Mrs Dancer, will make coffee.

Mary will not make a plain one.

You need to find their full names and who plans to make which cake.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 7 


Using exactly four straight lines, without taking your pen off the (virtual) paper, can you join all nine dots?

3 x 3

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.

A Charming Puzzle, Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.

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Puzzle 8 


School Reunion '62all logic puzzles

During a recent school reunion, four friends were discussing their starting salaries.

The salaries in question were, 8, 10, 12 and 14 thousand pounds per year.

The MP earned the most.

Alex earned more than Billie and the doctor earned more than Drew, the vet.

Billie, the lawyer, did not start on £10,000 nor did Drew.

And Chris couldn't remember.

Can you determine who has which job and their starting salaries?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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