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Workings

Hint
You'll need to think a little laterally.

Answer
If you look very carefully, you will see that there are actually two sticks under the other seven, so you can take away eight sticks and still leave one behind.

Workings

Hint
One of the words is Antelope.

Answer
ln      =  lion
ntlp    =  antelope
gzll    =  gazelle
strch   =  ostrich
wl      =  owl
rbn     =  robin
rdvrk   =  aardvark
dr      =  deer
clt     =  ocelot or colt
bs      =  ibis

Workings

Hint
3 raised to the 5^th power is 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3.

Answer
3 raised to 5^th power.

Reasoning
3 raised to the 5^th power = 3 ^ 5 = 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 243

and

5 raised to the 3^rd power = 5 ^ 3 = 5 x 5 x 5 = 125.

Workings

Hint
Think of the phrase 'my bucket and spade'.

Answer
In the phrase 'my bucket and your spade', the gap between 'my' and 'and' is the same as the gap between 'and' and 'spade', namely one word.

Indeed, this logic can be continued to give the following sentence. In the first sentence the gap between 'and and' and 'and and' is seven words, et cetera.