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Puzzle 5 


At last week's Girl Guide's picnic, four girls were tucking into their packed lunches. Jane had muffins but Denise didn't have orange juice. The girl who had blackcurrant juice also had scones and Frankie had blueberry juice. The girl who had cake also had strawberry juice, whereas Alice didn't have the strawberry juice nor toast. Can you work out who had which drink and which dessert?

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Puzzle 6 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 3 different answers, can you find them all?
--ust -ue-n o-o-e --and -a-er id-o- -uc-y e-i-t hea-- tou-- -rie- -ry-t h-m-n

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Puzzle 7 


Starting with HATE, change one letter at a time until you have the word LOVE-

Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word-

What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?

There are four different answers using common words, can you find all four?
hate
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love

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Puzzle 8 


My 12, 8, and 9 is a sheep.
My 3, 5, and 6 is not high.
My 1, 8, and 9 is a starchy vegetable.
My 7, 8, 4, and 5 is a glow around the head.
My 12, 11, 2, and 3 is used in fishing.
My 7, 2, and 10 can be found at the bottom of a skirt.
My whole is a type of bird, what am I?

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