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Puzzle 5 


Bank Robbery #1Logic Puzzles

After a local bank robbery, five suspects were interviewed.

Below is a summary of their statements.

Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other.

From this information, can you work out who committed the crime?

Billie said:    It wasn't Chris    It was Alex
Drew said:    It was Chris    It wasn't Alex
Chris said:    It was Billie    It wasn't Emery
Alex said:    It was Emery    It wasn't Billie
Emery said:    It was Drew    It was Alex

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Puzzle 6 


Hidden in these sentences are the numbers 1 to 10 (in words).

A number might appear in more than one sentence, and they might not be in order, but there is only one way to use all of the sentences and find all ten numbers.

The robins love hiding amongst the smooth reeds.
It's always worth looking after your friends, even if they've upset you.
Even heavyweight boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold.
To avoid the cliff, I veered sharply to the left.
The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box.
Having salmon every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while.
The attendance at the local football match exceeded last week's by many thousands.
We need to waterproof our boots to make sure we don't get wet.
Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively.
The orchestra sounded magnificent with the three virtuosi xylophonists.

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Puzzle 7 


Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 2 different answers, can you find them both?
ap--e b-a-e bo--d -an-c -ro-e --ell -ra-y bu-c- -o-ra -umb- s-ua- lo--l g-es-

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Puzzle 8 


What is it that goes up and goes down …

… but does not move?

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