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Puzzle 81 


You are running in a marathon and you overtake the person in second place.

What position are you now in?

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Puzzle 82 


What four related words are merged here:
swas puri uinm nttu mger mner

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 83 


The other day I was sitting in my local tavern, The Spyglass, which overlooks the sea, when in sailed my old friend the pirate Captain Conan Drum. "Well, shiver me barnacles!" he roared on seeing me. He too is a bit of a puzzle addict and so, after joining me for a glass of milk and telling me about his latest exploits on the high seas, he couldn't resist showing me his latest conundrum.

He reached into one of his jacket pockets and produced seven gleaming £5 coins, which he then proceeded to arrange on the table in front of me exactly as shown below. "Now, me lad." he said, with a mischievous look in his eyes. "I'll wager you'll not be able to solve this one. Take away two coins from this here arrangement to leave five coins across and three coins going down."

It was clear the wily old sea dog still had one or two tricks up his sleeve, as I couldn't for the life of me see how it could be done. Can you see through his skulduggery and solve it?

Coins Cross

Puzzle Copyright © Lloyd King

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Puzzle 84 


Can you find every occurrence of the word JULY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?

The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?



Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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