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Puzzle 837 


Can you find the book titles hidden in these phrases?

ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW, JULIE, TO VISIT.
WARM TOO FEW, THE SUBWORLD SNEEZES
AN I MALL? SHOPS, FAR MALLS?
GO NEXT, GO! WITHOUT OTHER I DWINDLE. GO!
WATER. SHIP, BOAT. STORM! DOWN RAIN!
BRAVERY IN A NEW AGE, WORLD'S HOPE.
For each word in the title, new letters are added of the same length, and then the spacing is changed, and punctuation is added.

For example:
   BOOK TITLE
   BOOK 1234 TITLE 12345
   BOOK NIGH TITLE APTUP
   BOOKNIGHTITLEAPTUP
   BOO, KNIGHT. IT LEAPT UP!

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Puzzle 838 


Which bird is the odd one out:
finch gull eagle ostrich sparrow

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Puzzle 839 


Can you find every occurrence of the word OCTOBER 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.

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Puzzle 840 


A large fresh water reservoir has two types of drainage system, small pipes and large pipes.

6 large pipes on their own, can drain the reservoir in 12 hours.

3 large pipes and 9 small pipes, at the same time, can drain the reservoir in 8 hours.

How long will 5 small pipes on their own, take to drain the reservoir?

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