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Puzzle 93
Using the clues below, can you find 8 four-letter words?
Once you have placed the words into the correct order, you will find that each word is different from the previous word by only one letter.
For example, FARE may be followed by FIRE, etc.
Additional items Insufficiently heated A female equine Insufficiently cooled Pottery A bump on a toad? The middle of an apple Insulated electrical wire
Answer
Insufficiently heated = cold
Insulated electrical wire = cord
The middle of an apple = core
Additional items = more
A female equine = mare
Pottery = ware
A bump on a toad? = wart
Insufficiently cooled = warm
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Puzzle 94
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. -e-er--eue--oma--p-a-e--erso----k-am-on-ouse-a--ur----igent
Answer -e-er = fever (FV)--eue = queue (QU)--o = zoo (ZO)ma- = mat (T)-p-a-e- = speaker (SEKR)-erso- = person (PN)---k-am-on = backgammon (BACGM)-ouse = house (H)-a- = wax (WX)-ur- = jury (JY)---igent = diligent (DIL)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
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Puzzle 95
Here are some less well known proverbs. What is the missing word in each?
Loyalty is worth more than ?.
He that cannot pay in ? must pay in person.
Shameful ? is worse than shameful eating.
Don't say ? until you are asked.
Payment in advance is ? payment.
Answer
Loyalty is worth more than money.
He that cannot pay in purse must pay in person.
Shameful leaving is worse than shameful eating.
Don't say no until you are asked.
Payment in advance is evil payment.
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Puzzle 96
Start from the central 'F' and move horizontally or vertically, and collect the letters needed to spell 'FIND' (in any order). How many routes can you take?
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Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.