Puzzle 161
Can you find the sum of the second column?
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Answer
14.
Reasoning
The values are: @ = 7, & = 4, $ = 8, # = 3, % = 5.
But …
… you don't have to find the value of every symbol!
The rows add up to 80, which means that the columns must also add up to 80.
24 + ? + 17 + 25 = 80.
? = 14.
Puzzle 162
What comes next in this sequence:
jnry fbrry mrch prl my jn {?}
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Hint
There are twelve items in the full sequence.
Answer
Jly.
From the months with their vowels removed. January, February, March, April, May, June, July.
Puzzle 163
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
ba-g-
d--ed
dia--
-uo-a
i-de-
-o-el
-um-s
py--y
g-ou-
--nal
tra--
-umb-
d--ty
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Hint
The 4th word begins with the letter Q.
Answers
ba-g- = badge (DE)
d--ed = dazed (AZ)
dia-- = diary (RY)
-uo-a = quota (QT)
i-de- = index (NX)
-o-el = vowel (VW)
-um-s = bumps (BP)
py--y = pygmy (GM)
g-ou- = ghoul (HL)
--nal = final (FI)
tra-- = track (CK)
-umb- = jumbo (JO)
d--ty = dusty (US)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 164
Hidden in the grid below are eight, 7-letter words. Each word begins with the central V and you can move one letter in any direction to the next letter. All of the letters are used exactly once each. What are the words?
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Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.
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Hint
One of the words is Vanilla.
Answers
Vacancy, vaccine, vagrant, vampire, vanilla, varnish, vaulted, various.
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