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Puzzle 173

Can you find every occurrence of the word MARCH 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 174

Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.

For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly

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Puzzle 175

What word comes next:

jangled · febrifuge · marbles · apricot · mayflower · jungle · julienne · ?
Choose from:

augment, elephant, autumn, juiciest

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Puzzle 176

Below you can find a proverb where the letters have been converted to their location in the alphabet, and spaces have been added.

For example: CAT = 3 + 1 + 20 = 3 1 2 0

1 2 1 2 1 7 8 2 0 5 1 8 9 1 9 2 0 8 5 2 5 1 9 2 0 1 3 5 4 9 3 9 1 4 5

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