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Puzzle 249
Each of the following sets of letters can be made into a real word by adding three letters to the beginning, and the same three letters in the same order to the end.
ertainm
iscove
row
ioxid
rocos
For example:
iperspir
??? + iperspir + ???
ant + iperspir + ant
antiperspirant
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This puzzle appeared in Mensa's EnigmaSig (203.08) and is used with permission.
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Puzzle 250
Can you unscramble the following anagrams to find ten well known seasonal words:
aanst, beeehhlmt, eeilmostt, hlloy, cgiknost, adentv, dhlopru, ejssu, amnnosw, aiinttvy
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Puzzle 251
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
| 3R | 4R | 2R | 2D | 2R | 4D | 2D |
| 2R | 1U | 1U | 3D | 2D | 1R | 2L |
| 3D | 1D | 3R | 1R | 2L | 4L | 1D |
| 1U | 4R | 2L | 3D | 2D | 2L | 4L |
| 4U | 1L | 2D | E | 2R | 1D | 4L |
| 1R | 1D | 1R | 4U | 2R | 3L | 1D |
| 5U | 5U | 2L | 2R | 2U | 5U | 2L |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.
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Puzzle 252
Many years ago, a cruise liner sank in the middle of the ocean.
The castaways luckily landed on a remote desert island.
There was enough food for the 220 people to last three weeks.
Six days later a rescue ship appeared, unluckily this ship also sank, leaving an additional 55 people stranded on the island to now share the original rationed food.
The food obviously had to be re-rationed, but everyone was now on one-half of the original ration, so how many days in total would the food last for, from the day of the original sinking?
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