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Puzzle 285 


Find two words, which are anagrams of each other, which complete this sentence:

Due to a recent outbreak of a ? infection in the zebra house, the local animal sanctuary had to ? their electron microscope correctly, to ensure rapid detection.

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Puzzle 286 


Exactly how many minutes is it before seven o'clock, if 40 minutes ago it was three times as many minutes past two o'clock?

Image showing two clocks.

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Puzzle 287 


Volleyball Bonanzaall logic puzzles

At the end of the last volleyball season, the main results table had been destroyed.

Luckily, a number of people could remember the following snippets:

Arlington Wonderers finished above The Mad Hatters and Derby Surefires.
Eagle Wings finished above Arlington Wonderers, The Mad Hatters, and Derby Surefires.
Happy Hippo finished above Bright Moon and Eagle Wings.
Eagle Wings finished above Foxtrot Foxes and Chippy Flippers.
The Mad Hatters finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished before Bright Moon, Derby Surefires, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below Foxtrot Foxes, Chippy Flippers, and Bright Moon.
Arlington Wonderers finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Bright Moon finished below Eagle Wings, Foxtrot Foxes, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below The Mad Hatters and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished below Arlington Wonderers and Eagle Wings.
Can you restore the correct league positions?

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Puzzle 288 


Can you find every occurrence of the word NOVEMBER 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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