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 306
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.
During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try to identify who stole the prize cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:
Alex: it wasn't Emery
it was Billie
Billie: it wasn't Charlie
it wasn't Emery
Charlie: it was Emery
it wasn't Alex
Dale: it was Charlie
it was Billie
Emery: it was Dale
it wasn't Alex
It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?
Reasoning
Looking at Billie's statements, one of the statements was a lie and the other was the truth. Therefore, it must have been either Charlie or Emery.
Looking at Dale's statements, for the same reason, it was either Charlie or Billie.
Therefore, it must have been Charlie who committed the crime.
Double-checking this against the other statements confirms this.
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Puzzle 308
My wonderful BrainBashers printer has made a few errors in my latest puzzle.
In each sentence below, exactly one letter in every word has been misprinted.
Can you find the original sentences?
O bord is she land in eorth too is she push.She barly bind watches she warm.I tolling stonk rathers to mops.Thy grans in alwags greeter in thy otter wide.
Answers A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.The early bird catches the worm.A rolling stone gathers no moss.The grass is always greener on the other side.
