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Puzzle 453 


Starting with HATE, change one letter at a time until you have the word LOVE-

Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word-

What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?

There are four different answers using common words, can you find all four?
hate
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love

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Puzzle 454 


You are running in a marathon and you overtake the person in second place.

What position are you now in?

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Puzzle 455 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you decipher the sequence and find the well known proverb?

--.--.-.--.--.-...-..-----.-.-...........-..-....-..---....-
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 456 


At a local village gala, the entire population turned up, 500 people.

The event raised £3,000.

Tickets were priced as follows:
£7.48 men
£7.12 women
£0.45 children

How many children were there?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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