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Puzzle 529

You have a barrel, filled to the top with water, which weighs 150 pounds.

What can you add to the barrel in order to make it lighter?

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Puzzle 530

Every year, just before my birthday, I open my money box to see how much money I have saved.

Imagine my surprise when I found exactly £49.58 made up of equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p.

How many of each coin did I find?

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Puzzle 531

Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26.

Can you find any common 6-letter words that have a total over 115?

For example, WIZARD = 23 + 9 + 26 + 1 + 18 + 4 = 81.

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Puzzle 532

Which word, if pronounced right, is wrong, but …

… if pronounced wrong is right?

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