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Puzzle 533

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 534

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 535

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

… if pronounced wrong is right?

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Puzzle 536

This is a well known children's musical piece, the vowels have been removed and the remaining letters have been grouped together. Can you determine the correct words?
lttl mssm ffts tntf fttn ghrc rdsn dwhy thrc mbgs pdrw hstd wnbs dhrn dfrg htnd mssm fftw y

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