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Puzzle 681 


Again, my BrainBashers thesaurus has let me down again. This time I was after boys' names, and it failed to show the vowels (AEIOU).

What were the boys' names?
rn
jms
kvn
smn
kth
jrmh

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Puzzle 682 


What number comes next in this sequence:

16 · 21 · 26 · 26 · 12 · 5 · ?

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Puzzle 683 


Can you find a word that begins with the letter R, and with the addition of the letter A …

… gives another word that sounds the same?

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Puzzle 684 


I have a jar of sweets that contains 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green, and 9 yellow.

What chance do I have of picking a yellow sweet with my eyes shut?

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