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Puzzle 5 



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 find the ten names for pet cats?

..-..-....-..-...-.-.-- -..--...-. .--.........-.-..-.... ....--.---- ..-...-....-..- ------ -.--...-...-.-- -..-..-...-...... ...----.-.-.-... --..--.-....
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 --..

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Puzzle 6 



Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words:
ba-g- d--ed dia-- -uo-a i-de- -o-el -um-s py--y g-ou- --nal tra-- -umb- d--ty

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Puzzle 7 



You have a very large number of generic plastic building blocks, each in the shape of a cube.

Think about how many cubes you would need in order to construct a giant cube with 16 small cubes along each edge.

If you were to then remove the outside layer, how many small cubes would you have removed?

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Puzzle 8 



What number comes next in this sequence:

1  23  124  1251  26127  128129  {?}

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