Puzzle 5
Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?
The moves of a knight are:
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A knight moves in the shape of an L, two squares one way, one square the other.
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Puzzle 6
Below, you will find 10 seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
----igy
----aoh
----erg
----ynx
----lth
----mox
----ovy
----esh
----awe
----ipt
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The first letters of the words are: P, P, I, P, S, F, A, R, O, R.
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----igy = prodigy
----aoh = pharaoh
----erg = iceberg
----ynx = pharynx
----lth = stealth
----mox = flummox
----ovy = anchovy
----esh = refresh
----awe = overawe
----ipt = receipt
Puzzle 7
Can you find anagrams of the following words?
coagulate
cavitates
bacterial
balancers
headlamps
milestone
telephony
dignifies
unnoticed
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The first letters of the words are: C, A, C, B, L, L, P, S, C.
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coagulate = catalogue
cavitates = activates
bacterial = calibrate
balancers = barnacles
headlamps = lampshade
milestone = lemoniest or limestone
telephony = polythene
dignifies = signified
unnoticed = continued
Puzzle 8
What number completes this sequence:
4 15 14 11 5 {?}
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Think of the alphabet.
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25 for Y.
These are the positions of the letters of the alphabet and they are spelling Donkey.
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