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Puzzle 225 



What is the next number in this sequence:

14  91  62  53  64  96  {?}

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Puzzle 226 



Below are thirteen 5-letter words, each of which has had two of its letters removed.

In total, these 26 letters are A to Z.

The remaining letters in each word are in the correct order.

There are no words that are spelled differently based on location (favour / favor, etc) and there are no plurals.

Can you find the original words?
clh coh dir rea ine okr aor ual ree toe sam yat eba

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Puzzle 227 



Can you place a common 4-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words, for example:
Question — COOK [....] CASE
Answer   — COOK [BOOK] CASE

The word BOOK creates the words COOKBOOK and BOOKCASE.
DRIFT   [....] WIND
HOME    [....] BENCH
FOOT    [....] MOTHER
JUNK    [....] STICK
MOTH    [....] ROOM
QUARTER [....] GROUND
SPACE   [....] YARD
WILD    [....] BOAT
YOUR    [....] LESS
BACK    [....] FIGHTER

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Puzzle 228 



A local angler caught a large trawler load of haddock.

They decided to donate some of the fish to the local community, 1,672 people in all.

Every person over 50 received 16 fish, and to every person under 50 received 96 fish.

Only 3/4 of the over 50s collected their haddock, and only 1/8 of the under 50s collected their fish.

How many fish did the angler give away?

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