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Puzzle 245 


Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

We told Cliff to run, 'Run Cliff, run'. So Cliff ran, celebrating his recent victory in the interdepartmental relay race.

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Puzzle 246 


Stacey's Cinema Outingall logic puzzles

Just last week, Stacey's nieces and nephews met up to go to the cinema to see the latest blockbuster.

From the clues below, can you determine the order in which they stood in the ticket queue?

Sam was in front of Sarah. Stuart was behind Sandra, and Sally. Sally was in front of Sharon, and Steve. Sabrina was behind Stuart, Simon, and Steve. Steve was in front of Sabrina, Simon, and Shane. Shane was behind Simon, Sharon, and Sabrina. Sandra was in front of Sarah. Simon was in front of Sam, Stuart, and Sandra. Sarah was in front of Sharon. Sabrina was in front of Sam, and Shane. Sarah was behind Sandra, Sally, and Sabrina. Stuart was in front of Sarah. Simon was behind Sally.

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Puzzle 247 


Each of these words can have the same letter placed at the beginning and the end to form a new (common) word.

For example, -LIT- becomes ELITE by adding an E at both ends.

What are the new words?
-eve- -able- -carve- -as- -on- -ode- -elude- -ape- -ate- -rod-

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Puzzle 248 


Start from the central 'F' and move horizontally or vertically, and collect the letters needed to spell 'FIND' (in any order). How many routes can you take?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.

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