Puzzle 29
Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters.
These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 words are?
som one dbr pen rtm ber
nes ent ive eph eti ens
mes off eak eid sep win
erd tel day ter wed tem
aft apa own car ern oon
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Hint
The first letters of the words are W, E, S, A, S, C, O, T, W, A.
Answer
Windbreak, eiderdown, sometimes, afternoon, September, carpenter, offensive, telephone, Wednesday, apartment.
win + dbr + eak = windbreak
eid + erd + own = eiderdown
som + eti + mes = sometimes
aft + ern + oon = afternoon
sep + tem + ber = september
car + pen + ter = carpenter
off + ens + ive = offensive
tel + eph + one = telephone
wed + nes + day = wednesday
apa + rtm + ent = apartment
Puzzle 30
What is missing from this sequence:
teloiv ogidni eulb {?} wolley egnaro der
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Look to the skies for the answer.
Answer
neerg.
These are the colours of the rainbow reversed.
Puzzle 31
At the recent BrainBashers code-breaking convention, Billie Brisk won the speed contest.
The following sentence was deciphered in a record time of 123 seconds.
What was the well-known saying and how has it been encrypted?
MOOT CYNA SKOO IOPS EHTL TORB YCBH
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Hint
The first word begins with T.
Answer
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Reasoning
The saying has been broken down into blocks of 4, the last block has been filled with dummy letters. Each block has then been reversed.
Double-Checking
Start with:
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH
Group together:
TOOMANYCOOKSSPOILTHEBROTH
Split into groups of 4 letters:
TOOM ANYC OOKS SPOI LTHE BROT H
Add 3 random characters:
TOOM ANYC OOKS SPOI LTHE BROT HBCY
Reverse each group of 4 letters:
MOOT CYNA SKOO IOPS EHTL TORB YCBH
Puzzle 32
What comes next in this sequence:
eel cat lion ibex panda skunk {?}
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Look at the initial letters.
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Elephant – or any animal beginning with E: the initial letters form the word ECLIPSE.
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