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Puzzle 333 


Below are 8 Academy Award winners.

The letters of their names have been mixed up and put into alphabetical order.

The brackets contain clues to their names, the first letter and the length of each part of their name. For example, EEIKNNOSTV [K5 S5] = KEVIN STONE.
DEEFIJOORST      [J5 F6]
EEELMPRRSTY      [M5 S6]
ABEIJLORRSTU     [J5 R7]
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU [K9 H7]
CEEEGGLNOOORY    [G6 C7]
ACCHIJKLNNOOS    [J4 N9]
BDEEINOORRRT     [R6 D2 N4]
AACCEEHIILMN     [M7 C5]

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Puzzle 334 


This is a very special sequence and is complete, but what is the missing letter?

T  I  A  V  S  S  A  I  C  ?  W  I  T  M  L

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Puzzle 335 


If:
SAFE + STAY + SOON + SKIP = STOP

then:
PINK + PORE + PUSH + PLOT = ?

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Puzzle 336 


A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally between the pupils.

If there were more than 20, but fewer than 50 pupils, how many sweets did each receive?

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