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Puzzle 385 


At the local mid-summers fayre, four ladies are planning to delight the visitors with their speciality cakes.

Mrs Archer will make a chocolate cake.

Neither Mrs Bowness, Louise nor Kay Cook propose to make a vanilla cake.

Julie, who is not Mrs Dancer, will make coffee.

Mary will not make a plain one.

You need to find their full names and who plans to make which cake.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 386 


Below is a grid which should contain animals. The missing letters for a particular column are listed at the top of that column. Can you 'drop' the missing letters in and complete the grid? Each animal begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

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Puzzle 387 


Using only horizontal and vertical lines, connect every number to its pair (1 goes to 1, 2 goes to 2, etc). The lines must not cross each other.



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

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter

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Puzzle 388 


Can you find all of the spokes? A digit on a hub denotes the number of spokes that meet there. Spokes never cross and in the end everything will be connected.

Puzzle Copyright © Johan de Ruiter

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