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Puzzle 1
Can you create a sentence that contains the word 'and' five times in a row, i.e. with no other word between each 'and'?

[Ref: ZDBT]

I commissioned an artist to paint a sign for BrainBashers that said "BrainBashers Games And Fun", however, they made a terrible mistake. The gap between 'Games' and 'And', and 'And' and 'Fun' wasn't the same so the sign seemed oddly out of balance.

Puzzle 2
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central H and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 32 words. Good: 28 words. Average: 20 words.

[Ref: ZRWM] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

Common words: cooper, core, corer, corps, corpse, cress, crop, cross, crosser, er, err, or, ore, per, poor, poorer, pore, poser, press, process, PROCESSOR, prose, roe, rope, roper, rose, scooper, score, scorer, sore, sorer, spore.
All words: cero, ceros, cooer, cooers, cooper, coopers, coper, copers, cor, core, corer, corers, cores, corps, corpse, corpses, corse, corses, cress, crop, crops, crore, crores, cross, crosse, crosser, er, eros, err, errs, ers, or, orc, orcs, ore, ores, ors, per, poor, poorer, pore, pores, porose, poser, posers, press, pressor, pro, process, PROCESSOR, pros, prose, proser, prosers, proses, proso, prosos, pross, re, rec, recross, recs, rep, repo, repos, repro, repros, reps, res, roc, rocs, roe, roes, roose, rooser, roosers, rooses, rope, roper, ropers, ropes, roscoe, roscoes, rose, roses, scooper, scoopers, score, scorer, scorers, scores, scroop, scroops, ser, sers, sopor, sopors, sore, sorer, sores, spoor, spoors, spore, spores.

Puzzle 3
The words below are all anagrams of other words, the initial letters of which form an anagram of another word. What is the answer?
bruise
warned
please
listen
veined
trance

[Ref: ZWOH] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

The answer is 'ANSWER': asleep, nectar, silent, wander, envied, rubies.

Puzzle 4
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central L and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 43 words. Good: 35 words. Average: 28 words.

[Ref: ZTZR] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

Common words: able, ale, alert, alter, bale, baler, beetle, belt, blare, bleat, bracelet, cable, cartel, CELEBRATE, celt, cereal, claret, clear, cleat, earl, eel, elate, elect, la, lab, lace, late, later, lea, lee, leer, let, real, rebel, rectal, reel, relate, table, talc, tale, teal, treacle, treble.
All words: abele, able, abler, al, alb, ale, alec, alee, alert, alt, alter, artel, bal, bale, baler, beetle, beetler, bel, belt, belter, betel, blae, blare, blat, blate, blear, bleat, bleater, blet, bracelet, cable, cablet, carl, carle, cartel, cel, celeb, CELEBRATE, celt, cereal, claret, clear, cleat, creel, earl, eclat, eel, el, elate, elater, elect, ERECTABLE, la, lab, labret, lac, lace, lacer, lar, laree, lat, late, later, lea, lear, lee, leer, leet, let, rale, ratel, real, rebel, rectal, reel, reelect, relace, relate, relet, retable, table, tael, talc, tale, taler, teal, teel, tel, tela, telae, tele, tercel, treacle, treble.

Puzzle 5
At a musical recital five students (John, Kate, Larry, Mary and Nick) performed five musical pieces. Two by Bach, two by Mozart and one by Vivaldi. There were three violinists and two pianists. Each student performed only one piece, and played only one instrument. Find the order of the students, their respective instruments and the composer, with the following conditions:
1. The composers were not played consecutively. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first.
2. There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece.
3. There were no piano pieces by Mozart.
4. Kate played third.
5. Nick played the piano, and immediately followed John, who played a piece by Mozart.
6. Mary did not play a piece by Vivaldi.

[Ref: ZCSB] © Chris Joh

1 = John played Mozart on the Violin
2 = Nick played Bach on the Piano
3 = Kate played Mozart on the Violin
4 = Mary played Bach on the Violin
5 = Larry played Vivaldi on the Piano

Puzzle 6
Alex, Bret, Chris, Derek, Eddie, Fred, Greg, Harold, and John are nine students who live in a three storey building, with three rooms on each floor. A room in the West wing, one in the centre, and one in the East wing. If you look directly at the building, the left side is West and the right side is East. Each student is assigned exactly one room. Can you find where each of their rooms is:
1. Harold does not live on the bottom floor.
2. Fred lives directly above John and directly next to Bret (who lives in the West wing).
3. Eddie lives in the East wing and one floor higher than Fred.
4. Derek lives directly above Fred.
5. Greg lives directly above Chris.

[Ref: ZQJZ] © Chris Joh

From the highest floor to lowest we have: West Centre East
==== ====== ====
Harold Derek Eddie
Bret Fred Greg
Alex John Chris

Puzzle 7
100 prisoners are locked up in individual cells, unable to see, speak or communicate in any way with each other. There is a central living room with a single light bulb, the bulb is initially off and no prisoner can see the light bulb from their own cell.
Every day, the warden picks a prisoner at random, and that prisoner goes to the central living room. While there, the prisoner can toggle the bulb if they wish (off to on, or on to off). At any point, any prisoner can claim that all 100 prisoners have been to the living room. If they are wrong then all 100 prisoners will locked up forever! However, if they are correct all of the prisoners are set free.
Before the random picking begins, the prisoners are allowed to discuss a plan. What is their best plan to determine when all 100 prisoners have visited the living room?

[Ref: ZAWX]

One person is chosen as the Counter. When a prisoner enters the living room, if the light is off they turn it on - but only if they have never switched it on before. When the Counter enters the room, if the light is on, they will turn it off. When the Counter has turned the light off 99 times, they will know that 99 prisoners have turned it on, and therefore every one of them has visited the living room and this will allow them all to be set free. QED.

Puzzle 8
What is represented by this BrainBat?
ZZZE
ZZEZ
ZEZZ
EZZZ

[Ref: ZCGX] Copyrighted

Diagonally - the E's are along the diagonal.

Puzzle 9
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central R and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 100 words. Good: 80 words. Average: 60 words.

[Ref: ZQKW] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]

Common words: acre, agree, alert, alter, anger, angler, antler, arc, are, art, canter, car, care, cart, cartel, cater, center, central, centre, cereal, claret, cleaner, clear, crag, crane, crate, create, eager, ear, earl, earn, eater, enlarge, enrage, enter, era, erect, eternal, gear, general, genre, gentler, glare, gnarl, grace, grant, grate, great, green, greet, lager, lancer, large, later, learn, learnt, lectern, leer, near, neater, nectar, race, rag, rage, ran, rang, range, rant, rat, rate, react, reagent, real, recant, recent, rectal, RECTANGLE, reel, reenact, regal, regent, relate, relent, renal, rent, rental, tar, tare, tear, tern, trace, trance, treacle, tree.
All words: acre, ager, agree, alert, alter, anger, angler, antler, antre, ar, arc, are, arete, argent, argle, art, artel, cager, caner, canter, car, care, careen, caret, carl, carle, carn, carnet, cart, carte, cartel, cater, centare, center, centra, central, centre, cerate, cere, cereal, clanger, claret, cleaner, clear, crag, crane, crate, create, creel, crenate, crenel, eager, eagre, ear, earl, earn, eater, ecarte, eger, egret, elater, enlarge, enrage, enter, entera, enteral, er, era, ere, erect, erg, ergate, ern, erne, eternal, galere, gar, garnet, gear, genera, general, genre, gentler, gerent, glancer, glare, gleaner, gnar, gnarl, grace, gran, grant, grantee, grat, grate, great, greaten, gree, green, greet, lacer, lager, lancer, lar, laree, large, later, leaner, lear, learn, learnt, lectern, leer, leger, nacre, narc, near, neater, nectar, negater, race, rag, rage, ragee, rale, ran, rance, ranee, rang, range, rant, rat, rate, ratel, re, react, reagent, real, rec, recane, recant, recent, reclean, recta, rectal, RECTANGLE, ree, reel, reenact, reg, regal, regale, regent, regental, reglet, regna, regnal, relace, relate, relent, relet, renal, rent, rental, rente, ret, retag, rete, taler, tangler, tanrec, tar, tare, targe, tarn, tear, teleran, tenrec, terce, tercel, terga, tergal, tern, terne, trace, trance, treacle, tree, treen.

Puzzle 10
What letter comes first in this grid?
_ T T F F
S S E N T
E T T F F
S S E N T

[Ref: ZCIQ]

O: the letters are the first letters of the first numbers, One, Two, Three, etc.

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