PUZZLES

Chris Maslanka

1 How many numbers between 1 and 1,000 (inclusive) are 7 more than a perfect square? 2Wordpool

Find the correct definition: SAMBAR a) nautical term for

sandbar b) Cuban dance c) unfinished novel by

Dickens d) deer of southern Asia

3 What’s Cooking?

Find two cooking ingredients in VOLATILES.

4 Dropouts

Replace each asterisk with a letter to make a word: *B*O*R*N*

5 Same Difference Identify two words which differ only in letters shown:

***A***** (illegal workplace?) ***E***** (emporium of treats?)

6 Cryptic

Two biblical types seen at the auction? (3, 3)

River flowing through Heidelberg (4)

Sent about 10 cents as deposit (8)

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