What Can You Make of This?

What phrase does this rebus represent?

H
HI
HIS
HIST
HISTO
HISTOR
HISTORY


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Crocodile Attack

Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?


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Over Fifty In My Kingdom

There are over fifty members in my family;
Yet none quarrel. We all live merrily.

Four leaders have we, all with a bride;
Each has a son who has great pride.

We also have servants who make funny gestures;
But they are hardly used, as they often pester.

The peasants are at the bottom of the line;
Although they outnumber us, they haven't a right mind.

What are we?


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Trixie's Preference

Trixie is the most athletic girl in her grade. She is a star player on the baseball, soccer, and basketball teams. Four boys, Al, Ben, Carl, and Dan have a crush on her. Because Trixie is so passionate about sports, she wants her boyfriend to play the same three sports she does. Here are some facts:

1. No two of the four boys plays the same number of the sports baseball, soccer, and basketball.

2. Only one boy plays baseball but not soccer, and this boy is either Al or Dan.

3. Only one boy plays basketball but not baseball, and this boy is either Ben or Carl.

4. Either Al and Carl both play baseball, or neither plays baseball.

5. Either Ben and Dan both play soccer, or neither plays soccer.

Who should Trixie date?


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In-deed!

In this teaser you place a small word in "de...ed" to produce a new word. The letters are inserted in order, as a whole.

Each cryptic clue has two parts:
* first, a clue for the small word
* finally, a clue for the new word
The hint gives the number of letters in the small word.

Example:
CLUE: A knight, indeed, is longed for.
HINT: 3
ANSWER: deSIRed - "Sir" in "de...ed" - means "longed for"

CLUES:
1. Face the ball, indeed! He just had a war of words.

2. Not able to, indeed! It was poured out without disturbing the sediment.

3. Short, indeed; but thoroughly cross-examined.


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Mix me up, and I'm protection at a reno site
Shuffle me, and I'm used when no longer upright
Jumble me, and I'm filled with great delight
Scrambled, then do this to be out of one's sight
I cast my victim into a restricted freedom plight

What am I?


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Why Skid Mark Why? Part 2

When Question Mark unlocked the door, he thought that he would see his wallet straight away. But Skid Mark (Question's brother) decided to put the wallet in a safe. The combination is three 2-digit numbers which can be expressed like this:

xx-xx-xx

You are given the following clues to work out the combination:

The total of the three numbers is 39.
The second number is half of the third number.
The first number is the third number minus 1.

Can you find Question's wallet in time? It's all up to you.


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Back in Forth 13

Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word.

Example: di____ve (a defeat)
Answer: dissolve ("A defeat" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.)

1. s____ing (earth)
2. si____lk (felt reverent)
3. cam____e (chauffeur driven car)
4. s____way (bass; extreme)


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Letter Boxing

Complete the word square by inserting the 9 letters into the grid, to create the same words reading down & across.

D E E L L L O O O

E A C H
A _ _ _
C _ _ _
H _ _ _


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A female name I've been assigned
To working, I am disinclined
But just give me a gentle swing
And what you desire, I will bring

What or who am I?


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Song Title Mind Twister

W+H+E+R+E

ROYGBIV


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The Factual Murder

There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer?

1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a topnotch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week.
4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month.
5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago.
6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.
7. Dan used to drink heavily.
8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together.
9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle.


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I Wear the Face

I wear the face of a leader of men. My financial worth is small and my
appearance not impressive, yet my presence is a passport to any country
and society. I have the entree alike to the boudoir and the armed; I
penetrate to royal palaces and to the far corners of the earth. In my
youth I am bright and fresh looking; later, my face is marred and
disfigured and I am cast aside as nothing; but when I am very old I am eagerly sought, and a safe refuge is provided for me, where I am exhibited to admiring visitors. What am I?


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