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1. Every weekday, Miriam does the crossword in her local paper. Last week, the first four crosswords took her a total of 15 minutes and 13 seconds. If, at the end of the week, the average time she’d spent solving each crossword was three minutes and 17 seconds, how long did it take her to complete Friday’s crossword? 2. What connects cottage, humble and mud?

3. Which type of pasta may produce LEAN GAS?

4. Which is the odd one out: Praslin, Mahé, Bimini, La Digue?

5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three fabrics: BAZ OTH VET SAI BOM EEN LCL INE VEL.