Puzzle a Day

Today’s puzzle appeared on series 22 of the BBC quiz show Only Connect. What connects the four clues above?

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Clue: They come from a famous story.

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Today’s puzzle was created by Brett, a long term follower of Puzzle A Day. Many thanks Brett!

Fourteen chemical elements have a one-letter chemical symbol:

Boron (B), Carbon (C), Fluorine (F), Hydrogen (H), Iodine (I), Potassium (K), Nitrogen (N), Oxygen (O), Phosphorus (P), Sulfur (S), Uranium (U), Vanadium (V), Tungsten (W), and Yttrium (Y).

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Four towns are located at the corners of a square (as pictured above). Each side of the square is 10 km long. You have been asked to design a road network that connects the towns. The only requirement is that it must be possible to travel from any town to any other town using the roads (direct travel is not necessary: routes can pass through other towns).

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Can you solve these three rebus puzzles? The numbers in the brackets indicate how many letters are in each word of the answer.

1. (13)

2. (7, 8)

3. (6, 2, 3, 5)

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Clue:

I’m planning to buy a 100-inch TV. The manufacturer lists the TV’s aspect ratio as 16:9. I have an alcove where I want to place it, but the space is only 85 inches wide. Will the TV fit inside the alcove?

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