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Answers to last week's brain-teasers

"What's an eight-letter word for 'unmarried man'?"

Message In Bottle In Bottle

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

Barks in code.

"I think I may have stumbled on something, Walpole."

'Uhhh... Houston, we have a problem.'

'Trust me, there's nobody to rescue that way...'

'I'll give you a clue. The answer is a number, not a fruit.'

"The note in the bottle said someone's stranded here, but where is he?"

A Vase has fallen on a cat's head. Are mice to blame?

"You're lucky someone was nice enough to turn it in."

Murder in Apartment 6-K

"Excuse me ma'am, may I help you cross the road so that I can get the answer to this dumb joke my friend keeps telling?"

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

"This just in: one of us always tells lies; the other always tells the truth. Who's who? Stay tuned."

"You know the stories about putting a pair of socks into the washing machine and getting out just one of them...Jones, it seems that we found the hideaway of the second socks!"

"According to the map, the treasure should be right behind that door."

"Odd, since neither of us overfeeds her by even the smallest amount."

"So, just to be clear: the 'voices inside your head' told you to launder the money from forfeited law enforcement seizures in exchange for federal tax breaks for your Uncle Mark in Costa Rica?"

'Time machine materialises in Westminster Lord Lucan arrested'

Marriage a la Mode - Death of the Earl.

Man browsing books see couple kissing in romance section of book store.

"So that's where all the socks ended up!"

Sphinx Comes Alive

'It was part way through the initial investigation that detective Walters felt as if he was being watched, but there was no one in the room. No one that is except the cat, who sat contently on the chair and watched him with an almost human repose.'

'I can't read their smoke signal. It's encrypted.'

"I'm sorry, JB, we still haven't worked out how we did it."

Aliens From Outer Space Come in Many Shapes

'I don't know officer: They all look alike to me...'

'Keep an eye on that one. He looks like a sketchy character to me.'

Oedipus

"Since we installed the video surveillance system we're losing fewer socks."

"Homes on Holmes"