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23 P of C in the H B; 13=UFS

Asked by MacRae in Puzzles & Riddles

Tags: p, c, 23, b, h

Someone sent me a set of 33 little "cryptics" to solve. They all look like this:

7 D in a W - answer is 7 Days in a Week

or

3 B M (S H T R)- answer is 3 blind mice (see how they run)

or

Anyway I've got all but 2 of them. They are driving me nuts and I'll happily award 25 points EACH for the correct answers. The remaining two are:


23 P of C in the H B

and

13=UFS

The following insights may or may not help.

I suspect the questions may have come from South Africa as there were questions about cricket, rugby, and "9 P in S A", which turned out to be "9 provinces in South Africa". A few of the questions also had a biblical leaning, which has led me to think that the "H B" (above) might be "Holy Bible".

Final note - these little puzzles are presented in an Excel spreadsheet. You key in your answer and the word "TRUE" or "FALSE" appears in an adjoining cell. I only mention this because it is possible that you might offer an answer that sounds reasonable but which is unacceptable to the spreadsheet.

Final final note. I guess another (dishonourable) way to the answers would be to find where it is hidden in the spreadsheet. I guess there must be a hidden formula for each question to enable it to come up with the "True" or "False", but I don't know enough about Excel to unhide the formulas.

Really final note. 13=UFS is not "unlucky for some" or "unused floor space".  


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