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The Official Answers
1. Wholesome
2. Three melons
3. "Inkstand". "in" is at the beginning, "kst" is in the middle, and "and" is at the end.
4. Each barber must have cut the other's hair. The logician picked the barber who had given his rival the better haircut.
5. Only one, the last one!
6. Two pirates. (I'm guessin' the answer is based on the guys having peg legs, and one with an eye patch, and one with a hook. Kinda' obscure, I'll grant you.)
7. He didn't catch any fish the first day, but he caught 3 on the second day, 6 on the third day, 9 on the fourth day and 12 on the fifth day.
8. His horse is named Friday.
9. 14 horses and 8 men. 14 x 4 = 56 + 8 x 2 = 16 = a total of 72 feet.
10. The prisoner grabbed one of the marbles from the jar and swallowed it, and picked up the other marble and showed everyone. The marble was black, and since the other marble was swallowed, it was assumed to be the white one. So the evil king had to set him free.
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