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 \n\n| Letter | B |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Fact | 10-8 | 2+2 | 12-9 | 10-9 | 7+7 | 2+10 | 15-11 |  | 8+7 | 2+8 | 16-2 |\n\n\n| Letter |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Fact | 10-7 | 9-8 | 5+4 |  | 2+10 | 12-8 | 20-16 |  | 6+5 | 12-5 | 4+12 |\n\n\n| Letter |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Fact | 0+5 | 15-9 | 7+6 |  | 20-7 | 13-7 | 2+9 | 19-9 | 5+9 | 17-12 | 14-8 |\n\n\n| Letter |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Fact | 5+8 | 12-6 | 13-9 | 12-4 | 7+10 |\n\nAnswer    \nUse the clues to work out the answer to the Halloween joke.  \n\n| A | B | C | E | G | H | I | M | N | O | R | S | T | U | Y | - | ! |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |\n\nWhy are ghosts no good at lying?  \n\n| Letter | B | E | C | A | U | S | E |  | Y | O | U |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 |  | 15 | 10 | 14 |\n| Fact | 10-8 | 2+2 | 12-9 | 10-9 | 7+7 | 2+10 | 15-11 |  | 8+7 | 2+8 | 16-2 |\n\n\n| Letter | C | A | N |  | S | E | E |  | R | I | - |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number | 3 | 1 | 9 |  | 12 | 4 | 4 |  | 11 | 7 | 16 |\n| Fact | 10-7 | 9-8 | 5+4 |  | 2+10 | 12-8 | 20-16 |  | 6+5 | 12-5 | 4+12 |\n\n\n| Letter | G | H | T |  | T | H | R | O | U | G | H |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number | 5 | 6 | 13 |  | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 6 |\n| Fact | 0+5 | 15-9 | 7+6 |  | 20-7 | 13-7 | 2+9 | 19-9 | 5+9 | 17-12 | 14-8 |\n\n\n| Letter | T | H | E | M | ! |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Number | 13 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 |\n| Fact | 5+8 | 12-6 | 13-9 | 12-4 | 7+10 |\n\nAnswer Because you can see right through them!","cbCaifn5cOB9kKdC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifn5cOB9kKdC","pdf",292149,"English","# Use the clues\n## Clue grids with letter-number facts\n## Puzzle question: ghost lying\n## Final answer","[{\"question\":\"What is the Halloween question the puzzle asks?\",\"answer\":\"Why are ghosts no good at lying?\"},{\"question\":\"How does the puzzle let you compute answers?\",\"answer\":\"Each grid row maps letters to numbers, and “Fact” entries give arithmetic relationships that connect the number values to the letters.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the final answer to the Halloween joke?\",\"answer\":\"Because you can see right through them!\"}]","Halloween Codebreaker - Halloween Codebreaker 1a - Use the clues to work out the answer to the Halloween joke | PDF",1792673373]