Riddles 🧩

Some of my books have riddles, puzzles and other games in them. Check your answers below:

Spy Academy: The Peak

Secret message: INSECTS DO NOT JUST EAT ALGAE STOP THEM OR ALL IS LOST

Hangman

1: Footsteps 2: Silence 3: Your name 4: Your shadow 5: A piano 6: Air 7: A river 8: When it’s ajar 9: A thimble 10: Meat 11: A penny 12: Wood, fire and smoke 13: The third one (the lions are dead) 14: Afraid of frostbite 15: A secret 16: A die 17: Breath 18: The doctor is the mother of the boy 19: A coffin 20: A candle 21: They are hurricanes 22: You don’t need to keep looking once you’ve found me 23: A stopped clock is right twice per day 24: Suicide 25: A choker 26: Tomorrow

Hunter / Just One Bite

1: Bottle 2: Cloud 3: Pulse 4: House at the north pole 5: Staircase 6: Window 7: One is bald 8: Tom is a cat, Cleo is a fish 9: Human, across lifespan 10: J for June 11: Court 12: Seven 13: Heart 14: Flowers 15: Day and night 16: Saw 17: Drop it from seven feet 18: Brain 19: Corn 20: Frozen 21: Towel 22: “If I were to ask the other guard which way was safe…” 23: Lunch and dinner 24: Blood 25: Five minutes 26: JFK 27: Ton 28: He’s dead already 29: Convertible 30: Key 31: Lightning and thunder 32: Triplets 33: See saw 34: Fire 35: Insurance 36: Noon 37: They didn’t tell him where the scene was 38: One is the mother 39: Bacon 40: A promise 41: The survivors don’t get buried 42: Hourglass 43: Phone 44: Alphabet 45: Onion 46: A hole 47: Umbrellas 48: A memory

Hideout

1: Hideout 2: Nose 3: Die 4: Queen 5: Glove 6: France 7: Poacher 8: Swallow 9: Shark 10: Gorge 11: Hedgehog 12: Peephole 13: Watchdog 14: Fingerprint 15: Cleaner 16: They gave him the cold shoulder 17: Mask 18: Ditto 19: Toast 20: Snake 21: Funeral 22: Covered 23: Thinking 24: Fire 25: Fetus 26: Water 27: Labyrinth 28: Sugar 29: Dogwood 30: Housemates 31: Driving 32: Penny 33: Tree 34: Organ 35: Postage 36: Illegal 37: Polish 38: Pipes 39: Chili 40: Heart attack 41: Tank top 42: Sunrise 43: Battering ram 44: Goodbye
45: Cliffhanger

Headcase

1: Shrink 2: Astro-naught 3: In or-bit 4: A hold-up 5: Re-cycling 6: An eardrum 7: A debriefing 8: A mess-age 9: A sneeze guard 10: Cough-ee 11: Razor wire 12: Serene 13: Punch 14: On a steak out 15: A patient 16: A hook 17: Leaning 18: A dictator 19: Air-con 20: Voila 21: A fair 22: Wednesday 23: A vision / double vision 24: A crow bar 25: GA-rage 26: A flashbang 27: A mind’s eye 28: A hand-shake 29: Sun glasses 30: A lap top 31: Hang (hang out, hang up) 32: Cups 33: Snot (tons) 34: I mist 35: Buttons 36: Newspapers 37: A remote 38: Airborne 39: A circle 40: Bowling 41: A cereal killer 42: Keys 43: A head-case