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NAMEPLAY 1-2 PUNCH

Two TV series that premiered 70 years apart were each named for their masked main character. We’ve replaced all but three letters in each of their names with blanks. Can you identify the shows?

___ ___ ___ ___ O N E

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ ___ TWO ___ ___ ___

—R.H. Wei

NUMBER PLAY EIGHT EASY EQUATIONS

The nine letters A through I have the integer values 1 through 9 (in some order), subject to the equations below. Can you find the unique integer value of each letter?

A + B = 9

C + D = 9

E + F = 9

G + H = 9

B + C = 10

D + E = 10

F + G = 10

H + I =

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