EXCLUSIVE

EXCLUSIVE

First strike one that is at the end of June,

Then remove one hundred before too soon,

Take away what’s found at the start of love

Now get rid of us to help fit this glove,

Destroy the end of the puzzle to help your brain,

After all of this labour, just three of us remain,

Stand largest at the front to skinniest at the rear,

Add two eyes and now tell me what’s left over my dear.

How old am I?

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Clue: The word ‘EXCLUSIVE’ is the key word. You must remove letters from this word by applying the instructions from the riddle.

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Answer: I am 18.

EXCLUSIVE This is the word that gets reduced based on the following instructions.

First strike one that is at the end of June, Taken literally, this means remove the end of the word June, thus the letter ‘E’ is removed from EXCLUSIVE.

Then remove one hundred before too soon, Remove the Roman numeral for 100 which is ‘C’ from XCLUSIVE

Take away what’s found at the start of love. Take away the first letter of love: ‘L’ from XLUSIVE

Now get rid of us to help fit this glove, Remove US from XUSIVE

Destroy the end of the puzzle to help your brain, The literal end of ‘puzzle’ is the letter ‘E’ and this needs to be taken away from XIVE

After all of this labour, just three of us remain, After this process, only XIV remain.

Stand largest at the front to skinniest at the rear, Ordering these letters from largest to skinniest results in the order XVI

Add two eyes and now tell me what’s left over my dear. Add two eyes phonetically means two II

How old am I? XVIII which is Roman numerals for 18!