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I am stuck here. I don't want solution for this, I just want to know the name of technique which will be used here to go ahead.

When using software to create a grid for a cryptic crossword, most general-purpose word lists will do because you want most of the answers to be headwords from a dictionary. But I'd like to compile a ...

5 teams are playing in a "round-robin" soccer tournament, in which each team plays each other team once. Each game has 3 possible outcomes: team 1 wins, draw, or team 2 wins. The winning team receives ...

See me from left, I appear as spectacles. See me from right, I appear as butterfly. See me from top, I will connect to just one. See me from bottom, I just a wave.

My friend Gabby and I constantly look out for each other. Just the other day, she received a strange message from what I thought was an uncle of hers. "Problem is," she started with a worried look, "I ...

The army of the big and violent-prone country of Fruitland is planning to launch a nuclear rocket that could possibly destroy the near pacific little country of Vegetablesland. It is well known that ...

Is it text? Is it a face? Is it code? What is it?

The other day my good friend Captain Pun invited me to a party on board his new boat. "What will the dress code be?" I asked. Captain Pun said he'd email me the details. Later that day I received ...

I sum up S4; there exists a ⵢ8 How many numbers does this strange summation encode, and what's the encoding?

Here's some letters and numbers. Find "?" (S,V):3::(U,K):16::(T,F):5::(L,K):5::(M,W):1::(I,O,M):? Hint1: Hint2: Ok, this is a minor give away,...

Detective Inspector Playfair, an energetically boisterous policeman who often complained about Endeavour Morse having his own TV show, was sat on a bench at the side of Coldport's newly laid town ...

If you apply the same algorithm over and over again the cube will be solved. I want to know what algorithm is the worst one (the one with the longest cycle) I have found RU (cycle of 60 times) I have ...

Easy riddle. Even kids should be able to get this. In the end, the answer to this puzzle is a three letter word and also a single letter. Ignore the Excel sheet lines Hint Each row is a clue ...

Replace the question marks. 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, ?, 11, 14, 19, 20, ?

This question is inspired by the Prime to Prime puzzle. The first 24 Prime Numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 Using up to 4 ...

The following image should lead to a 4-digit numeric code. The hints given were as follows: and I've made some progress, but I have no idea if it's in the right direction, so I don't know if I ...

8 . . | . . . | . . 6 . . 4 | . . . | . . . . . . | . . . | 9 1 . ---------+---------+-------- . . . | . 2 . | . . . . . 9 | 3 . . | . . . . . . | . . . | . ...

A King over all The nations will fall His garment of white Its hem stained red The darkness made light For sinners he bled In one hand a sword The word of his power In the other a ...

The now defunct IQ Mega Test had a problem which was considered it's 'most difficult' called the Three Cube problem. Does anyone know what it is?

This puzzle is an harder version of a very famous one. It has been asked many times on PSE, but this time the question is slightly different (1) (2). So please read this question twice before marking ...

Exactly 3 of 7 circles here should be painted black to make the Masyu uniquely solved. Find them!

I know, this is going to look, and sound very confusing, but I'm participating in an ARG. The ARG, includes very difficult puzzles, and riddles that I cannot solve. I need your help, I will provide ...

This puzzle is the FINAL part of the ‘Twelve Labours’ series, and contains spoilers for previous instalments, which can be found here: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | ...

I need help solving this very strange and cryptic puzzle. Puzzle Hint: I destroyed you though you need me Puzzle Text: ^8^#__|&|*'|%/'+|+'|+'&%|&|+%|+%|'%{'×'×%'₹|%*|%*₹^×₹^*₹×-:-÷:-÷×₹^|...

Coldport is celebrating having a new town hall by laying a tiled design in the public square in front of the building. The design is also square: $5\times 5$ tiles square, in fact, and features three ...

Venus gave you two eggs because she wants to test their strength. She lives in a 100 floor building and she wants to find the first floor above which the eggs break when thrown out of the window. ...

A wonderful new chess problem has appeared lately that is most wonderful. I am here to share it with the world today. But you must solve it in order know about it’s glory! It’s White to move and ...

Take away my first letter, then take away my second letter. Then take away the rest of my letters, yet I remain the same. What am I?

All handmade! Answer is a thematic word. Click here for colorblind assistance (regions with similar colors are indicated).

I'm really confused I sound like subtraction But really I've refused A positive action Who am I?

The first 25 Prime Numbers are 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97 Using up to 4 prime numbers and the following mathematical operations, get all the 25 primes. ...

If, 7∆ + 11□ - 2□ + 1∆ = 36 12∆ - 8∆ + 8□ + 2∆ = 25 3□ + 17∆ + 5□ + 2∆= 289 then, 1□ + 7□ + 2□ + 3∆ + 17∆ = ?

Here's a set of puzzles related to 1337. The first one goes here: One digit for each question mark. $1337=1?×3×37+?$ This is pretty easy. Solve it.

So, I randomly stumbled across this cipher/code and I am pretty stuck and wondering if anyone had any input: 65706377 736D 797367 676B72687A67 74636D64 7161 B8B 78863B1F56468 767A796B 71 6C6E79657A ...

A number is missing. Find "?". ((13 19 4□)⁽⁷ ⁴ ⁻¹⁾□) + ((14 6 4□ 3□ 5)⁽⁶ ² ² ⁻⁴ ⁾□) + (4□ 13 12 5 23 5)⁽⁴ ¹⁰ ⁻⁷ ⁷ ⁻¹ ⁾ = ?□

Inspired by my last riddle: Three Tongues of Rock One is round He sings of dark art One with lips He gently caresses The third he sings Of men who wear dresses This one ...

Can you work out what game I am? (My original puzzle): Head hung low in… (5) - Best card of the deck (3) Written much by peer and shakes, often read for the love it makes (6) - Certainly not pretty ...

After solving this puzzle, I received an envelope in the mail. I opened the envelope, only to find three letters inside. The first one read: I know who you are I'm sending my greeting ...

Jennifer is playing a game. The Ace through King of spades are taken from a standard playing deck and laid out facedown on the table. At any time, Jennifer can select two cards and reveal them, and ...

The grid above shows the final layout of a domino game played with a standard $28$-tile (dominos $0-0$ to $6-6$). The first domino played, the $4-4$ double is given, and solvers must complete the ...

Lolek and Bolek are arguing on whose turn is to take out the trash. They have a box with $n$ coins. when the coin $i$ is thrown, the probability that it lands on heads is $p_i$. They decided to make ...

I think there must be a way to solve this but I can't get there Green + Blue = Yellow Red + Green = Purple Yellow - Purple = Red Red + Green + Blue = 9 I have made some progress And but I run ...

When I first met my good friend Captain Pun, he invited me to dinner to meet his wife, a physics professor at the university. Over a glass of wine I inquired into her research interests. "Let me show ...

If a giraffe has two eyes, a monkey has two eyes, and an elephant has two eyes, how many eyes do we have? The question is not guess work.. it has definite answer.

I have a numeric sequence: 1,4,5,5,7,9,9,6,6,11,13,11,? What is the next number in the sequence and what pattern does the sequence follow? This sequence has to do with prime numbers and the sequence ...

Across 1. Smoothening the rest of the day? (7) 8. Tune's introduction omitted by exotic Croatian instrument (7) 10. Secretly agree to meet… (5) 13. …and not to be indoors every second (3) 14....

Another puzzle in the spirit of the Density™ puzzle. Just monochrome this time I'm afraid. Enjoy! Final answer: (3, 4, 5)

I'm having the hardest time with this sequence puzzle. The mobile game I play (which asked me the question) doesn't provide answers or explanations for incorrect answers, and I'm searching online so I ...

A bored jailer tells a prisoner that if he can guess a secret number he will be set free. The rules are given that the number will not be more than three digits in length and the prisoner may guess ...

This is a question asked to me by my friend's kid: What number should replace the question mark?