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The Celestial Mr. Harrison
Clues:
Wow! [in red] with red oval encompassing number 2, black circle around 3, and the numbers 1 and 4.
Group of 18 black circles with numbers in a matrix.
Top Row: [6, _, 36, 23, blood drop, 145]
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What string comes next?
What string comes next:
accccfjuyz
fhqsstv
cfgiorttv
cfffgiioorsttuvz
abccffgioorttvz
aabcccdffghimooqrssttvzzz
Hint:
Hint 2:
Hint 3:
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Mapping Jack's Chicken
Clues:
Map of world with numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, and 9 strategically placed.
Portrait of man with numbers 1x2, 2, 3, 5, and 5 strategically placed in hair.
Instructions: Name That Film
_ _ _ _ E _ _ ...
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Hobbies and travelling
My hobby is to travel, the following hints lead you to my next destination.
What is my destination? And how do you know?
Hints:
Gsv kozxv rh mlg xolhv gl gsv hvz.
Gsv kozxv dv ziv ollprmt uli rm ...
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You probably don't have the courage to solve this. (THE LIST: PART 1)
ONE DAY, YOU WERE SCROLLING ON YOUR PHONE WHEN, YOUR MOM TEXTED YOU. READ THE STRING OF TEXTS:
MOM: Hi honey! On the counter, I have put a list for you to do. But, keep in mind that one step is ...
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Puzzle from Pythagoras
Pythagoras wants to…
If 1a,2b,20k,50v and 600x
Then what is 100 10 1000 3 ?
My original puzzle
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These words are for you alone
Can you decode the message this tablet contains?
Good luck!
Note: The knowledge tag is by no means necessary to solve this puzzle, but certain knowledge could be helpful in verifying the answer. ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 12): A peaceful tree
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2023. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
I wish you ...
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The FBI needs your help with this Zodiac killer message
During a recent thorough cleanup round at the main building of the San Fransisco Chronicle, an employee found a piece of paper stuck behind an archive closet in one of the many archive rooms.
Her ...
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the flute section keeps passing notes
(_ˇ෴ˇ)_⟋ 🎵🎶
(づ🪈◕‿◕ )づ日 ٩(◕‿◕)۶🪈
The band director is tired of the flutes passing notes in class, but he can't tell what the notes say. Here is one of the messages.
2 10 - 1 2 3 10 - 1 2 10 - 1 ...
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Cheese from Denmark
You'll need "cheese from denmark" for this cipher puzzle.
Denmark
Portugal 1/2
France "hello"
?AI EBOM AEEDY EHT SEOU EPNHS TNHG OS EPNHS "F" AN AI SEBOM SSEHÆ AI ...
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#TenderfootSpiral
Clues:
Two hikers on an incline arrow with numbers.
Hiker 1 says: 38.548493. Hiker 2 says: -105.998749.
Sequence: Hiker 17711 Hiker 0 377 0 144 1 10946 233 987 0 2584 6765 75025
Hiker = ...
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The End of the Desert Sauce
Transcript
Clues:
[map compass containing "19!"]
3336665555556669 84433 7777833255 777728822233 8666 77773333 944666 933 64444448 2233
+---+---+---+---+---+ +---+---+---+---+---+
| | 3 | 4 | 5 | ...
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Digit and (Digit) are different!
A, B, C and D are four different single digit numbers.
It is given that:
A + B = D
A - B = C
It is also given that:
A × B = (B)
C × CD = (D)
Questions:
Decode why B and D are enclosed in brackets.
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Coded human body parts
The table gives information about some of the human body parts.
The names of the body parts are all coded and the count of those body parts present in a normal human are given.
Coded body part
Count
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Hiking Circuits
This is part 27 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
How have you been? Today I have toured the coastal towns and islands of a major ...
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The Order of Ptolemy: The Initiation
You enter the room and hear the click of the door behind you. On a stone altar of light marble, there are three small statues overlooking 12 cards laid out in neat rows upon the smooth surface. An ...
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The Key to the City
This is part 9 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
This is a Skyscrapers puzzle. Each letter represents a unique number between 1 and ...
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The World Cup final conspiracy
Note: The set-up for this puzzle is all a fiction. (Or is it...?!) (Yes, it is.)
I have this friend who keeps banging on about how this year's World Cup was all a big fix, that the whole thing was ...
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Coded country names
Study the following table and answer the question given at the end.
Code
Country
(0100,10)
Estonia
(0100,010)
Andorra
(0100,1)
Malta
(0100,1100)
Congo
(010,000)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Which ...
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Togetherness - Enigmatic Puzzle
Clues:
43516 27692 9890 49450 25714 1___ 45494 29670 9890 35604
1___
Instructions: Fill-in the Blank
_ _ _ _ a _ _ _ _
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Construct a meaningful phrase
If (4, 3, 15) means "I am Liam", then 14 is a feminine name.
If (15, 3, 7) means "This is his", then 6 is a way of greeting someone.
Construct a meaningful phrase for (8, 7, 9) ...
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The Empty Cube (Interactive Puzzle)
I've made an interactive 3D cube puzzle in CSS, The puzzle is fully solvable from the images below, but the fully interactive version is here: https://codepen.io/chengarda/full/RwyKvwz
The empty cube ...
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We're just hanging out, man
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #3: Pencil and Paper Games
I'm a bit unsure who to ask about this...
You see, there's this guy I know. I say 'know' - we're not close mates, come ...
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Single word clues to decipher codewords
Two pieces of information are known about a code language:
One of the Greek letters is Pea23
The past tense of 13Tea is 11Tea
Each codeword in the table is associated with a single word clue.
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** and ## operations on countries
Oman is the ** of Romania
Andorra is the ** of Andorra
Tunisia is the ** of Tunisia
Guinea-Bissau is the ** of Guinea-Bissau
Haiti is the ## of Lithuania
Togo is the ## of Colombia
Maldives is the ## ...
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Coded Formula 1 Champions
This is a list of some of the Formula 1 championship winning drivers in their coded form.
The constructors that helped them to win the championship are also coded in the same row.
COMPLETE THE TABLE
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Functions and their Codewords
f(x,y,z) and g(x,y,z) are two functions where x and y both lie in the range [1,24].
Complete the table:
Function
Codeword
f(12,7,9)
Guatemala
g(12,17,8)
Khartoum
g(12,21,7)
Thimphu
f(13,17,8)
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Property of double H
It is the property of double H.
It is a symbol of respect.
It is attached to a moving thing.
Solve for the missing codeword to know the answer.
Number
Part 1
Part 2
Codeword
1
Sawlog
Member
ALGEBR1
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Musical instruments and their codes
Fill the empty cells under ONE, TWO, THREE and FOUR
ONE
Musical Instrument
Code
Ektara
I5E6
Masenqo
TWO
Musical Instrument
Code
Erhu
Gunjac
C7G6
THREE
Musical Instrument
Code
R6B9
Shamisen
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30 Days Hath September
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
... but what? Good luck on this enigmatic-puzzle!
Hints:
This puzzle is one of two remaining unsolved puzzles from ...
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->Transitions->
Here is a crossword to solve; the yellow squares hold a relevant word.
Online tools will be useful/needed.
partial text transcription:
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Entry to CIA Part #2
Previous Part: Part #1
After successfully completing Part #1's puzzle, you receive another message from the CIA on your black screen:
Dear Reader, we are glad to state that you have been accepted ...
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Entry to CIA Part #1
As I searched for different topics on Google, my whole screen suddenly went black and gave me this letter:
Dear Reader,
if you have come across this message, you may be applicable for the CIA.
We are ...
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The Official Stack Exchange Spelling Bee, sponsored by *something something*
Behold, the First annual official amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing Puzzling Stack Exchange Spelling Bee! With hard words! Harder puzzles! And conveniently pre-signed-upped competitors!!!
insert canned ...
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My angry new boss
It had to happen with all the people leaving and the confusing devices at work. My old boss resigned, leaving us with a new, quite peculiar replacement. He fires people, and then he hires others, all ...
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the television: a country's finale
This puzzle belongs to the puzzle series: A-Countries-Journey
This is part 3.
New country! Welcome to the UN! Here is your task for today:
Germany's Cryptics Factory: where the cryptics are always ...
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How does this program work?
I have coded a Python program. Here's the example of my inputs and outputs:
|Input |Output |
|-------------|----------------|
|wcf4# |'gpiyR' |
|rekvof |"l`'-l\...
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Number of elements as compound
What simple compound is precious to life and encodes the total number of elements?
What other thing does it code and is revered by some as precious to life?
Accepted solution should show how the ...
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Boxentriq level 20 with dancing figures and a book cipher
The picture below is a puzzle from the Boxentriq game, which should help me find a particular book.
Decoding the pictured Dancing Men cipher gives me "LIBERAL II". Using this and the numbers ...
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A splash of Minecraft?
I was playing Minecraft the other day and came across a beautiful splash message. Subsequently, I was inspired to create a puzzle for it.
Svir, look out below!
Shorty's slang stays surprisingly stout....
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What is the battle?
You wake up in a strange room. No one is there, as far as you can tell. But there are three doors, a piece of paper and a numpad, which is a standard keyboard. (this is N. O. T. a 'what door should ...
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A rather odd tree
I was exploring an ancient garden. It seems the original inhabitants had long since left. One of the trees particularly struck me. Besides the delicious-looking red fruit the branches were twisted ...
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An airport authority's important message
A middle-aged man sat in a sofa in an air-conditioned room of an airport, staring at the officer facing him; the latter had her left hand on a small laptop.
"I have a very important message for ...
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A series of strange codes
I made this code series for my computer science friends—they had fun solving it, and one of them told me I should put it up on this site, so here goes. The end of the code is rather unexpected!
Each ...
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The Puzzling Free-to-Play Escape Room, naturally!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #50: Escape Rooms
Without revealing too much, knowledge of geek culture and/or superb Google skills are required for this puzzle.
Coming from an anime ...
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