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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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A puzzle about ERIC

This is a puzzle about (7, 8, 8), or ERIC for short. Can you decode them? IM[K]N, OPQFR ABNP, AC V R[K]T, U R[K]T HIJK L, HIJK JPFH, SFH NPFJ L, NP[J]F V D, EF GF ERIC = ??P??[K] [J]?GFP ?[N]??[K]R
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Anyone Seen My Snorkel?

This is part 54 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. mqoı ugw7qж , zqv qw o h6ım v6ınɔ ugwo7 | zo 78վn £þxm εıqm conxnøqxw v8կox h6ımw , დnɔ þn 7დvn ...
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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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A Trivial Pursuit #07 (Geography 2/4): String Theory

This is part 7 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end. If e* t* u* v* w* x* y* is H... What relevant (if ...
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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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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 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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CliffDriving PS

[contextual images] [text near one image] 16.,51. Instructions: Name the Town _ _ s _ _ _ _
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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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Who murdered His Majesty the King?

Furious, the chief officer of London's police force stood in the foyer of the late Majesty's mansion, trying to compose himself. Sitting before him were the three suspects, Toby and Ned (whom he'd ...
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Where does my friend live? 5

Other questions in this series can be found here. One of my friends, Com, has sent me a code to show where he lives: ARIA, ---, ---, ESIA, ---, KAAN, KYAN, LAIA, ---, MOVA, RUIA, TAAN, TUAN, UKNE, --...
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Following Rotting Links

Here's some examples of rotting links. Why are they rotting, and what links them? Lebanon - ROT -> Slovenia Monaco - ROT -> Slovenia European Union - ROT -> Slovenia - ROT -> Antarctica ...
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Covert Conversation - A North Daniels' Puzzle

It's very important to keep your login details secure, which might entail not writing it down, encrypting them, or using a password manager. What you should not do is save them on some random USB and ...
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Place of Safety - A North Daniels' Puzzle

It's not everyday you get a text from a dead friend, especially if you saw them being executed by guillotine, which is why D.S.I North Daniels was a bit sceptical when his ancient Nokia Cityman 1320 ...
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Can you name the country code?

As an hommage to @eyl327's "can you name the country code?" puzzles. Here is one more: Given the country codes of the 10 countries in the following table, can you figure out the country code of ...
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Can you name the Country Code™? (#2)

Given the country codes of 10 countries in the chart below, can you figure out the country code of Brazil? Country Country Code™ Russia NSR Sudan GDA United States BIE Argentina EGS Mongolia BNM ...
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Geography at the pixel level

(enlarged version) The answer is a group of islands.
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My Grandpa's Box #1

My grandpa died last month. At the reading of his will, he left me a strange wooden box. A post-it-note on the side read "You were always good at puzzles." There was a number lock on the front that ...
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Close encounter of the orthographical kind

Over here! Hey! People! Thank goodness. I managed to escape. I was held captive in a Keerg spaceship hovering high above the continental United States. They pointed on different places on a map and ...
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Finding a serial killer

Recently, in the United States, there have been multiple murders all over the country. Because of how similar these murders are, it is believed that a single individual is responsible. There have been ...
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Looking for a place

Seems overwhelming but pretty simple. clue.txt http://junewi.000webhostapp.com/testing/clue.txt tdHCR6ieFHNqUv1zQHE0KRiAfypNTApKi2xlN4CMYK2beP3M1u2mgUvRvDmx0M8heyKebUVEsGcbHrnymUIeviUN/...
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The Trail of Clues: The Mystery island

<--- Previous and first clue You are standing on a roof in Israel at the top of the Ladder. You notice that there is a small package taped to the top rung of the ladder. You pick it up and take it ...
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Make some Guacamole!

Subject: Mole Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:20 From: Chowzen {[email protected]} To: PuzzlingEnthusiast {[email protected]} PE: As you may be aware,I am the leader of an ...
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Don't clear your terminal history 4

Previously, on terminal use... A panel raises into the wall, revealing a hallway and the outline of a sword. "Must have been taken already", you figure. You walk down the hallway and enter ...
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Don't clear your terminal history 2

Previously, on terminal use... The door accepted your input and slid open! Unfortunately, so did a trap door under your feet. You slide down and end up in another room. The only apparent exit is a ...
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The inheritance of Mr. Jones

When I went to get the mail this morning, I noticed an official-looking letter in my mailbox. It said 'Quick 'n Quiet Notary Service' on the back, and it was addressed to me. Curious about the content ...
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Lost at sea. What is the ship's cargo?

While trapped at sea, a small fishing vessel desperately tried to reach another ship for assistance. Finally, a large ship appeared over the crest of a magnificent wave. The crew members screamed for ...
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Something for the real fans

Terry guessed the key based on clues she got from Jack In a music-linked movie roughly three decades back But you need to start from a more continental track From Harold G to Harrowing (as Schmieder ...
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Our Honor is Unstained

Here are four photos from Google satellite maps and one from Wikipedia (see note 1). These photos show a family related by strength and endurance. The goal of this puzzle is: to identify the proper ...
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