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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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Under the Surface

This is part 13 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Deаr Puzzling, The first grid is a kakuro puzzle. Fill the grid with the numbers 1–9 so that ...
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Scooby Don't - Enigmatic Puzzle

Clues: r(t)=e(𝝅t/4) t1 = 0 t2 = 8 ln(3)/𝝅 t3 = 2.0492 t4 = II . IV VII VII VI I [contextual diagram] Instructions: Name That Astronaut _ _ _ _ A
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Lord of The Simulation

Clues: [contextual images] Instructions: Name That Actor _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _
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...you use me everyday to find your way

A list of words (one is a possessive noun) is missing. There is only one list that's correct. Can you find it? I am round, have a twin and you use me everyday to find your way. I am round, very ...
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Do You Have a Flag?

Clues: [contextual images] 0056(9:30)8 (6:15)(6:15)(6:00)800 Instructions: Name That Country _ _ _ A _ _ _
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Puzzle #111731267 - 19 Crossed Pairs

Instructions: There are 19 pairs of related answers with a common theme. Each pair consists of an across answer and a down answer. These two answers cross at a single letter marked with a number. All ...
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Stealin' Bill - Enigmatic Puzzle

Clues: [contextual images] W Instructions: Name That Actor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a _ _
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Three quiet men

See me on one after a second din I'm the third man I stopped solving at four and I'm on five Hint
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THERE ARE ONLY FOUR OF THESE! (Not shouting, just trying to tell you something)

The first two images corresponding to the actor to the left are complete, the last two aren't. Also, all the four images share something in common - something that's missing... Replace the question ...
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Many Moons (and Suns) Ago

This is part 12 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Many moons ago, on an island far, far away… Deаr Puzzling, Today I have a Moon-or-Sun puzzle for ...
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Some of the clues seem to be missing

The answer to this puzzle is a four letter word describing its theme. The clues appear incomplete yet there is only one answer. Key: 3x?: 0000?00 3x3: 0?10110 3x7: 00??111 2x6: 11001?0 ?x?: ...
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Multidimensional Travel

This is part 11 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Deаr Puzzling, This is a three-dimensional crossword. The five squares in the picture represent ...
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please Extend this list of Units

Given the following list of four corresponding series of numbers, what would the fifth line look like? 1 : 1.4 / 3 2 : 3 / 2 | 1 : 2 / 6 2 : 3 / 2 1 : 2 / 3 Hint 1: This puzzle was inspired by the ...
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The body in the cellar

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #7: Board games. On a cold December night in 1992, several guests have arrived at a mansion in Beverly, Massachusetts. An hour later, the body of ...
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Can you solve this Country puzzle?

Given this sequence of flags, which flag should replace the question mark? Explain. Note: I added 'knowledge'-tag, but it's nothing complicated.
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Napoleon I and some chemicals

This is a cryptic crossword. The check mark will go to the first person who submits an answer with 1) an image of the completed crossword and 2) explanations for all clues. For users who cannot use ...
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Stay away from these

Replace the question mark with the correct film director. Explain.
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Behind Great Walls

This is part 10 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Deаr Puzzling, This is a word search puzzle with a wildcard character. There are eight unique ...
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I am found in mountains and sands, I bring joy and pain, what am I? [closed]

I am found in many lands, from the mountains to the sands. I bring you joy and sometimes pain, and can make you play again. What am I?
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Focus on one of the two and the answer will come to you

Five directors are listed in the puzzle below. There is an additional director who didn't make the list, the one labeled as "(Extra)". Who is that director? You can't fly but you can always ...
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Somethings missing

In the puzzle below I've correctly placed an image in three different cells. Your task is to correctly place images in all the remaining (19) cells and of course, as usual, provide a good explanation ...
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Odd One Out: Triple Selection

Here is a triad of short 'odd one out' puzzles I wrote. In each puzzle one of the triplets doesn't belong. Can you figure out which? Each puzzle is independent of the others. BAR, FUR, IRK, ONE, ROT, ...
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Fox Moons - Enigmatic Puzzle

Clues: 9JPJ+RM9 Bath CRMX+V4 Mexico City HX8H+M7 Seoul JMC2+67 Seattle G2R6+FX7 Salida P4VX+RP Queens JMC2+67 Seattle V75V+8VG Paris V75V+8VG Paris V7FV+CWP Paris CRMX+V4 Mexico City 9GQJ+VQC Qatar ...
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Missing Friend: Gone Birdwatching

I'm trying to get ahold of my old pal Felix. The last I knew he was travelling the US, so I wandered around - but it's a very big place! I did bump into his son in Milwaukee. He told me that Felix ...
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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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Approximately correct

The people you see below share something in common. All together they are almost equal to another person. Question: Who is this person? Explain why. ...
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A rectangular puzzle (note, they're not all states)

What's the phrase I'm looking for?
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Another predictable sequence: 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 17, etc

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?. Can you find the pattern? Note: The next number hasn't been worked out yet. ...
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Using sentence, turn intense into incense; what tool do I need?

Puzzle What tool do I need to turn intense into incense, using sentence? The same tool can turn dated into demented, using statement. Hints (Kudos: the accepted answer was published before the hints.)...
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Secret Members Out of Sight

You recently applied to a test online for an admission to a secret club and today was the time for testing. You read online that they were looking for people with excellent problem solving skills. You ...
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In Remembrance of Dark Times

This is part 8 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Deаr Puzzling, The name of the game here is printer’s devilry, with an added definition part in ...
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hello! - a country's vacation

Finally. The U.N., benevolent and all-knowing master he is, has decided to let you take a vacation... But he's letting UNESCO decide for yo- speak of the devil. "Hullo, Kossie!" "I told ...
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Actors puzzle (Triple T)

Which of these actors did I place last? Explain why.
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The Asian countries calculate Pi!

The Asian countries convened to try and see if their new computer, the Singapore 9000, with 2 bits of RAM, (in their defense, it was a secondhand computer) could calculate pi. China punched the ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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What is the link between these places?

These places share a link: Berlin Budapest Catalonia Denmark France Italy London Scotland Sicily Switzerland Vienna These places don’t: Andalusia Athens Belarus Croatia Cyprus Ljubljana Malta Oslo ...
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What is a pedestrian-friendly city?

If a city satisfies a certain condition, it is a pedestrian-friendly city. Here's some examples. Pedestrian-friendly Not pedestrian-friendly Davenport Fremont Asunción Dallas Ikast Istanbul ...
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What links the names to the numbers?

And now for an attempt to remove any possible ambiguity from the question: Match each of the names Brandi, Cyndi, Jimi, Patti, and Tori, with a unique number chosen from the list 1964, 1968, 1979, ...
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Kings of Centuries Past

This is part 7 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Deаr Puzzling, This time I have a shingoki puzzle for you. Draw a single loop that passes through ...
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European country with the longest border in South America [closed]

I am a country in Europe, but my longest land border is with a country in South America. What am I?
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A special World trip

My wife and I went on a World trip. We started visiting countries in this order: For a while we were stuck, but in December 2022 we could finally continue our trip and visited these countries: Which ...
Dmitry Kamenetsky's user avatar
11 votes
1 answer
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Areas with a special property (five only)

Replace the question mark. Explain why.
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Find the pattern and fill in the question mark

Hint: Hint 2 (added later): Hint 3 (added later): Hint 4 (added later):
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They go on and on

What's the 4-word phrase I'm looking for? E S N F J A L M N U L G D I X Z E A I V A C Y S P D W N O M O L I O A L Why is... x: 5th x+2: 2nd x+3: 3rd x+5: ...
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Who’s in for a Cruising?

This is part 6 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own. Deаr Puzzling, Looks like I’m getting way behind schedule already. Sorry about that! Time flies ...
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At the theatre through the doors

Inspired by Closed Captioning Available What movie will I see in the not-too-distant future? I've listed a few of my recent favorites below, but entry blank. It's for my number-one movie, which I ...
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Closed Captioning Available

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #6: Is it really that [time] again?. Please keep your arms and legs inside the space-time continuum at all times [ An old man becomes kind after ...
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Puzzle: Seeking a book to reveal secret of numbers

The following numbers came upon me after waking from a deep sleep. 2 3 14 6-7 23140 6 3 14 15 9-11 3141 5-9 23146 Is there a code book that can help me? I'm sure I'll know when I find the book. And is ...
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Two characters, three meanings

All of the following apply: Help! I'm fast I'm fast, hot and huge Note: The knowledge needed is rather wide, so don't let it stop you.
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Football winners without scoring [closed]

A football (soccer) team didn't score any goals, yet they still won the game. How is this possible?
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