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Someone's hiding

Someone is hiding behind this montage! Can you find who? The 5 images matter!
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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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A Strange Playlist

As summer draws to a close and the days are getting shorter, a friend and I decide to go on a road trip. Critical to any good journey is the soundtrack, so I ask my friend for some suggestsions. He ...
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A special little twist

The answer is 9 letters in total.
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Ancient math: a pill on the ground

There are 3 floors of a building. There are 3 sets of 4 people going to every floor one-by-one. There is a "pill" on the ground, which means nothing. What does this mean? Hint 1:
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The same word (I think) over and over?

I saw a man seemingly lost Me: Hi. Are you looking for something? Him: ____ . Me: Go to the Federal Triangle ____ street. Him: Do you know the address? Me: I think it is ____ street. Him:...
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Who sang this? It wasn't Carol

I There I Underneath I More Make All I There And Underneath I There Santa With I More Make All I I And Underneath I To I To etc. Question Can you remind me who had a hit with this song? It's about ...
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By what means does the King wage war?

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 ...
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Three Tongues of Rock

Three tongues of rock My royal decree To ancient lore would hold the key Who am I?
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What is an Independent Word™?

This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it an Independent Word™. Use ...
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Pulling a fast one

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Affix riddle with pharaoh

In the tongue of a beautiful pharaoh for a prefix this word has a small O. For a suffix small N, for an infix small M, and, itself, it is only a small O. What is the word?
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A simple "scientific test..."

I hold every single day, in my lovely picture frame. I look a hundred years old, but I was built on the spot. You might say I'm weak, and I'm four times over the hill. Sometimes I take the elevator ...
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My name is a promise, of sorts

Who am I talking about? Try to explain each part. During the square, it was a quite common thing that he said. And lets not forget to chastise the howling canine(of sorts). During the third to six ...
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Alone in Bronson Canyon

Clues: [contextual images] [boat shape made of more shapes, each with letters inside] [box within a box] [arms on either side] [water] Instructions: Name That Captain _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ ...
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Puzzle for New Year's Day '23

Group words in pairs and find connection with common answer. third heart chapters final squares length actinium immemorial A0 bible sodium sum time lion minor revelation
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A version of Wordle that accepts Hollywood movies

I was playing a version of Wordle that accepts only 5 letter Hollywood movie titles. This is how I fared. Which WB movie did I enter at last?
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Directors and the movies that they DID NOT direct

This is a list of directors and the movies that they DID NOT direct. Which two movies will replace the question marks?
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Enthusiastic Expression (in Blue)

Pardon the bad poetry, but who am I thinking of? Uncle Sam took a journey to France, Sky-high wisps for to move with his feet, And to feel a particular emotion, A feeling so down-low and sweet. He'd ...
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Does this contain a cosmic riddle?

I have recently returned from travelling the globe, and while I saw many sights on my Ulyssian adventure, one in particular remains with me... While walking through an ancient Middle Eastern cave ...
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Who are these cartoon characters?

Who are these wacky frienemies? (The puzzle is the image, all words to state the task/question are strenuously connected to the answer at best) Hint
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You've got to be kidding me!

Within this Boggle board is a set of eight words with a common theme. What are they/what is the theme? V E D I N A K R H J O X O E S Y To make a word in ...
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A perfect puzzle for lockdown

(Every part of this question is part of the puzzle.) Only one clue to go! The following are some CRYPTIC CLUES that all relate to a THEME. The first group of clues are only TANGENTIALLY related to the ...
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What text comes next?

What follows is the transcript from my interview with a person called Gray, a notably terse video game streamer who has gotten big in recent years despite only playing one series of games. Q: So, ...
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Just or hoax - who is he?

In one language just, in another language Hoax. Who is he? HINT:
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Cryptic Family Reunion: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

The answer to this puzzle is a list of ten thematically related words or proper names or phrases. Each of these is clued cryptically, and the theme is to be determined. Since the definition part of a ...
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Cryptic Family Reunion: Numbers (fan-made)

The answers to the following cryptic clues all belong to a certain group. The definition part of each clue has been replaced by a number. Another number, hidden in the puzzle, gives a hint toward ...
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The Alchemist goes missing

He hadn't been responding to emails for days. When he was deeply involved in his work, delays were not uncommon, but not this long. Something was clearly amiss. Something had happened to my long time ...
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What solves the riddle and the situation?

Those totally brainwashed millionaire wolf degenerates devastated PhD academic honor.Kids defend.Devastation. Hint #1: Hint #2
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Coffee and a movie with friends

The day after our wedding, me and my wife Becky met our friend Charlotte and her husband Alan for coffee and a movie. Me: Hi Charlotte! Hi Alan! Charlotte: Hi! So, are you two finally married ...
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Hey diddle diddle, the big cat in the riddle

Okay I've written a bad rhyming story that is mostly fluff, but hidden in this story there are two(2) things that symbolise a place on Earth. One thing symbolises a Country whilst the other a City ...
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A Puzzle Consisting Entirely of Reused Information

In the spirit of A Puzzle Consisting Entirely of Random Anagrams, I decided to make my own puzzle. informatiinformainformatinfinforminfoininininformationinformainformatiinformat ...
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Do you like to sing? Sing, sing along?

While getting ready to go grocery shopping, a song came on that inspired me to write yet another riddle. This isn't typically my style, but anyone can learn anything so long as they try and learn from ...
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The Mnemonic Forgotten

In school, one of my teachers, Mister Ball, gave us a mnemonic to remember the... something. Unfortunately, it has been a very long time and I only remember half of the mnemonic. I don't even remember ...
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Name, Place, Animal, Thing

Which famous South African's image can replace the question mark and why?
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ALRIGHT, time for some integers in a grid!

What's the answer to this puzzle?
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Fifteen minuter? Give it a shot

Exactly one of the seven tiles on the bottom will go in each of the seven curved regions formed by the overlapping circles. Two additional tiles have been placed for you - but the question is which ...
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Fifty countries – A letter from Gladys

Letters from Gladys are geography-themed standalone crosswords. Each puzzle has five thematic answers, which are places, sights or landmarks in or around a certain location (in this case, a desert). ...
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At the Top of Their Game

Do you like cryptic crosswords and new ██████? So do I! Enjoy! Note: While it's (hopefully) possible to deduce the missing word in the flavour text, doing so is a bonus challenge that isn't required ...
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Illiterate connectwall

The words here can be grouped into four groups. The groups taken together will hint at a 7 letter word. Good Luck! RANGE FRO HANG ASP WHITE WIND SNAP LOCK LEGO LAN AND BARB SCRUB THROAT MAN EASE ...
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What is a 21 + 3113 Word™?

This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles. If a word adheres to a certain rule I call it a 21 + 3113 Word™. Text-...
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Help Kevin come out of this mysterious world!

Kevin is stuck in a mysterious world. Your task is to help him find the correct route to get back to Earth. He finds the following pieces of paper on the ground. Kevin collects these ...
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Traversing Latin America & Caribbean: A Cryptic Journey

Earlier parts in the series: Africa, US & Canada, Oceania. Each answer is a place, landmark or attraction in Latin America or the Caribbean, one per country. The answers traverse all countries by ...
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Mysterious Magical Donuts

When hungry, I like to make friends. After eating a donut, I become terribly violent. After eating two, I might punch you, or I might befriend you. Who am I, and what are these donuts made of? Big ...
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A Christmas Gift

Thanksgiving done and Christmas around the corner. Both mom and dad were whispering in the hallways glancing over their shoulders to ensure no one was listening. I knew they were planning something ...
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Time To Fix The Machine

Yesterday, I received a call from Mr. X who asked for my assistance in fixing his time machine, which he suspected had been damaged during one of his adventures. Since an initial inspection revealed ...
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A combination lock, I can only read half the hints, please help me!

A friend of mine sent me a birthday present, but after unwrapping it, I could see that it was a locked metal box, with a huge combination lock on it. The lock had 8 rings, each featuring the digits ...
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Four Directions #2 - Where and what am I?

To the North is a place you could wear on your feet To the South is a place that could mean alone To the West they play a ba' game in the street To the East is where Hallvard sits on his throne I've ...
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The Rarest Ingredient of All

No tricks here- just a riddle this time! A frog I have been called, but I have cell walls. Threatened am I, but loved am I; Alone I hang, no one can find me. A friend have I, the forgotten ...
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Just doing my homework

Note: I only wish I had a teacher that gave me homework like this. My teacher gave me rather weird homework... what does it mean? I am doing it here. ...
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