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A puzzle which incorporates a form of wordplay, such as puns, or which requires wordplay in order to find the solution.

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A Trivial Pursuit #11 (Science and Nature 2/4): The Search

This is part 11 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. Okay, let me tell you a story... I’ve got a terrible ...
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Excuse me, I don't wear pointy hats!

There's a guy moving into my neighbourhood. People have seen him do some strange, reality-bending things, like materialising objects out of thin air and moving things around telekinetically with a ...
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Build-an-Animal Workshop

If I wear a canine head, I’ll become hard like a rock. But if I wear a cervid head, I’ll be almost as soft as a sock. If I wear a fish tail, I’ll be dead and rotting on a plain. But if I wear a ...
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"Pawn Placement" - a GCHQ word association puzzle (video game edition)

If instead of video games you're looking for board games, check out Stiv's "Guess Where?" puzzle! ;) Instructions (adapted from The GCHQ Puzzle Book (2016) and the introductory puzzle here ...
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Find the best play on each board

Each of these boards has a unique best play. What is it?
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The nameless horror

Long ago, we defeated the nameless horror that plagued our lands. We thought it was gone forever, but now ____. It's currently approaching our village roaring with ____ laugh, and witnesses say its ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #02 (Entertainment 1/4): Wrong Superhero

This is part 2 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. Minecraft character who receives enhanced abilities ...
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Dear Spider-Man

deAr spider-man, you stopped me once before but nOt this time again. what you do not understand is That evolution is inevItable. i am merely speeding up this process. yes, people will become weird dry-...
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Musical murder mystery

This is a murder mystery set in an alternate reality that involves siblings of two famous musicians. Your job is to toe the line between reality and imagination, and figure out which of the stated ...
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What does my wife want?

I asked my wife what she wants to do this weekend and she sent me this confusing message. What does this all mean? ...
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Elapsed International Power

Clues: [contextual images] [beefcake horse] [beefcake horse reversed with 261] [x10] Instructions: Name That Movie _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
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Tħε Wεαk αlpħα - Enigmatic Puzzle

Clues: [character image] [In text bubble: #1/2, #2, #4] [all raised to the -1 power] Instructions: Name That Number _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Happy Venndredi! A Nicer Team Diet?

Bonjour The overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Your task is to place the seven tiles so that there is exactly one tile in each region and the four tiles in any ellipse can be re-arranged ...
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Arithmetic operation

I'm hoping this is a valid entry for the Monthly Topic Challenge #12 (mobile-friendly puzzles). I went to the house of a retired math teacher, and he showed me the following setup. On a brown wooden ...
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State of the Union?

Good evening all! Further advenntures in wordplay. Same rules as ever - the three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Place one tile in each region, so that the tiles in any ellipse can be ...
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Relax, I’m Kidnapped! - Part 2

Part 1: Relax, I’m Kidnapped! - Part 1 You manage to solve the crossword, and you show your captor the answers. “Well, you solved it…but I’m not done yet. Go to my room,” he replies. He directs you to ...
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Stay Safe? Roger Roger

hope all is well! Back with a familiar puzzle, but for those that don't know the rules are as follows: The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. There are seven tiles. Place one tile ...
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Just one symbol that answered a question

I was doubting whether or not to go on vacation. So I asked someone if I should go. The answer was given on a piece of paper, with only the following symbol: ∟ What did it mean? Added hint:
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Find the secret 7-letter message embedded within this message (unsolved)

Background This puzzle was originally from a puzzle contest for the USC Viterbi Magazine that is now over, but the answers have not been posted. My friends and I have been working on it for weeks, but ...
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Alphabet snake, master of camouflage

The alphabet snake is a master of camouflage. It finds a section of text in an old book or newspaper... ...crawls upon it... ...and disappears. Now see if your camouflage skills can match those ...
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Six of one maybe?

As usual from me a Venn-based challenge. The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. There are seven tiles. Place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-...
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Word and number connection

Connect these following words/phrases: Best regards Hatsune Miku Unofficial Miserable Heaven Rubber Meat To the following numbers: 63 4649 56 152 39 .59 29
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Why is my algorithm not generating the new content I want?

I've seen how good neural networks and large language models can be at generating content based on textual input, so I asked someone to make me an algorithm to do that... My instructions were quite ...
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Cosmic circles and the celestial key

These seven cosmic circles appeared in the night sky: For some reason, I was reminded of something my great uncle gave me long ago. It was like a disk, but he called it a "celestial key". ...
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Coronation Treat? A sign o' the times?

The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. Can you place the tiles so that exactly one tile is in each region and for each ellipse the tiles therein can be re-arranged to form an eight-...
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My favorite Lord of The Rings character

If - Halo is 0.5 Soy is cunning Pot is a dab Rio is free Oil is 0 Lost is an ultimate Bio is substantial Then, My favorite Lord of The Rings character is ?
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The Police Took a Wonderful Taxi to Oz

Clues: [contextual images] T [scissors] [hand shape] ? [cylindrical contoured container] $\sqrt{(m_{_0}c²) ² + (pc) ²}$ Instructions: Name That Duo _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _
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Make "home" from "motherhood" [closed]

By removing seven letters from the word, "motherhood," the word, "home," can be formed. True or false?
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Enigmatic & Intriguing French Artwork

Last evening, in France, at a friend's art exhibition, I came across this intriguing and enigmatic artwork which had a few square shaped boxes. My friend asked - "So, what do you think? How many ...
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Confusing Statement

The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions. There are seven tiles. Place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-arranged to solve the corresponding clue.
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©Law of True Love

Katy flipped again and denied payment after the police left. Professor: "Hey! Please provide your parent’s number." Katy: "Sorry I flipped! Anyways I live with my aunt! Please dial ...
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Guardian serpent of the ancient pyramid

According to legend, if you are pure of heart you will be able to see the Serpent of the Pyramid and through your labor reveal her true letters and know her wisdom.
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Selectively neglected collection

These mannequins are complete and ready for display. These parts were found in a storage closet. Create four additional mannequins by assembling the parts appropriately and designing a suitable ...
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Rid(riddle)dle For You!

Open the portal, pass through, will you? Energetic and unseen, yet you feel me too. I can be sharp, yet never sever, Seek, look, dig up, discover. In dire straits, seek my embrace, Five we are, to ...
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Rumors and Truths

My potency to provoke, a smile or weeping, Repugnance in my core, I carry its keeping. With a fresh dawn, I set forth to explore, Guided by directions to engulf and implore. Roughly, we are benign ...
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Riddle in Thirteen Lines!

It loves to twist and turn, A mystery that men seek to learn. I don't doubt its swag, It can make an ant nag. It takes one so far, And builds a nice bar. It's powers can be seen, When it transforms a ...
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What we should have

The answer is a 4-letter word.
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Same word three times over

Distinguish: "Multiply." "Multiply." "Multiply." (Not sure why this didn't post without extra words. It's the same word over and again.)
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Introducing Punograms

Match each word in the first list with its punogram in the second. 14 bl see 77 222 68 904 500 bed lips rolo imom him 213 2B LL BG hob peg slip l8r hi 314 ZZZ 335 wow! 85 PI Define punogram. Finally ...
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A Slightly Outdated Symsquare

Puzzle inspired by Symsquare Number 01 series created by @Claude Goeminne 4x4 Symsquare For anyone unfamiliar with a symsquare, the answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and ...
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Symsquare Number 03

Symsquare5: The answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and horizontally. The clue is a single sentence written in cryptic style and includes one anagram, one hidden word, one ...
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Symsquare Number 02

Symsquare4: The answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and horizontally. The clue is a single sentence written in cryptic style and includes one anagram, one hidden word, one ...
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Symsquare Number 01

Symsquare4: The answer is a square grid which has the same words vertically and horizontally. The clue is a single sentence written in cryptic style and includes one anagram, one hidden word, one ...
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Trochaic hexameter

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #7: Board games. I was visiting the club yesterday, and I saw some people playing a weird word game araound a table. They use Scrabble-like tiles ...
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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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Romantic? Old? Get rid of me or give me hell

I'm not generally romantic, but Show me a couple and I'm broken. Two couples and I'm gone completely. You might think I'm very old: Unlucky, like paper, Or a little further on, like metal. All right, ...
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A cryptic clue about an unusual instrument

This is a single clue based on the sort common in cryptic crosswords. I made it up myself and I have no idea if it will be hard or easy. To answer this question, write (or rather type) ... an article ...
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Makes Switch - Literally!

Happy Venndredi everyone! The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions - your task is to place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-arranged into an eight-...
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Not Bruce Wayne! Carry On!

Another advennture! The three overlapping ellipses form seven curved regions - your task is to place one tile in each region so that the tiles in any one ellipse can be re-arranged into an eight-...
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