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A puzzle that is dressed up as a story or a longer description of a situation.
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All the moderators have been kidnapped!
I'm a bit worried. I just got an email from [email protected]. It looked like this:
Dear Puzzling Users:
Hello - you don't know me, but I have been watching your site for months …
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All-Knowing Being is Lonely
In this game,
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I am an expression of a deer mint - Clue One
You wake up one morning, and immediately look over at the letter on your bedside table. It reads:
Dear [redacted]:
You have been chosen to assemble the most powerful thing in the world - the [re …
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A Cryptic Clue Nineteen
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You close the computer and stand up. You now have 18 clues. Only [redacted] more to go!, you think.
You head to the door and try to open it. It didn't open. What …
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The maze of letters - Clue Three
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This is an entry in the 12th Fortnightly Topic Challenge
Inspiration from @BMyGuest's puzzle
After keying in your answer, the screen goes dark, and emits a BEEP!You step bac …
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The Word Web - Clue Sixteen
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Inspiration from here.
A lot of credit to @Scimonster here; we created this puzzle together.
"Aha!" you exclaim, finally spotting the door - it's an almost invisi …
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Uncle Sam's rebus - Clue Eleven
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After the easiness of the previous clue, you feel sure that the puzzles will start to get harder now. And the sign ahead seems to confirm that:
This is the last easy puzzle yo …
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The scrambled riddle - Clue Twenty
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You walk through the door. Everything is dark. You walk forwards slowly. Then, suddenly, you slip on something, just as the light goes on. "Aghhhh!" you scream, sl …
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Why the 'Be Nice' policy? - Clue Eight
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You push the buttons under the letters on the rock wall. Nothing happens for a moment. Then there is a rumbling noise.
gggrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
The rumbling stops. You look …
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The great fall - Clue Fourteen
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New: Now with illustrations!
You key in your answer. Then you hear a click. Aghhhhh.... the ground beneath you suddenly isn't there anymore.
You hit the ground with a crash, …
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I'm a messenger - Clue Five
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The door swings open. You step inside, ready for another puzzle, be it cipher, maze, riddle, or mysterious signs. As you step into the room, which was [redacted], a screen comes t …
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The seemingly innocent message - Clue Four
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"Whew," you exhale after making it through the maze alive. "That was tough."After stopping to drink a bit of water from your backpack (did you forget that you had it? We mentioned …
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Forget the freehand red circles - it's a freehand rebus! - Clue Twenty Eight
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This is an entry in the 26th Fortnightly Topic Challenge.
You speak the password. The entire space shudders, and the wall that you were leaning on open, spilling …
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What do chess and wordoku have to do with each other? - Clue Thirty-One
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(?)
"Aha! That's it," you exclaim, still holding the papers. "The answer is obviously [redacted]."
Having figured out the answer, you start looking over the rather b …
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Add two more and you'll have me - Clue Thirteen
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The light shuts off, and you are left in the dark - for a moment. Then you notice a glow coming from the tiled floor. You peer down to have a better look. In a 3x2 space, the six ti …