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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 12): A peaceful tree
Thank you! You too!
You are wishing us
Each bauble represents
As requested, the following image shows how to extract the phrase:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 10): Captain Christmas
What a fun, festive puzzle! The first step is to realize that:
Now the puns:
Putting them together:
And finally:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 2): Wall I want for Christmas
Ok here goes:
So the overall connection is
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 24): ... and a Kappa Nu Year!
Solved crossword:
In each clue, a word has been replaced by a Greek letter. By...
However, there's more to this puzzle. In addition, I originally had trouble with 23/25 across because...
Relevant ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 21): Oh oh oh
This puzzle is a...
The completed grid:
Clue explanations:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 5): Twin-brother waiters
Ok so I have an answer but not the most perfect method. I think the answer is the Christmas food:
a lot more christmassy than pig lips ;) onto the method..
First up, the menu has Christmas dishes on ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 8): A Quilt for Santa
I've been able to do it in
You have to arrange the reindeers like this
I found it by generating and evaluating all possible arrangements. It feels like a really good solution, but I cant proof if ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 4): A few of my favo(u)rite things
The categories are
and your favourite carol is of course
As for me...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 17): FA-LA-LA-LA-LA LA-LA-LA-LA
Took a bit of time but with today's clue, I think I've got a solution.
The carols are spoilered separately at first for anyone who wants to check without seeing my other identifications.
First, we ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 20): Candles on the tree
Starting off:
Now let's get serious:
Some long runs:
Hopefully finishing up:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 3): 24 dangerous doors
Solved grid:
It was fun!
General solve path:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 7): The Oracle Rambles On and On
The Oracle is...
The emojis before the numbers in each line...
The numbers...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 13): Santa likes cards but dislikes dice
Santa likes...
Because...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 9): The Peppermint Twist
The answer is:
Solving path:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 16): Making a list and checking it
Oh dear, you're in trouble - and...
The 'last minute' list you were handed probably said something like the following:
Because...
You have constructed this puzzle by...
Hopefully my message here ...
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A barred crossword for today
Very simple crossword, you just enter the obvious meaning of each word in its slot (for some especially simple examples, see 4 Across, 31 Across, 36 Across, and 3 Down). The orange-highlighted center ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 8): A Quilt for Santa
The best I've been able to do has area
As follows
The idea here
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 14): Stocking stuffers
Thanks for everyone’s contributions especially to the user John’s insight into the toy soldiers without which I wouldn’t have had a chance of solving this!!
I believe the present wanted is:
(I had ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 23): O O O O O O O
THIS PUZZLE IS ABOUT THE:
WHICH ARE:
PUTTING THE IMAGES IN ORDER IN THE RELEVANT SEQUENCE:
THIS:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 8): A Quilt for Santa
I think I can do
because there doesn't appear to be a rule preventing me from doing this:
or at least there wasn't at the time I posted this answer :(
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 4): A few of my favo(u)rite things
The four groups are:
Therefore, the Christmas carol is:
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 18): A holly jolly Hexologic
The completed tree:
The solve path:
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Twelve friends born on month ends
On the date of the party, the ages will be either
28, 4x30, 7x31, or
29, 4x30, 7x31.
Comparing these against the statistics from June 30th, we'll need
exactly 5 more months with 31 days, each ...
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