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At what time did John arrive home?

It was
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At what time did John arrive home?

It was when John arrived home.
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Six questions for the story

A brick falls from an airplane carrying 1000 of the same over a forest. How many bricks fell to the ground? How do you put a giraffe inside a fridge in three steps? How do you put an elephant inside ...
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Need help solving the 'Who killed the vole' puzzle - Can you crack the code?

You have four statements, only one of which can be true. To start, two of the statements are the same, so these must both be a lie. This eliminates the Hawk as a suspect. On to the next statement, the ...
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Breaking Gnomon Cipher

The answer to Q3 is Chess players, and (cryptic) crossword enthusiasts. Does anyone have an idea how the code might be interpreted if it was describing a chess game? I haven't read the book, so don't ...
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Breaking Gnomon Cipher

Partial answer. I don't think it is a book code, because it is too repetitive. In fact, if I take the difference between each adjacent pair of digits (modulo 7), it becomes extremely repetitive. Here, ...
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