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I am an island (ysaujdiolkiun)
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
I received an envelope containing two drawings and no return address. I would recognize that handwriting anywhere - my dear friend has written me a letter! It would appear that…
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WITLESS - A Puzzling Journey
IMPORTANT! READ ME:
The only 'puzzle' parts of this are the links, titled 'Set X', 'Inscription X', or 'Constellation X'. Everything else is flavortext, apart from this readme section, although the flavortext does tell you that the meaning of the…
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A Page of Puzzling
I found this puzzle page from a newspaper and found it absolutely confounding. The sudoku had question marks and other things all over it, the logic puzzle made no sense, the cryptic crossword was missing any markings (and the clues weren't…
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What is a Venomous Word™?
In the spirit of the What is a Word™/Phrase™ series started by JLee, a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.
If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Venomous Word™.
Use the following examples below to find the rule.
Venomous…
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A blanket for my baby snake
Mama snake wants to knit a blanket for little baby snake.
She is not a dissipater and wants to make the blanket of a minimal size (area). But her baby snake is quite a lively baby and it always twists and stretches and turns around while…
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Lepidopterology needed!
This puzzle belongs to the puzzle series: hyper-modern art
The two friends in the gallery of Hyper-modern art are still discussing.
"You know what, to certain extent I start enjoying this Hyper-modern art, but I still think it lacks something…
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A strange operator on my new calculator
Yesterday, I bought a new calculator in an antique shop. I wanted to try some basic operations to see if it was working well. Everything felt right, except for the + sign: it seemed like it was replaced with an obscure new operator!
At first, I…
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Explain this incorrect proof that 3=0
Consider the quadratic equation $x^2+x+1=0$.
$x=0$ is not a solution to this equation, so it is safe to divide both sides by $x$.
$x+1+\frac{1}{x}=0$
Rearrange:
$x+1=-\frac{1}{x}$
And substitute into the original…
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The hardest crossword you'll do today!
This could well be the most difficult crossword you do today!
Please note that the use of Google and other search engines is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
(Of course, I have no way of policing this, but if you do decide to cheat and comb the Internet for the…
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What is encrypted in this image?
In the image above apparently has a hidden link?? I don't know how to do this (even if it may seem simple for some) however I don't believe it's anything malicious. It's a part of a puzzle, but even I don't get where it will ultimately lead.
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The Worst Afternoon
Was worried about this trip for days -- couldn't take the car -- terrible traffic all the way there -- a gang of jerks blocking my way and the bus had just left -- tried to run and maybe sprained my ACL -- in tons of pain and obviously missed the…
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A puzzle in 280 characters
In the past, you found I felt Twitter's character limit was too small when each tweet only fit 140 characters, but what's my opinion now that it fits twice that?
I'll be here to confirm any subanswers, all of which are words or phrases, or in the…
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Which floor does this company occupy?
There is a seven-story skyscraper. Each floor hosts exactly one company.
Pangloss Washers Co, Ltd. is located on the 7th floor.
Alice PC Chips Co., Ltd. is located on the 6th floor.
Jumanji Arcade Co., Ltd. is located on the 5th floor.
Colorful…
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A mysterious benefactor
One morning, a criminal was found all tied up in front of the police station. Next to him, this cryptic piece of paper:
TINOAQBPAKU
OWZOFSCNUSG
FHOWLEMIEAF
IRBIURAPGDV
DBYFNEIPIVB
SEDETIACCET
SOFLNQISRCA
URWLZLEMUBO
OVISUAWMAQP …
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What's cold and hard and doesn't bend?
It's cold and hard and doesn't bend,
Can bring a life to a speedy end:
It's neither cruel nor kind nor nice.
The answer, friend, is here: _____
Your faults and you it judges well:
Too much and you can go to hell;
If not, on it you'll…
Rand al'Thor
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