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Hamlet and the theatre
Hamlet is preparing a play to find out the truth about his father's death. The theatre has $2015$ numbered seats and can contain all the members of King Claudius's court. He gives to each member a ticket with the number of their seat.
King Claudius…
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Find the perimeter (seemingly unsolvable problem)
It might seem that there is not enough information to solve this problem. But the fact is that there is enough information to find the perimeter.
Hemant Agarwal
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The World Cup final conspiracy
Note: The set-up for this puzzle is all a fiction. (Or is it...?!) (Yes, it is.)
I have this friend who keeps banging on about how this year's World Cup was all a big fix, that the whole thing was rigged so that Messi would get his big bow-out on…
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This new puzzle type needs a name {EXTREME EDITION}
A companion puzzle to the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series, and inspired in part by @JeremyDover's answer to a recent question.
Usually, puzzles in this series comprise a mash-up of two puzzle types, and the solver is challenged to solve…
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Voldemort's Wrath
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I am often given, occasionally stolen, rarely sold, and never borrowed
For some I bring the gift of life,
For others I bring death instead,
I've been known to mend relationships,
Or to tear them apart with gossip and innuendo,
Some think of me as a wild rockstar,
But I prefer to be a known as a simpleton,
I am often…
JS1
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I can't die. Who am I?
I meet many people.
I treat them equal.
I can harvest grain the middle age way.
I always go on, I never stay.
I can't die.
Some believe I can fly.
Most people don't like me.
And thus try to fight me.
Most people don't want me to touch them.
Some mad…
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Steal This Comic
Part of the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1
David Starkey
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Cryptictionary!
After someone showed me "Cryptictionary" from the recent NPL con, I was inspired to make a puzzle, because I like drawing and I like cryptics :D
The rules are basically the same as cryptics, except using pictures. Pictures will contain a definition…
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GRID-THIRTY-SIX
Solve 36 puzzles (or more) to find the final 6 letter answer.
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XKCD inspired logic puzzle
I came up with a logic puzzle inspired by this xkcd comic. I don't yet have an answer, and I am wondering if anyone can come up with one.
You are in a room with three doors. Two of the doors lead out, but one of them leads to certain death. Each…
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They all gave the same one word answer - What answer did they give?
Here's a slightly different, fairly easy one.
Three men travel for almost a day across an unknown distance to a meeting point. One travelled by car, another by horse and the other by boat. When they arrived they were all asked how they had been…
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Between the twins when laughing
My family is everywhere,
Giant and small, as fitting,
I rarely live just by myself,
With my kin I'll be keeping.
Between the twins when I need help,
Between the twins when laughing,
Beside the knight when I agree,
Beside the knight when…
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The telltale code
The other night, while writing this Java class that could be serialized into a socket, I fell asleep and had a weird dream.
In my dream, when I ran the program, the socket and the class object suddenly came alive. I tried to walk away from them but…
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