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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 23): Christmas Classifieds
This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2022. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door >
I've finally done it! The directors have approved the print run…
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The Bee Lover's Hotel
Dr Bees likes bees. Dr Bees is not his real name, but that is what everybody calls him.
I should actually say that he is obsessed with bees. Bees are his whole life. He knows everything about them. Anything anyone has published about bees, he…
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This is not an IQ test question
This is not from any IQ test. You should get the answer right away, I think.
What replaces the question mark? There are three choices. Please explain your answer.
DrD
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Resistance is futile
On the sunny morning of April 5th, 2063, an alien spaceship started orbiting the Earth. Among the cries of "It's an alien spaceship!" and "Ohm my god!" from the people, governments noticed that they were beaming down a colorful…
Tryth
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The subtraction game
Alice and Bob play a game that starts by Bob picking a secret integer $N\ge100$.
Then the game goes through several rounds.
In every round, Alice picks an integer $x\ge3$.
Every number can be picked at most once (and hence cannot be picked again in…
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What is the next number in the series: 21, 21, 23, 20, 5, 25, 31, 24,?
I came across a puzzle from a workbook for primary school students who wish to sit in exams for enrolling to selective high schools, which asks about what is the next number in the series.
What is the next number in the series?
21, 21, 23, 20, 5,…
Michael May
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Word that is fun. Nine and one
Starts with a name, ends with a name
Starts with a charge, ends with a charge
Starts with an element, ends with an element
Would be fun to guess this one! (May be more than one?)
DrD
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My homophone is sad
Here is one of my classic puzzles (1, 2, 3, and 4), but this one includes opposites.
Me, I rise,
My homophone is sad,
My opposite falls,
My opposite's homophone saves the day,
My opposite's anagram is an object.
Goose
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Just a Regular Word Search
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #36: Twisted Classics 1
Here's a regular word search. Find three twisty things.
[ a - z ] ? b ( f \ ( ) . ( - l * 3 * ]
| | ( * * - ) a . { 9 } . ( ) d e * + z
\ \ w f ] f a u l * | e 5 . . f t s | -
w # )…
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Riley Riddles in Reverse
In the all-famous Riley riddles, you have to guess one word from clues about its prefix, infix and suffix. Here, instead,
You get three words.
You must find one solution word that you can attach..
to the beginning of one of the three words,…
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What is the name of this puzzle?
The English dictionary, as you may know, is a highly mutable entity.
While removing words such as irregardless might be considered a good thing, others, such as
snollygoster (n.): a shrewd, unprincipled person
are considered obsolete and will be…
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A UniCODE Puzzle
NOTE Please do not edit this puzzle or close for off-topic unless you REALLY know what you're doing. The whole thing, except this note, is part of the puzzle. Thanks!
What unicode character am I?
Hey guys! I'm not sure if this is the right site…
yummypasta
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Your first guess is wrong
I saw a puzzle I liked and wanted to make a less trivial version. Here it is, find the odd one out.
Below
Blot
Chips
demos
First
Gloss
Begin
Pages
Veedrac
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Who killed Tom?
The date is 20/2/2018. You are a detective and have been contacted by the police officer to help to crack a case. "Our CEO, Tom has been murdered in his room just now. The only suspects are Norman, Hana, and Anthony. The only clue we could find was…
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A cipher for beginners
I have been lurking on puzzling.se for quite a while, but I never joined the community before because by the time I figured out any puzzles, someone else had already answered them. For that reason, I decided to put up this puzzle. It is pretty…
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