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A Blooming Cheeky Response
One of my recent puzzles bears a certain resemblance to this one that was posted to meta by Alconja. When this was pointed out to me, I thought that since he asked for suggestions I would post a reply for his album, as any cunning devil would.…
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A nightmare for kids
A nightmare for kids,
You can make them stop just by saying my name.
No matter your size, I will hug you.
Discreet, people don't pay attention to me,
But without me, you can say bye to your pride.
You can even say bye to your life.
Who am I?
My…
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Council of Magic - a palace of deceptive spellcasters
Council of Magic:
The King of Puzzlington has sent you to a distant palace to gain the aid of the Council of Magic. As your luck would have it though, spellcasters are a tricky sort.
There are 4 types of spellcasters in Puzzlington: Wizards,…
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My Famous Family and Me
You've seen me often, know me well,
my name the scribes and sages tell.
My many kin you also know,
but I'm most famed, as our kind go.
One sister's love is grand largesse,
another's like me, more or less.
My brother shuns such grand appeal,
he much…
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The Knight and the Maze 2
I've decided to make another knight and maze puzzle. I felt like I rushed the last one here because I thought of the idea right before the end of maze fortnight and wanted to submit something in time.
This time I've put a bit more effort in order…
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When you give it out in the wrong way
To know the secrets of the universe and hence attain ultimate power, you just need to enter a four-letter password. All you have is a sheet of paper
with the following written on it, which is supposed to be a clue. Can you read between the lines and…
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A Nine letter Country
I am a 9 letter Country.
The 2nd, 4th ,5th and 6th letters gives you a Payment.
If you take the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th letters I'll be part of your Eye.
Who am I?
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My three little friends - a riddle with a story
Hi everyone, solve this riddle:
I have three friends, they're all little...
another world is where they live,
wherein there can be no eclipse.
My closest friend is the first one,
always follows me every day...
Though he's not coloured black and…
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Ernie and the Pirates of the Caribbean
A few weeks ago, I dropped in to see Ernie to ask if he was willing to look after the cat while I was on holiday in the Caribbean. “No problem.” he replied then showed me an old leather-covered book, “But here’s an interesting coincidence. I was…
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How do I arrange pencils so they all touch each other?
How do you arrange 6 pencils so that each one touches the other five? And what about 7 or 8?
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Spaced Out and Obfuscated
In this puzzle I took an English phrase, spaced it differently, then replaced the resulting words with synonyms or definitions. This is an example to show you what I mean.
Spaced out and obfuscated:
that man tape player button self-esteem
Just…
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Who won the world cup quarter-finals?
I hope this is OK to post as after one occurrence of below last year this has been noted in the media - but I haven't seen it written as a puzzle and think it is nice enough to ask.
Mia was watching the world cup quarter-finals and saw these teams…
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I want to know his secret. Badly
I am currently being held in prison under false accusation of murder, but do not worry about that, my lawyer will soon make things straight. If I write to you today is for another case: my cellmate just died last night while sleeping. It’s not that…
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Returning the Cricket Kit
It was approaching the Easter Holidays at Farthingbottom School and Class 5M had been asked to clean out the cricket pavilion, ready for the start of the season next term.
Under one of the benches in the "Away" changing room they came across an…
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How did Alice and Bob die?
A police investigator walks into a room. He sees two dead bodies on the floor, those of the unfortunate duo Alice and Bob, the players in many physics thought experiments. They had been locked in the room together. The investigator notices several…
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