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On The Subject of Dr. Doctor
(This is part of a series of puzzles written for Timwi for a Secret Santa puzzle exchange, themed around various custom modules for the game Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. No KTaNE knowledge is necessary for any of these puzzles except the final…
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Minigolf Solitaire
Golf is a form of patience (solitaire) in which you must remove cards from several tableaus, leaving as few as possible. Today, though, we're doing a round of Minigolf instead. Unlike Golf, there are 5 stacks, the cards only go up to 7, and there is…
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My prefix is a type of car, my suffix means you can’t see far
An original riddle:
My prefix is a type of car.
My suffix means you can’t see far.
My infix concerns the outside.
Together, I remove the inside.
What am I?
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Introducing: Compoundoku!
Rules of Compoundoku:
Solve both left and right Sudokus.
In addition, the board below them is the Compound Board of both Sudokus.
Each number on the Compound Board should tell either: (1) the number on the left Sudoku, or (2) the sum of both…
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Why is my husband sending this photograph? And to whom?
I found an envelope with a photograph inside a couple of days ago. There was no name or address on the envelope, and the photograph just showed some toys.
It must be my husband's doing. My kids and I have been out of town, while my husband has been…
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Mostly One Way Travel : Says Grandpa
"You know these tiny travelers?" says Grandpa
"Billions of them! Born to travel. They have travelled to all
continents, nations, and towns."
"But they always need help, a chaperone so to speak. And, it is almost
always a one way ticket for…
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Back with another one-line wonder!
When a roman emperor tilted his head, he became nothing.
Why?
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Babysitting dragons
Connect each baby dragon with its parent to solve each mini-puzzle. The connections can not intersect and must cover the whole board.
The answer is :
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Prove your innocence
Inspired by A double-agent with a conundrum. DISCLAIMER: The people and events described here are entirely fictional. While the choice of countries is important for the puzzle to have a reasonable solution, any connection nor resemblance to actual…
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Properties: Left of the colon
Here are three short 'property' puzzles I wrote.
In each puzzle the words to the left of the colon all have a (non-trivial) property that the word to the right of the colon does not have. What is that property? Note that it is a different property…
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Can you create a free-floating MASYU puzzle?
Rules of MASYU, for those unfamiliar: https://www.gmpuzzles.com/blog/masyu-rules-and-info/
Hey guys! So I just discovered this really cool puzzling site called the Puzzling Stack Exchange (puzzling.stackexchange.com), and it's really cool! Users…
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3D nonogram, beginner's edition
Trying out the concept of 3D nonograms. This one should be pretty simple.
Name the depicted object.
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Do not cross the line!
Elliot and Terry used to be friends, until the fateful day when they played a round of that simple, unassuming game. Let’s just say that afterward there were no hugs and kisses to be found between the two...
Across
Give out punishment
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A general solution to the decanting problem? (aka jug-pouring, water-pouring)
Take a look at these two questions:
- A Set of Water Jug Challenges
- Pouring problem
Now I'm asking for a generalised solution to that problem.
I define the problem as follows:
You are required to measure exactly $n$ litres of water.
You have…
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Rook game on chessboard
A rook stands in the lower left corner of an $m\times n$ chessboard. Alice and Bob alternately move the rook (horizontally or vertically, through any number of squares).
As the rook moves, it leaves a trail of painted squares: every square through…
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