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**Very partial answer**
I have the answers to all the questions, and some remarks on their interpretation. Unfortunately I need to go to bed now. There is a bit of further interpretation to be worked out, and then another puzzle to solve. I expect someone else will finish the job, and I hope they will feel no guilt ... |
**Very partial answer**
I have the answers to all the questions, and some remarks on their interpretation. Unfortunately I need to go to bed now. There is a bit of further interpretation to be worked out, and then another puzzle to solve. I expect someone else will finish the job, and I hope they will feel no guilt ... |
I once got a letter from my younger sister. It reads :-
> Hello brother,
>
> How are you? I am fine. I have seen you have given me a lot of gifts, thank you for that. Here's a present from my side. Since I like puzzles, I am giving you 3 notes with the letter as well. Do check it if you want. Happy Puzzling, hope ... |
**Partial answer**
(Working-out in progress. I'm posting this update because I see someone posting "helpful" things in the comments and want to make it clear that I'm not borrowing their work :-).)
It is unfortunate that table markup doesn't work inside spoiler blocks.
>!<pre> Thurston What... |
**Partial answer**
(Working-out in progress. I'm posting this update because I see someone posting "helpful" things in the comments and want to make it clear that I'm not borrowing their work :-).)
It is unfortunate that table markup doesn't work inside spoiler blocks.
>!<pre> Thurston What... |
**Partial answer**
(Working-out in progress. I'm posting this update because I see someone posting "helpful" things in the comments and want to make it clear that I'm not borrowing their work :-).)
It is unfortunate that table markup doesn't work inside spoiler blocks.
>!<pre> Thurston What... |
My friend sent me this tricky puzzle...
*Please explain the reason for the mistake in the number sequence - what is it trying to communicate?*
8139, 8140, 8141, 5493, 8143, 8144
Hint
>! Although not a number sequence puzzle, there is a sequence of some kind, albeit brief, lodged in here that will reveal the... |
It is unfortunate that table markup doesn't work inside spoiler blocks.
Here are the answers to the quiz questions:
>!<pre> Thurston What was Mr. Howell's first name on Gilligan's Island?
>! Moe Tucker Who was the drummer for The Velvet Underground?
>! Suzanne Pleshette... |
>! One solution thus far: 323,392, and 645 for the distances between points of different triangles (red), 407 and 713 for the equilaterals' edge lengths. The two triangles are rotated relative to each other by arccos(421/1147)
>!After briefly checking pairs of Eisenstein integers (and even more briefly looking i... |
The answers to these riddles are places, people, or things in University of Maryland. To make the riddles fair for everyone, consult these resources: [Campus map](https://maps.umd.edu/map/), [Stamp map](https://stamp.umd.edu/the_stamp_student_union/directions_to_stamp/building_map).
1. Name this place where it is a ... |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word™/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
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If a word (or phrase) conforms to a special rule (and it's a fantastic rule, believe me!) I call it a Trump Word™. Use the examples below to fi... |
<sup>An entry in [Fortnightly Topic Challenge #49: Pub Quiz Camouflage](https://puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7159/)</sup>
<sup>Thanks to @Stiv for permission to take Sgt. Sequence out for another spin on KWIZ NITE!
---
"This case is going nowhere, Sequence." sighed the Chief Investigator. "We know... |
<sub>*This is in the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://pu... |
**Note**:- After the Community stated me to answer my own question, I am finally answering it. Also I would love to get some feedback on the puzzle itself, as well as the answer.
Thank You!!
Check the Spoiler for the Answer :-
>! Three
Before Moving to the First Letter, you need to check **Big Hint 4** first... |
*<sup>Solved a significant part of the puzzle - still haven't worked out the fuel connection! It feels like I'm close though...</sup>*
---
The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Eleme... |
*<sup>Solved a significant part of the puzzle - still haven't worked out the fuel connection! It feels like I'm close though...</sup>*
---
The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Eleme... |
*<sup>Solved a significant part of the puzzle - still haven't worked out the fuel connection! It feels like I'm close though...</sup>*
---
The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Eleme... |
*<sup>Solved a significant part of the puzzle - still haven't worked out the fuel connection! It feels like I'm close though...</sup>*
---
The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Eleme... |
**Note**:- After the Community stated me to answer my own question, I am finally answering it. Also I would love to get some feedback on the puzzle itself, as well as the answer.
Thank You!!
Check the Spoiler for the Answer :-
>! Three
Before Moving to the First Letter, you need to check **Big Hint 4** first... |
*<sup>Solved a significant part of the puzzle - still haven't worked out the fuel connection! It feels like I'm close though...</sup>*
---
The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Eleme... |
I am trying to solve this question but couldn't understand what to do?
I think the information given is not sufficient to conclude.
Spy vs. Spy. We have captured 5 spies. Their names are A, B, C, D, and E. Here is a summary of what we know: • Spy A says he knows 4 others, B 3, C 3, D 2, and E 1. • If a spy is lyin... |
My friend sent me this tricky puzzle...
*Please explain the reason for the mistake in the number sequence - what is it trying to communicate?*
8139, 8140, 8141, 5493, 8143, 8144
Hints:
1.
>! Although not a number sequence puzzle, there is a sequence of some kind, albeit brief, lodged in here that will re... |
We have captured 5 spies belonging to a secret organization. Their identities are unknown; we only know them by their codenames A, B, C, D, and E. After thorough interrogation, here's what we've figured out:
• Spy A claims to have worked with all 4 of the other spies. Likewise, B has worked with 3, C 3, D 2, and E 1... |
**Note**:- After the Community told me to answer my own question, I am finally answering it. Also I would love to get some feedback on the puzzle itself, as well as the answer.
Thank You!!
Check the Spoiler for the Answer:-
>! Three
Before Moving to the First Letter, you need to check **Big Hint 4** first.
... |
I was taking a job application exam online and encountered a pattern I couldn't solve.
26, 13.2, 3.6, 2, 1.2, ?
What number comes next? Answer choices were:
7.2 5.4 6.4
6.8 7 6.6
I guessed 6.6 due to the pattern right of the decimal, but I couldn't see ... |
What number follows the sequence? |
<sub>This is in the spirit of the [What is a Word™/Phrase™][1] series started by [JLee][2] with a special brand of [Phrase™][3] and [Word™][4] puzzles.</sub>
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If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Tourist Word™.
Use the examples below to find the rule.
| Tourist Words™ | N... |
I was taking a job application exam online and encountered a pattern I couldn't solve.
26, 13.2, 3.6, 2, 1.2, ?
What number comes next? Answer choices were:
7.2 5.4 6.4
6.8 7 6.6
I guessed `6.6` due to the pattern right of the decimal, but I couldn't se... |
I was taking a job application exam online and encountered a pattern I couldn't solve.
? 26, 13.2, 3.6, 2, 1.2, ?
What number comes next? Answer choices were:
- 7.2
- 5.4
- 6.4
- 6.8
- 7
- 6.6
I guessed 6.6 due to the pattern right of the decimal, but I couldn't see any trend left of the decimal.
Wh... |
**A individual known for Polygraphiae...**
Gpqg atxr bqocq, ucl tzv rip gkmv iu ydw ynpa nkdk?
Gvxi jamy dj przcl Gagmguon sd droabp, jxughv rge cgvx!
Luvl fycw!
|
We have captured 5 spies belonging to a secret organization. Their identities are unknown; we only know them by their codenames A, B, C, D, and E. After thorough interrogation, here's what we've figured out:
* Spy A claims to have worked with 4 of the other spies
* Spy B claims to have worked with 3 of the other sp... |
> I am three, often a person, always a digit, and also witout.
>
> George POUST was his name.
>
> Manufactured by Ford between 1972 and 1976.
>
> YMCA was not my first team in my coaching career.
>
> Theory of Analytical Transformations was not the last of my publications.
>
> The diabolical snake ruined all of the loc... |
> I am three, often a person, always a digit, and also witout.
>
> George POUST was his name.
>
> Manufactured by Ford between 1972 and 1976.
>
> YMCA was not my first team in my coaching career.
>
> Theory of Analytical Transformations was not the last of my publications.
>
> The diabolical snake ruined all ... |
(This is a question from a basic IQ preparation test)
What can be the next column if we consider the following table of numbers?
| | | | |
|:--:|:--:|:--:|:-:|
| 86 | 65 | 44 | X |
| 93 | 64 | 35 | Y |
1. X=23, Y=06
2. X=26, Y=03
3. X=03, Y=26
4. X=06, Y=23
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | ... |
1.
Name this place where it is a 4.0 in terms of its letter grade...
>!4.0 corresponds to B, which means it must be in the basement floor.
... boring is something that it ain't, half of it is a place where music is made...
>! It must be the ****Art** & Learning Center.**
... and it holds underground pai... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
How many queens does it take at minimum to occupy an empty chess board, so that whichever vacant and non-threatened square you put a knight on, the knight won't have a square to go to that is not threatened? |
How many queens so every unthreatened vacant square traps a knight? |
I am a 10 letter word. I contain some chemistry. Read backwards, I contain emotion. Scrambled, part of me spends time in the air. Scramble again, and another part is something edible. I am present in politics and biology. What am I? |
Moving backwards or forwards? |
**Partial Answer:**
For R1: C2 => 6, obviously.
For R2: ??
For R3: C7 => 2
For R4: ??
For R5: C5 => 6, C6 => 9, C7 => 3, C8 => 4 (by noticing that each number should have one property)
For R6: ??
For R7: ??
For R8: C8 => 3
For R9: C2 => 7, C3 => 2, C7 => 4
Here is the partially completed ... |
**Partial Answer:**
For R1: C2 => 6, obviously.
For R2: ??
For R3: C7 => 2
For R4: ??
For R5: C5 => 6, C6 => 9, C7 => 3, C8 => 4 (by noticing that each number should have one property)
For R6: C2 => 3, C4 => 4, C5 => 2, C6 => 1, C7 => 7, C8 => 5, C9 => 6. Pretty sure C1 => 8 and C4 => 9, but not posi... |
Find the missing number in the following table.
| | | |
|:-:|:--:|:-:|
| 5 | 17 | 9 |
| 3 | 21 | 7 |
| 7 | 16 | 8 |
| 6 | 10 | ? |
Answer Options:
- 10
- 12
- 15
- 16 |
While I was working on https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/22942/ten-distinct-numbers-in-the-table, [I found](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/22962/1955) that odd-sized tables will all work. Additionally, the technique [@xnor used](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/22943/1955) to prove a 10x10 doesn't ... |
1.
Name this place where it is a 4.0 in terms of its letter grade...
>!4.0 corresponds to A.
... boring is something that it ain't, half of it is a place where music is made...
>! <strike>It must be the Art & Learning Center.</strike>
... and it holds underground paint.
>! Because it's in the basemen... |
Partial answer (because my first guess on 1 turned out to be wrong):
2.
I used to be your Aunt, I was half of the name Annabelle, but how?
>! This is probably a reference to Auntie Anne's.
But I'm a different food in Stamp, who am I now?
>! It's mainly known for its **pretzels** (Auntie Anne's Pretzels)... |
<sup>*(Vassilis, I think you've finally nailed the formula for this type of puzzle - this one works really well!)*</sup>
The 10-letter answer is:
>! **DEVOLUTION**
*I contain some chemistry.*
>! DEVOLUT**ION** contains **[ION](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ion)** - an atom or group of atoms tha... |
I'm trying to solve the following quiz. It's like a crossword puzzle but with numbers.
The empty cells should be filled with numbers from 1-9 and should be the green cells in sum.
19 = 7+7+5 is prefilled. And the 4 in 11=7+4 is filled from me.
I tried to solve it with a linear equation system but I failed :... |
I'm trying to solve the following quiz from my daily quiz calendar (I have it in paper so I cannot give a link). It's like a crossword puzzle but with numbers.
The empty cells should be filled with numbers from 1-9 and should be the green cells in sum.
19 = 7+7+5 is prefilled. And the 4 in 11=7+4 is filled from... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
>! They all start with two digits that add up to 9, so perhaps they should be replaced with numbers 19XX instead of 18XX ... in which case they're all the years of WWII from 1939 to 1944, except the final year of the war 1945 is missing and where did 1942 go? The 5493 should end with 42, and the 5 could mean there's an... |
-----------------------------------------
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
-----------------------------------------
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
-----------------------------------------
| 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
... |
Inspired by [this riddle](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/107054/what-is-this-terrible-place/)
>Cross me and you'll never return.
Play with me and company I burn.
Split me and a symbol I stroke.
In all, I'm what P.W. spoke.
>
**Who/What am I?**
**The answer is a seven-letter word.**
|
This is a variant of the puzzle [here][1]:
We have captured 5 spies belonging to a secret organization. Their identities are unknown; we only know them by their codenames A, B, C, D, and E. After thorough interrogation, here's what we've figured out:
* Spy A claims to have worked with 4 of the other spies
* Spy ... |
"The two sides of this equation appear to be different, don't they?" asked Grandpa
I looked at the numbers he had written on a piece of paper and nodded in agreement.
> **2011 = 1012**
"Can you prove to me that the equation is right?" He asked. "No silly thing like moving the digits!"
This time I knew what ... |
Does this equation make sense? |
"The two sides of this equation appear to be different, don't they?" asked Grandpa
I looked at the numbers he had written on a piece of paper and nodded in agreement.
> **2011 = 1012**
"Can you prove to me that the equation is right?" He asked. "No silly thing like moving the digits!"
This time I knew what ... |
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
Can someone explain me the logic behind this? I think it is hard.
The question is: What comes next in the pattern? (out of the 5 possibilities)
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ze1tM.png |
I'm trying to solve the following quiz from my daily quiz calendar (I have it in paper so I cannot give a link). It's like a crossword puzzle but with numbers.
The empty cells should be filled with numbers from 1-9 and should be the green cells in sum.
19 = 7+7+5 is prefilled. And the 4 in 11=7+4 is filled from... |
I need help! While cleaning the office desk of my boss, I discovered a letter and I think something really bad is going on.
[![Here is the letter][1]][1]
The other day I also saw him sending a message on his phone...
[![Here is the text message][2]][2]
And today I saw an email he has written. [![Here is the email][... |
The 1st is
>!Studio A
because
>! A is a 4.0, music is made in a studio, Studio A is on the basement floor, and you can paint there. Is the line about "boring" there for the rhyme?
|
The detective ate a slice of bread, seemingly made of wheat. The criminal showed up as the detective began to choke. The detective's last words were:
> *"\<choke> Y-y-you put... rice \<gasp> in... in this b-bread!"*
Indeed, this was true, but does it make sense? The detective had no intolerance for rice, yet his... |
What did the last words, "You put rice in the bread!" really mean? |
Can you think of a 6+ letter word that is an anagram of itself? The rule is that the letters of the word must be able to be rearranged to spell the original word, but none of the letters are in their original position.
4 letter words like dodo mama and papa are examples, but how many can you think of with 6 or more ... |
Given a grid filled with numbers, let's define a **King chain** to be a path on the grid such that
1. the path can be traversed with chess King's moves (moving to one of 8 adjacent cells at a time),
2. the numbers on the path are all equal, and
3. the path does not visit any cell more than once.
Also, let's def... |
Transcription from this [image][1]. Some of the list formatting has been slightly altered to make it play nicer with Markdown.
> Eight persons, A through H, comprising four married couples, sit around a circular table which had eight equally spaced seats around it. The following information is known about their seat... |
Well here is my partial answer (which as we know can be wildly different from the intended solution!)
Firstly, the email:
>! If you take the first two lines, it somewhat cryptically says that you need to look at the letters following a big D (i.e. a capital D) So...
>!
>! D**J**, D**a**ncing, D.**C**., D**... |
Can you think of a 6+ letter word that is an anagram of itself? The rule is that the letters of the word must be able to be rearranged to spell the original word, but none of the letters are in their original position.
4 letter words like dodo, mama, and papa are examples, but how many can you think of with 6 or mor... |
**Partial Answer:**
For R1: C2 => 6, obviously.
For R2: ??
For R3: C7 => 2
For R4: ??
For R5: C5 => 6, C6 => 9, C7 => 3, C8 => 4 (by noticing that each number should have one property)
For R6: C2 => 3, C4 => 4, C5 => 2, C6 => 1, C7 => 7, C8 => 5, C9 => 6. Pretty sure C1 => 8 and C4 => 9, but not posi... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only (some are obviously wrong, based on sudoku rules. Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & \ & & & \ & & & \\
R... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only (some are obviously wrong, based on sudoku rules. Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & \ & & & \ & & & \\
R... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only (some are obviously wrong, based on sudoku rules. Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & \ & & & \ & & & \\
R... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only (some are obviously wrong, based on sudoku rules. Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & \ & & & \ & & & \\
R... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only (some are obviously wrong, based on sudoku rules. Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & \ & & & \ & & & \\
R... |
Can you think of a 6+ letter word that is an anagram of itself? The rule is that the letters of the word must be able to be rearranged to spell the original word, but none of the letters are in their original <strike>position</strike> order.
4 letter words like dodo, mama, and papa are examples, but how many can you... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only. (Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & 2 \ & & & 7 \ & 1 & & \\
R2 & & & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & & & ... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only. (Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & 2 \ & & & 7 \ & 1 & & \\
R2 & & & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & & & ... |
The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Elements was the standard for teaching geometry for thousands of years, into the 19th century? **EUCLID**
>! 3. From what cape are many United St... |
**Solved!** The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Elements was the standard for teaching geometry for thousands of years, into the 19th century? **EUCLID**
>! 3. From what cape are ma... |
This looks like some sort of cryptogram -- each symbol in the ciphertext replacing some symbol in the plaintext. "7l8" occurs over and over again, often at the start of a line; could it be "the"? If so then "7l858" is presumably "there" (could be "these" but that seems less likely) and then probably "l6" is "is". Excep... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
This is a variant of the puzzle [here][1].
We have captured 5 spies belonging to a secret organization. Their identities are unknown; we only know them by their codenames A, B, C, D, and E. After thorough interrogation, here's what we've figured out:
* Spy A claims to have worked with 4 of the other spies
* Spy ... |
**Solved!** The answers to the quiz questions are as follows:
>! 1. What term is used to describe a group of several people 100 years old or older? **CENTENARIANS**
>! 2. Whose Elements was the standard for teaching geometry for thousands of years, into the 19th century? **EUCLID**
>! 3. From what cape are ma... |
An only connect wall. Or is it?
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
Here is a text version of the table:
| | | | |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Music | Chamber | Clay | Saturn |
| Castle... |
Find the missing 3 numbers in the following table:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|:-----:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| **1** | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ? |
| **2** | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ? |
| **3** | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | ? | |
We can summarize this information in a graph, where the vertices are the 5 spies, and two spies are connected if they have worked together. Each spy's assertion is then a claim about the degree of the associated vertex.
**Are any of the spies liars?**
>! Yes, one of the spies has to be a liar. The sum of the degree... |
I had a spell in 2017 where I tried to fit many different related sets of words onto a standard 4x4 [Boggle](https://en.wikipedia.org/Boggle) board. While looking through my creations yesterday, I found this curious puzzle:
```
k a s i
l o n n
l t o e
a v h j
```
I remembered after some time which set of wor... |
I had a spell in 2017 where I tried to fit many different related sets of words onto a standard 4x4 [Boggle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggle) board. While looking through my creations yesterday, I found this curious puzzle:
```
k a s i
l o n n
l t o e
a v h j
```
I remembered after some time which set o... |
*<sup>Inspired by Avi's Vowelburger™ Riddle [here](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/92931/18418)</sup>*
After the success of their [first Double Supreme menu](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/94590/18418), the local Vowelburgers™ restaurant decided to increase the variety.
| Patty | Vowelburger™ |
|... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only. (Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & 2 \ & & & 7 \ & 1 & & \\
R2 & & & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & & & ... |
I dug up the below old position when going through a Google Docs document today. I know that it's supposed to be a somewhat winding, clearly dualed, selfmate. To be honest, I genuinely don't know the solution to it. This makes it all the more challenging to solve.
So, in few moves can White force Black to checkmate ... |
Selfmate In How Few? #3-Unknown Limits |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only. (Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & 2 \ & & & 7 \ & 1 & & \\
R2 & & & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & & & ... |
Here is the partially completed sudoku grid using the trivia only. (Please check and update the ones you know!):
$$
\begin{array}{c|ccc|ccc|ccc|}
& C1 & C2 & C3 \ & C4 & C5 & C6 \ & C7 & C8 & C9 \\ \hline
R1 & & 6 & 2 \ & & & 7 \ & 1 & & \\
R2 & & & 7 \ & 2 & 9 & 4 \ & & & ... |
Why did they close my riddle? |
>My prefix for gains
>
>My suffix is bled
>
>My infix in veins
>
>My outfix is bed
What am I? |
I've been playing a lot of video games lately. After solving this crossword, you should know which video game I want to play next. Thanks to [Deusovi](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/11876/deusovi) for test-solving and general feedback!
![cryptic crossword grid][1]
| Across ... |
<sub>*In the spirit of the What is a [Word™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aword+is%3Aquestion)/[Phrase™](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22I+call+it%22+title%3A%22what+is%22+title%3Aphrase+is%3Aquestion) series started by [JLee](https://puzzling.s... |
I've been playing a lot of video games lately. After solving this crossword, you should know which video game I want to play next. Thanks to [Deusovi](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/11876/deusovi) for test-solving and general feedback!
![cryptic crossword grid][1]
| Across ... |
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