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Estimating Time
Here is a descending sequence of seven puzzles sorted from large to small. If you work on one a day, you should finish within a week. So let’s say two weeks to be safe.
The sequence is also ascending ...
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Swarms of Codes
Since the days of old, codes have been devised and utilized to various ends: to relay secret messages, to identify friend from foe, or to record secret formulae.
What ancient dark art is at work here?
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Just for fun (it's fair)
Try make sense of the image below. The answer is ten letters in total.
Hint:
Hint2:
Note: I added a (4) and an (8). It doesn't affect the puzzle.
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This diagram needs a name!
This puzzle is a spin-off from the 'This new puzzle type needs a name' series.
I have devised a new diagramming style. The examples below have been deliberately selected and ordered in a way that ...
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To remember them
The answer to this puzzle consists of three words with a total of 13 letters. Combining what you see below should lead you to the correct answer.
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A Clear and Crescent Danger
I was putting up a poster at work the other day when I looked at it and saw this:
What word was the poster trying to convey? And for bonus points, where do I work?
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Who's Missing? (A metapuzzle)
Task
Solve the sub-puzzles to enable you to solve the meta-puzzle at the end.
Partial answers contributing to the overall solve are welcome (but, of course, do try to answer as much as you can!).
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Originally not a movie
Can you tell what movie these images together represents? (the answer is a 5-letter noun)
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Red Herring Redherring
Red herring redherringredh
Redherri ngredh
Red herrIng red HErrING reD heRring Red herRing rED herrINg
REDHERRING
rEd HErring reD HerRing Red hERriNg Red herring Red HerrIng rED hErrInG reD HerrIng ...
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Dirac notation for English
Dirac notation is very expressive: not only does it allow to write quantum states and operations more concisely, it can also be used to shorten written English words and phrases! Here are some ...
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A new adventure awaits! Let's go!
UPDATE: To make this puzzle fairer, the pieces have been modified to include additional hints. If you want to try and solve the puzzle with the original non-clued pieces, click here.
A tale is being ...
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What are these people trying to tell you?
These people are trying to tell you something. What is it?
Also, kudos if you can find the pattern between the images...though you'll have to find the pattern to solve this puzzle in the first place.
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C equals O, but in general
You return to your consciousness.
You find yourself trapped in a room, facing a wall where all information is located. There is also a table, on it a permanent marker.
Before inspecting every piece ...
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Weird song from liner notes of a broken CD
Grandpa Bob liked to think he was a rockstar. He also loved to play that play-a-song-and-guess-the-name game. Known outside the family exclusively as Mr Deau, the weirdest thing he left behind when he ...
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Again, the scientific one!
I am looking for an answer that consists of two parts(____ ____).
The task is to somehow make sense of this word grid below with the help of the clue.
Hint
Hint2
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