Questions tagged [literature]
A puzzle that is primarily built around a well-known book, novel, drama, poem, or author.
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In this decrypted cipher, what is meant by "GABL" and how should I make sense of the whole message?
In "The Blue Scarab" in Dr. Thorndyke's Case-Book by R. Austin Freeman, Thorndyke finds the dead body of Uncle Reuben in a meadow based on hieroglyphic letters inscribed on a blue scarab ...
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Help - I think my computer's broken!
I wrote a little computer program to count letter frequencies. Don't worry you don't need to know anything about computers! Except of course for Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
So, for example, the ...
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Harry Potter Rebus Puzzles #3
Another set of Harry Potter word rebuses for you to solve!
Part 1: 11 Harry Potter rebus puzzles
Part 2: Harry Potter Rebus Puzzles #2
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Harry Potter Rebus Puzzles #2
Here are 4 more Harry Potter word rebuses for you to solve!
(11 more Harry Potter rebuses are posted here.)
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Read it carefully
My prefix is found in an automobile,
My infix corrects a mistake with mistakes,
My suffix is practice if you're very old.
My whole may be found unexpectedly.
Hint:
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This Riley is out of order
My prefix is big in the Middle,
my infix is found at the end,
my suffix was once at the front,
my whole is what is involved.
Hint 1: My two anagrams, as a rebus
Hint 2: An alternative fix, ...
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Who wrote this potion recipe? (#2)
Below is a recipe for a Nosebleed Antidote written by a mysterious wizard. Just like other wizards before him have done, the one who wrote this recipe has hidden his name within the recipe. Can you ...
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Find the hidden word (Harry Potter theme)
Bouncing bulbs are jumping all around the greenhouse. Can you help sort them out and figure out the hidden word?
(Note: the answer is something from Harry Potter)
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Harry Potter Ditloids
Each of the 15 lines below represent a phrase related to Harry Potter.
For example:
$$\text{1994 I W the W C} = \text{1994 Ireland Wins the World Cup}$$
Can you figure out the rest?
$$\text{150 P ...
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11 Harry Potter rebus puzzles which together spell a word
11 Harry Potter rebus puzzles. When you have solved them all, there is a word they are hiding.
Hint:
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Christmas Sentences
I've received an early Christmas gift with a combination lock and a letter containing a poem and some sentences. There are several typos: I don't believe they're intentional, but they might be. I have ...
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Half a wife, did you say?
My first and my second are in HUSBANDRY,
Though one is in UNION, one ZOOLOGY.
My third is in DUBITABLY, in SUFFERABLE;
My fourth and fifth are in BUSINESS and in SEPARABLE.
My sixth is in GOAL,...
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Translate this "especially important" note from "War with the Newts"
Language-identification questions are off-topic on linguistics.stackexchange.com, or I would have posted this over there. Since it's also a puzzle, I figure puzzling.stackexchange might appreciate it.
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Storms form above my head
I have searched for treasure in Egypt,
and spent a lifetime fishing in the Atlantic.
I have seen powerful storms form above me,
and felt the earth shaking with devastating effect.
I have seen ...
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Where have I visited?
Now an entry into Fortnightly Topic Challenge #41: Short and Sweet
Having a new try on "where do I want to go next" questions", hope you enjoy it.
I have visited:
1: Regulations on the ...
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