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Suppose you have the wires in a are 1-6. We'll call the wiring at b 1',2',...,6'. Then there are $6!=720$ possibilities on the other side for how the wires come out. I suspect this is optimal.

(Your investigations continue here.) I am testing this puzzle to see how it works, and gauge the difficulty. I have plans which will be unveiled in future puzzles of a similar nature, pending inte …

You've barely got back from the island where your last case was, when you hear that you are needed again: There is a group of people at an isolated villa. In a curious twist, the aristocrats have …

You've barely got back from the isolated villa where your last case was, when you hear that you are needed again: There is a group of people on board a yacht. The wealthy owner and her spouse hav …

So I thought I'd help get people started, maybe even motivated. Firstly, here's an editable spreadsheet. Feel free to make corrections. There may be more columns needed but this is at least a start! …

[Appeal: I'm trying to figure out a fun puzzle formula. There are many out there ("Who owns the fish", sudoku, etc). I'm interested in feedback on whether this works or is interesting for people. Poss …

There are $n$ ants randomly distributed on a ring facing clockwise or anticlockwise. Each ant is carrying a flag numbered $1,\ldots,n$. They all start moving around the ring at the same speed (in the …

WP1 lives is P, likes Comedy and actress A, D, E, or F WP2 lives in S, likes Drama and likes B WP3 lives in R, likes Documentaries and C WP4 lives in Q, likes Cartoons and likes A, D or F C1 lives …

[This is continuing from previous puzzles. #4 was quite tricky. This one is meant to be much easier (I'm testing the boundaries here). I've been testing various versions and would love your thoughts. …

At the Korean Nation Police Agency (NPA) in Migeun-dong, Seoul, researchers discovered that 73% of the Senior Inspectors (경감, 警監) all came from the small village of Inducheon. At first, they thought i …

This can be seen as follows: I'm not sure what else we're looking for. It's possible to do a similar sort of thing for other numbers: I found 1486 solutions as follows: Set all the values to …

Edit: OP clarified that we should always round up. Then: I wrote a brief python program to run through the various possibilities. Of course, in principle, you are doubling the number of flowers eac …

I believe the answer is: The reason is: Apart from that: Here is a more general set of conclusions to help anyone looking for the other conclusion the OP is looking for. In each case, if you …

At the Korean Nation Police Agency (NPA) in Migeun-dong, Seoul, researchers discovered that 73% of the Senior Inspectors (경감, 警監) all came from the small village of Inducheon. At first they thought it …

You can make a series of deductions marked as red, yellow, green, blue, and purple The logic here is as follows: ... ... ... ...