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Puzzle #168: Can you help student Rick Sloth minimise his exam prep?

18 May 2022

Can you solve this week’s logic challenge, Bone idle? Plus the answer to puzzle #167


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Puzzle #158: Can you work out an old Five Nations rugby fixtures list?

9 March 2022

Can you solve this week’s sporty puzzle League of Nations? Plus the answer to puzzle #157


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Puzzle #153: Can you work out the code for Tom Tightwad's safe?

2 February 2022

Can you solve this week’s puzzle, Tightwad’s safe? Plus the answer to puzzle #152


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Puzzle #150: Can you piece together a very edgy jigsaw challenge?

12 January 2022

Have a go at this week’s brain teaser “A jigsaw puzzle”. Plus, the solution to puzzle #149


Can you solve our festive feast of four logic puzzles?

Can you solve our festive feast of four logic puzzles?

15 December 2021

Have a crack at our holiday brain teasers: “Shaken, not stirred”, “Up the sprout”, “Meg’s pegs” and “Lebkuchen race”


Puzzle #121: How creative will your solutions be to a card conundrum?

Puzzle #121: How creative will your solutions be to a card conundrum?

7 July 2021

Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle, Creative addition? Plus the answer to puzzle #120


Puzzle #116: Can you figure out all the scores for the 1991 season?

Puzzle #116: Can you figure out all the scores for the 1991 season?

2 June 2021

Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle More Soccerdoku? Plus the answer to puzzle #115


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Puzzle #104: Can you figure out how the football season turned out?

10 March 2021

Can you solve this week’s tricky puzzle, Soccerdoku? Plus the answer to puzzle #103


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Puzzle #100: Can you work out how to reach your flight on time?

10 February 2021

In "Late for the gate", deciding where you tie your loose shoelaces will affect whether you catch your plane


Puzzle #96: Can you connect these dots with just 10 lines?

Puzzle #96: Can you connect these dots with just 10 lines?

13 January 2021

Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle Inside the box? Plus the answer to puzzle #95


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