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You go wherever you go today
A conclusion to my entries in the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids. This metapuzzle incorporates the three previous puzzles in this series:
Desert Irrigation Project
I am an Island
My God, it's full of stars!
I have received…
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Who killed Jeremy?
Jeremy was killed.
Peter claims that Tom is guilty.
Tom says that Ralph is guilty.
John swears he didn't kill Jeremy.
Ralph says that Tom is lying.
If only one person is telling the truth, then:
Who killed Jeremy?
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Just do it rebus
$\Large n = \Large a^{-1}\cdot e^{\frac{\huge it}{\huge s}}$
It is a catchy phrase.
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A hungry ant on a matchbox
A hungry ant is standing on the top of an empty matchbox cover (without its drawer) and has detected the smell of a drop of honey on the floor of the cover as shown in the figure below. What is the shortest distance for this little creature to crawl…
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Billion Matchsticks
A little twist on the "move the matchsticks" puzzle.
I placed a bunch of matchsticks on my kitchen table and formed a number with them (6,111,100). I am asking, how can you move just two matchsticks, so that you get a number as close as possible to…
Puzzle Prime
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Every Fourth Wormhole
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #33: Surface Geometry Mazes
paramesis
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Oh no, it's another safe!
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
Oh, did I feel proud after solving the last safe... until I was immediately dimension-doored (or something) into this room! Damn the aliens, they still want to play around with…
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Diary of a hairdresser
Today I went to cut my hair, and the hairdresser told me a weird story.
Yesterday, I had a group of people come to cut their hair. Together, they embodied the one type of hair I hate.
A celebrity came in first, and brightly asked me to trim a bit…
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Create all numbers from 0-100 only using all of 1,2,3,4 and 5
Create all numbers from 0-100 only using 1,2,3,4 and 5. No repeats and you have to use each number. Also, you can use any operation. I've only gotten to 50 by pure brute force. I think that this might be fun for you puzzlers!
Also, could someone…
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You trolls, get out of my party!
You have invited $2017$ of your acquaintances to a party. But after they all arrive, you come to know from a reliable source that each of your guests is either a troll or a true friend. You don't know who is what, but you do know the following: …
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Aside from brute force, how can I solve this puzzle?
Once upon a time, and old lady went to sell her vast quantity of eggs at the local market. When asked how many she had, she replied:
Son, I can't count past 100 but I know that:
If you divide the number of eggs by 2 there will be one egg left.
If…
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Coloring a 4 by 4 grid
I made this simple puzzle a couple of years ago. There are three colors which appear in every row and every column. Moreover, every color appears 5 or 6 times in total. Find the color of the square with the question mark.
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Did you hear that JLo is shooting a new movie in Africa? It’s called:
Crazy robots: we want you to dance for Miss Evan.
“How I want a drink,” thought Akira, getting himself primed.
You’re high, mom- they don’t have TV on the moon.
Oh mercy, my darling cokehead’s latest x-ray image is ideal!
Oscar dashed off a…
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Rematry oshkabus
I just got another picture in the mail, and can't for the life of me piece together why I've been getting such unusual letters...
To make things easier for colourblind solvers: the second panel is #FF7F50, the fourth panel is #008080 and the…
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Find the missing elements
In each of the groups below one or more words are missing. Can you figure out what the missing elements are? And what's the theme of each group?
Group…
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