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How to Make Cisterns

By David Entwistle on Sat May 3 08:08:42 2025

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GCHQ Monday Puzzle

By David Entwistle on Mon Feb 10 08:59:23 2025

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Re: Maximize Cistern Volume -- (cut out 4 squares (at Corners) and disc

By Richard Tobin on Sat May 3 19:01:15 2025

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Maximize Cistern Volume -- (cut out 4 squares (at Corners) and discard

By HenHanna on Sat May 3 18:34:23 2025

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Odd one out

By Richard Heathfield on Wed Apr 9 09:10:42 2025

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Where (What Country) is =?UTF-8?B?dGhpcz8gICAgLS0tICBPYnZpb3VzbHkuLi4g?

By HenHanna on Thu Apr 24 20:42:26 2025

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Paper puzzle

By David Entwistle on Mon Apr 28 07:55:07 2025

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Which of these items is the odd one out, and for what compelling[1] =?U

By HenHanna on Wed Apr 9 19:08:24 2025

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The most compelling way to respond is ... by showing a NEW item that be

By HenHanna on Wed Apr 9 19:16:29 2025

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BB Sudoku 20250321 very hard

By gerson on Tue Apr 1 11:53:26 2025

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In arable fields, where the sun shines bright, Lived a hirsute farmer w

By HenHanna on Sat Mar 29 16:31:09 2025

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(3 more sequences) --- (For each line, What is the next =?UTF-8?B?bGV0d

By HenHanna on Wed Mar 26 18:59:40 2025

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(What are these =?UTF-8?B?c2VxdWVuY2VzPykgICAgLS0tICAgKEZvciBlYWNoIGxp?

By HenHanna on Wed Mar 26 04:59:36 2025

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A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia

By Ammammata on Wed Mar 5 14:09:21 2025

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Re: What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out, contains

By HenHanna on Wed Feb 26 20:11:30 2025

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Roz Chast is a nationally respected Jewish artist whose work...

By HenHanna on Wed Feb 26 19:56:45 2025

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What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out, contains no r

By HenHanna on Wed Feb 26 19:45:50 2025

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Alan Turing Cryptography Competition

By David Entwistle on Tue Jan 14 09:43:42 2025

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[seek] Cryptic Crossword Generator Software for Debian Linux OS

By Byrl Raze Buckbriar on Wed Feb 12 11:58:32 2025

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Re: MathsBombe - observations but not the answer

By Richard Tobin on Tue Feb 11 11:11:56 2025

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Usenet good manners

By Peter Moylan on Wed Feb 19 18:57:00 2025

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Re: (2025 UK Pun Championships) ---- Only G-Rated (and PG-rated) puns ?

By Kerr-Mudd, John on Wed Feb 12 10:56:34 2025

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(2025 UK Pun Championships) ---- Only G-Rated (and PG-rated) puns =?UTF

By HenHanna on Tue Feb 11 21:10:01 2025

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MathsBombe

By David Entwistle on Sun Jan 19 19:57:26 2025

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dingbat (Thingbats 03) -- (Rebus from UK)

By HenHanna on Wed Feb 5 07:51:18 2025

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Re: 3x3 twisty puzzle talk

By Mike Terry on Sat Oct 19 16:53:33 2024

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Pabulum Puzzle

By David Entwistle on Mon Jan 13 15:37:23 2025

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Gary Oldman's 24-Year-Old Cold War Thriller Is 1 of the Best Spy Movies

By HenHanna on Mon Jan 27 23:11:58 2025

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Edgar Allan Poe -- birth : Jan 19, 1809 --- Problems about 1809

By HenHanna on Sat Jan 18 23:28:18 2025

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After she finishes singing, she says AWALA =?UTF-8?B?PyAgICAgICAoaXMgdG

By HenHanna on Thu Jan 16 01:40:42 2025

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Was this high-tech (anti-Fire system) house =?UTF-8?B?b2s/ICAgLS0gKEkg?

By HenHanna on Sun Jan 12 10:54:29 2025

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He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an andedna -- a

By HenHanna on Sun Jan 12 03:04:04 2025

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Looking for an experienced variant sudoku puzzle setter

By Phil Carmody on Fri Jan 10 21:52:44 2025

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Re: ($1) -- =?UTF-8?B?ICQ1PyAgLS0gICQxMD8gIC0tIChCaWxsc8KgIHJhaW5pbmcg?

By HenHanna on Sun Dec 29 04:15:06 2024

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($1) -- =?UTF-8?B?ICQ1PyAgLS0gICQxMD8gIC0tIChCaWxsc8KgIHJhaW5pbmcgZG93?

By HenHanna on Wed Dec 25 21:12:02 2024

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[The team is] =?UTF-8?B?RW5nX0dCICBoYXMgYSBiaWcgcGVhayBhdCAyMDA0?=

By HenHanna on Sun Dec 1 01:37:38 2024

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Grunting is inevitable. You have been warned.

By Nomen Nescio on Sat Nov 30 08:40:11 2024

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Log (base 2) of 3 -- (without a Calculator)

By HenHanna on Sat Nov 16 19:37:08 2024

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(Greek / Latin ) -- For each Root, Which (of the 3) is =?UTF-8?B?ZmFrZT

By HenHanna on Fri Nov 29 06:07:40 2024

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boiling water loud, then =?UTF-8?B?cXVpZXQ/IC0tIChpIGhhdmVuJ3QgcmVhbGx5

By HenHanna on Mon Nov 18 20:26:07 2024

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NYT's Zorse --- ( Wheel of Fortune with a puzzle-y twist )

By HenHanna on Sat Nov 16 19:33:42 2024

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World Cubing Association (WCA)

By Daniel on Fri Oct 25 12:11:17 2024

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What is that bad smell at the airport?

By Nomen Nescio on Sun Oct 20 08:15:31 2024

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There was an Old Person of Dover, Who rushed through a field of blue Cl

By HenHanna on Tue Oct 15 17:52:21 2024

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Re: Three rational triples

By Keith F. Lynch on Sun Oct 6 22:51:13 2024

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Re: SOS became the international maritime distress signal (3/10/1906)

By HenHanna on Fri Oct 4 07:35:15 2024

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Re: A Tile Moving Puzzle

By Carl G. on Sat Sep 28 11:22:18 2024

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Re: What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one =?UTF-

By Bebercito on Wed Sep 25 05:12:52 2024

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The House Built of Sticks

By Carl G. on Mon Sep 23 11:19:00 2024

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the 6 coins puzzle (by Dudeney)

By HenHanna on Tue Sep 24 00:14:08 2024

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What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one letter?

By HenHanna on Thu Sep 12 19:31:26 2024

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Re: Lis(t|p) comprehensions

By Bozo User on Wed Sep 11 07:04:45 2024

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Re: When you click on [« Previous Page], do you think you'd see earlier

By Rich Ulrich on Mon Sep 2 12:12:14 2024

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=?UTF-8?Q?When_you_click_on_=5B=C2=AB_Previous_Page=5D=2C_do_you_th?= =

By HenHanna on Sun Sep 1 15:59:41 2024

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Re: The "Strand" puzzle --- ( Continued Fractions using Lisp or =?UTF-8

By IlanMayer on Tue Jul 30 21:38:49 2024

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Hexlish: Structural Compression with a Phonetic Hexadecimal Alphabet

By Byrl Raze Buckbriar on Mon Aug 5 09:40:50 2024

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Re: The "Strand" puzzle --- ( Continued Fractions using Lisp orPython?

By B. Pym on Sun Aug 4 18:28:57 2024

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Painting of a woman in a library, reading a book -- ( Who is the painte

By HenHanna on Tue Jul 30 22:42:08 2024

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The "Strand" puzzle

By HenHanna on Thu Jul 25 12:07:56 2024

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internet outage latest | Airlines, businesses hit by global technology

By HenHanna on Fri Jul 19 14:57:54 2024

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Re: was this a meme that went viral? (Early evening) (Sat. or Sun.) a g

By HenHanna on Fri Jul 19 17:52:23 2024

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Re: Several years ago, there was a guy in Sci.Lang who spoke several la

By HenHanna on Fri Jul 19 17:51:42 2024

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