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I'm sure many of you know that GCHQ publish a puzzle each Monday on their
X account. For any that don't:
https://x.com/GCHQ
I have guessed the correct answer without looking up the relevant
numbers." - Richard Heathfield, re GCHQ
I'm sure many of you know that GCHQ publish a puzzle each Monday on their
X account. For any that don't:
Yay, more driving Usenet towards “social media” . . .
I'm sure many of you know that GCHQ publish a puzzle each Monday on
their X account. For any that don't:
https://x.com/GCHQ
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:59:23 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:
I'm sure many of you know that GCHQ publish a puzzle each Monday on
their X account. For any that don't:
https://x.com/GCHQ
This week's....
Don't hit the Snooze button on this week's #GCHQPuzzle
What do you think the answer is?
ENIGMA RATING 1
Which country fills the gap?
NOM, SUET, ? , HURTS,
FIR, SUTRA, NUS
#GCHQPuzzle
On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:48:11 +0000, Richard Heathfield wrote:
These are for 12-year-olds, I take it?
:o)
Have you been doing the GCHQ puzzles for a while?
They are rated, in
difficulty, from 1 to 3. This is a 1...
These are for 12-year-olds, I take it?
They exaggerate. But of course there is a place for easy puzzles,
and I presume that's precisely the place they're aiming at. I have a
puzzle book by GCHQ, and by the above 1-3 scale many of its puzzles rate
a 50-odd..
Oh, Richard, you need to work on your grumpiness.
Which is the odd one out?
ALTERNATIVE, BENIN, PANNIER, PARIAH, PARTNER, STACKABLE
I practise for several hours a day. What more do you bloody want?
I'm sure many of you know that GCHQ publish a puzzle each Monday on
their X account. For any that don't:
https://x.com/GCHQ
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:59:23 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:
I'm sure many of you know that GCHQ publish a puzzle each Monday on
their X account. For any that don't:
https://x.com/GCHQ
There's been no GCHQ Puzzle this week - Monday was a bank holiday in the
UK. This one is from the excellent GCHQ Puzzle Book 1.
125. Number Sequence IV
(a) 7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4, ?
(b) 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, ?
(c) 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, ?
I think I know (a) and (c), but not (b), as yet.
(b), however, is just one of their 'read my mind' puzzles that they love
to waste people's time with. A good cryptographer tries not to leave any hooks you can pick at. A good puzzle setter tries to be fair to the
solver by leaving at least /one/ hook. GCHQ is packed full of good cryptographers.
There's been no GCHQ Puzzle this week - Monday was a bank holiday in the
UK. This one is from the excellent GCHQ Puzzle Book 1.
125. Number Sequence IV (a) 7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4, ?
(b) 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, ?
(c) 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, ?
(b) 8. The sequence is the number of letters in each word of 'To be or not
to be that is the question'. 'Question has 8 letters.
On 07/05/2025 09:03, David Entwistle wrote:
(b) 8. The sequence is the number of letters in each word of 'To be or
not
to be that is the question'. 'Question has 8 letters.
Hypothesis confirmed. That's not a puzzle; it's an exercise in telepathy.