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Cryptic Clues to the Authorship Puzzle

By James Dow Allen on Mon Mar 2 06:20:28 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Tue Mar 3 07:52:52 2026
What do these three sets have in common?

By James Dow Allen on Sat Feb 21 17:18:17 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Mon Mar 2 02:45:39 2026
SH returned the Reichenbach Falls

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Feb 25 00:04:04 2026

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Radius of This Circle? -- (Her Accent?)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Feb 22 19:29:57 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Feb 23 21:28:55 2026
Re: Family tree

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 22:06:23 2026

Latest reply by Ammammata on Mon Feb 23 08:18:31 2026
Grid Problem

By David Entwistle on Wed Feb 18 09:25:19 2026

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Sun Feb 22 16:21:05 2026
Teaser #N2 -- I was quoted 12 cents for one, 24 cents for > 50, and 36 cents for 144.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 22:02:43 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Sun Feb 22 08:04:51 2026
(real Life Puzzle) -- The Uber driver's violence was excessive. What do you think?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 21:56:19 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 21:56:19 2026
Dice Game

By David Entwistle on Sun Feb 15 10:50:13 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Tue Feb 17 09:16:21 2026
AI-generated Video Clip -- Jp PM (Takaichi) as a Super-Hero

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Feb 5 04:58:34 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 14 19:54:53 2026
Re: Why 'dog collar' for the clergy? -- Pope's nose

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Feb 13 16:33:56 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Feb 13 16:33:56 2026
Song Lyrics

By David Entwistle on Mon Feb 9 15:47:04 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Feb 11 11:25:49 2026
Ducks in a Row

By Carl G. on Tue Feb 10 14:06:58 2026

Latest reply by Carl G. on Tue Feb 10 14:06:58 2026
(Using a Cannon aiming at the snow) ----------- (Sand-surfing)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Feb 6 11:17:13 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Feb 8 08:54:52 2026
Test your (Latest- TV-Show) IQ

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Dec 16 22:19:59 2025

Latest reply by Tilde on Sat Feb 7 22:33:49 2026
Re: Oh boy! Vonich Manuscript in the news!

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Feb 3 21:55:26 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Feb 3 21:55:26 2026
Girl was (in danger of) being Electrocuted --- the Man's quick thinking saved her

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Jan 22 21:51:09 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 31 19:19:24 2026
National Puzzle Day?

By David Entwistle on Fri Jan 30 10:53:42 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Jan 30 19:36:56 2026
Circle and Discs

By David Entwistle on Tue Jan 27 15:29:43 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Jan 28 02:14:26 2026
=?UTF-8?Q?Rankin_sang_oft_Noten,_die_in_einem_hohen_Bereich_lage?= =?UTF-8?Q?n,_um_Emotion_auszudr=C3=BCcken.__?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 23 03:05:00 2026

Latest reply by DDeden on Mon Jan 26 20:50:45 2026
Alan Turing Cryptography Competition and Mathsbombe, 2026.

By David Entwistle on Tue Dec 16 19:33:31 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Mon Jan 26 17:32:08 2026
Actress

By David Entwistle on Sun Jan 25 09:18:47 2026

Latest reply by Richard Harnden on Sun Jan 25 11:25:33 2026
Mrs =?UTF-8?B?UGVya2luc+KAmXM=?= quilt

By David Entwistle on Fri Jan 16 09:43:08 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Sun Jan 25 09:25:56 2026
in Spanish, Press and Oppress are the same verb. -- FR, GER

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 24 19:34:32 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 24 19:34:32 2026
41. A Square Family

By David Entwistle on Sat Jan 24 11:27:20 2026

Latest reply by gtaylor on Sat Jan 24 15:42:37 2026
Re: was was etc.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 23 03:01:12 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 23 03:01:12 2026
nice Tesla car in PRC -- (vs. Big Truck)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Jan 12 19:29:15 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 17 17:24:41 2026
(Don't post the answer) -- What Obstacle is an anagram of an antonym of a homophone of an anagram of TEAM?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Dec 31 06:32:31 2025

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Fri Jan 16 13:57:30 2026
"For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like."

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Jan 8 02:52:09 2026

Latest reply by occam on Wed Jan 14 12:06:06 2026
230. FIND THE TRIANGLE

By David Entwistle on Sun Dec 28 19:04:43 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Jan 14 10:09:11 2026
(real-life Puzzle) -- Auto accident -- Which Car is at fault?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Jan 12 17:54:59 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Jan 13 09:40:14 2026
PTD -- (Peter T. Daniels) -- Why did he stop posting in AUE, Sci.Lang ?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Jan 8 19:11:47 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 9 01:11:13 2026
=?UTF-8?B?V2UgQXJlIFRoZSBXb3JsZCB+44Gy44Go44KK44GnMjPkurog77yI?= =?UTF-8?B?WXVraW5vIHNpbmdzIGFuZCBwbGF5cyBhbGwgdGhlIDIzIHNpbmdl?= =?UTF-8?B?cnM=?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Dec 18 07:24:42 2025

Latest reply by wugi on Thu Jan 8 17:18:50 2026
Ten Count (a logic puzzle)

By Carl G. on Tue Jan 6 08:52:09 2026

Latest reply by Ilan Mayer on Wed Jan 7 17:06:21 2026
QI (UK TV) with Stephen Fry, Gyles Brandreth, ...

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Jan 1 21:17:18 2026

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Tue Jan 6 17:11:17 2026
A crossword puzzle: HCE + ALP

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 2 01:44:58 2026

Latest reply by Ilan Mayer on Sun Jan 4 22:13:00 2026
Serial Prefixes --- chain of length- 4

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Dec 25 20:52:11 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Dec 26 18:32:23 2025
ACCOMMODATING SQUARES 2

By Charlie Roberts on Thu Dec 18 11:48:48 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Thu Dec 25 12:55:23 2025
Bridge Over Troubled Waters...

By David Entwistle on Mon Dec 8 07:29:48 2025

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Mon Dec 22 10:25:45 2025
Re: St Peterburg Paradox

By richard on Thu Dec 11 17:16:41 2025

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Mon Dec 22 09:18:41 2025
Clue: High Level Lights Rhythm

By Byrl Raze Buckbriar on Thu Nov 20 23:16:25 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Dec 19 02:07:30 2025
Re: Off is the new on

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Dec 19 00:58:41 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Dec 19 00:58:41 2025
198. ACCOMMODATING SQUARES

By David Entwistle on Sun Dec 14 13:06:41 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Thu Dec 18 11:22:22 2025
I played this Sudoku until it was available at [URL], but . . .

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Nov 28 17:06:56 2025

Latest reply by Ross Clark on Mon Dec 15 10:21:39 2025
A puzzle which is easy, but not simple

By Phil Carmody on Wed Dec 10 18:47:13 2025

Latest reply by Phil Carmody on Wed Dec 10 18:47:13 2025
GCHQ Christmas Challenge 2025

By David Entwistle on Wed Dec 10 10:06:36 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Dec 10 10:06:36 2025
114. Factorizing

By David Entwistle on Wed Dec 3 19:02:35 2025

Latest reply by Phil Carmody on Tue Dec 9 00:22:29 2025
Seating Arrangements

By David Entwistle on Sun Nov 30 08:31:05 2025

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Sun Dec 7 20:26:52 2025
Clue: The Word is in the Image

By Byrl Raze Buckbriar on Sun Dec 7 10:43:29 2025

Latest reply by Byrl Raze Buckbriar on Sun Dec 7 10:43:29 2025
7. The Perplexed Banker

By David Entwistle on Wed Dec 3 15:53:38 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Thu Dec 4 15:37:09 2025
cancel

By richard on Wed Dec 3 19:27:35 2025

Latest reply by richard on Wed Dec 3 19:27:35 2025
NPR (CarTalk) (100 passengers lined up to board an airplane) -- The Last Seat

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 30 17:59:44 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Dec 2 15:06:02 2025
(Spiral Codewords) -- your first few Moves ?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Nov 29 17:23:11 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Nov 29 17:23:11 2025
SurrounDoku

By Richard Heathfield on Wed Nov 26 23:34:49 2025

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Fri Nov 28 18:50:38 2025
=?UTF-8?Q?The_phrase_=E2=80=9Ca_CH_over_six_foot=E2=80=9D_likely?= =?UTF-8?Q?_refers_to_a_=22CH=22_being_a_shorthand_for_...?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 16 07:23:43 2025

Latest reply by Phil Carmody on Wed Nov 26 17:39:50 2025
(Prefix, Suffix) --- (Don't Post THE answer)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 18 04:07:06 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 25 14:38:40 2025
Re: (German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 16 18:48:41 2025

Latest reply by nospam on Sun Nov 16 22:42:25 2025
Ngram for (Sake, Sakes) Singular is much more common in Am-Eng and Br-Eng

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 16 19:32:26 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 16 19:32:26 2025
(German) Wahrschau, from Dutch verb Waarschuwen (to Warn)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 16 07:27:13 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 16 07:27:13 2025
IQ test (Mensa) -- (Seek Whence) -- 2 puzzles.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Nov 14 02:28:47 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Nov 14 02:28:47 2025
IQ test (What comes next) -- (Welk figuur moet het vraagteken vervangen ... ?)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Nov 14 01:01:51 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Nov 14 02:01:00 2025
( Spazy Croonerisms ) -- (Don't post Answers) -- Pls give me a few more problems

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 11 09:37:06 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 11 09:37:06 2025
Re: ( Spazy Croonerisms ) -- (DON'T give me the answers!) -- Pls give me a few more problems like these!

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 11 09:32:56 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 11 09:32:56 2025
Re: Sums of consecutive positive integers

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Nov 1 02:22:32 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Nov 10 22:14:29 2025
Widget Sampling ...

By David Entwistle on Wed Nov 5 08:38:37 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Sat Nov 8 09:22:07 2025
Number Sequences

By David Entwistle on Tue Oct 21 13:18:42 2025

Latest reply by Phil Carmody on Thu Nov 6 11:55:37 2025
Palindromic primes

By David Entwistle on Mon Nov 3 09:42:55 2025

Latest reply by Daniel on Wed Nov 5 22:32:53 2025
How many (sea)water molecules (from the previous scoop) are in this glass?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 4 09:37:57 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 4 20:01:34 2025
54. How many fish are in the pond?

By David Entwistle on Tue Nov 4 08:58:45 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 4 19:48:13 2025
(Beatty's theorem) 2-D fractal pattern ? -- (grouping into 2 int. groups)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 4 06:08:46 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Nov 4 06:08:46 2025
Sums of whole numbers

By leflynn on Thu Oct 30 10:24:38 2025

Latest reply by richard on Mon Nov 3 11:35:32 2025
Re: Word Play Chemistry

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 2 22:01:29 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Nov 2 22:01:29 2025
Re: (What are these sequences?) --- (For each line, What is the next letter?) H, H, L, B, B, C, N, ? D, P,

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Oct 25 22:23:44 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Thu Oct 30 08:10:31 2025
Re: Opposites?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 29 04:06:09 2025

Latest reply by Ilan Mayer on Wed Oct 29 21:35:08 2025
Re: Find the Correct Four-Digit Code

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Oct 26 05:46:20 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 29 16:19:58 2025
What are They Thinking?

By Carl G. on Mon Oct 13 21:19:44 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 29 03:53:40 2025
Squares

By David Entwistle on Sat Oct 25 09:17:45 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Sun Oct 26 20:06:20 2025
Paul Abrahams, LISP 1.5

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Oct 26 02:44:00 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Oct 26 02:44:00 2025
Card and Paper Puzzle

By David Entwistle on Wed Oct 15 09:47:57 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Oct 24 12:11:11 2025
into 5 groups of 3 words.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 22 03:42:14 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Oct 24 07:52:03 2025
A 5!mPI_E OCR Puzzle

By Carl G. on Tue Oct 21 10:49:43 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 22 06:01:53 2025
Re: Six Knark Puzzles

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Oct 17 19:57:22 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Oct 18 03:09:06 2025
knarkish knark dealer knelt nervously near the knotted knapsack, the knight knocked on the knoll, knowing the knotty knowledge

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Oct 17 21:48:11 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Oct 17 21:48:11 2025
Knights-Knaves-Knarks puzzle

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Oct 7 19:38:34 2025

Latest reply by Richard Heathfield on Mon Oct 13 11:00:04 2025
In Amharic , [qum] means to Stop (for males)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 8 17:20:56 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Oct 8 17:20:56 2025
Re: What is this List of Cities?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Oct 4 18:00:25 2025

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Sun Oct 5 09:44:27 2025
still using cursive in their letters ???

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Oct 4 17:55:26 2025

Latest reply by Rich Ulrich on Sun Oct 5 00:39:12 2025
Re: 153. - A CUTTING OUT PUZZLE

By Charlie Roberts on Mon Sep 29 13:04:39 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Mon Sep 29 13:04:39 2025
Re: This word has 10 letters. namely: 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle

By Phil Carmody on Thu Sep 18 00:57:14 2025

Latest reply by Phil Carmody on Thu Sep 18 00:57:14 2025
Divide a shape into four equal parts

By richard on Tue Jul 1 19:01:29 2025

Latest reply by Carl G. on Fri Jul 4 08:47:04 2025
US Chain Letters

By leflynn on Sun Jun 22 20:56:28 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Jul 4 08:44:39 2025
Coffee Beans -- (I see the face, but I don't know WHO it is.)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Jul 1 18:35:34 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Jul 3 18:20:14 2025
Repeated digits in Pi -- the Feynman point

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 22 19:15:32 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Thu Jul 3 14:21:01 2025
=?UTF-8?Q?Chain_of__2-word_(open)_compounds:_________Sun_light_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=86=92_Light_house_=E2=86=92_House_cat_=E2=86=92_Ca?= =?UTF-8?Q?t_fish_=E2=86=92_Fish_tank?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Jul 2 05:05:30 2025

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Cows apparently produce more milk if the farmer talks to them.

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 29 05:27:30 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna on Tue Jul 1 19:00:28 2025
belate, bleat, table, Enable, elanet, lateen, Late Ben, teal Ben

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Jul 1 17:28:56 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Jul 1 17:28:56 2025
NovaBBS --> NewsGrouper.org

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jun 27 18:58:50 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Jun 30 21:18:01 2025
Re: Iffy numerical what-comes-next puzzle...

By Phil Carmody on Mon Jun 30 12:03:27 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Jun 30 20:25:48 2025
test to ( sci.fractals, rec.puzzles, sci.math)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Jun 30 19:18:14 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Jun 30 19:29:13 2025
"To run away or escape" could be a "flea"

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jun 28 00:02:41 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Sat Jun 28 09:22:17 2025
rec.puzzles.narkive.com -- sci.lang.narkive.com

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 22 18:27:30 2025

Latest reply by occam on Sat Jun 28 08:23:04 2025
21-year-old Norwegian tourist -- rejected at a NJ airport because of a few Pot trials?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jun 27 20:31:43 2025

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Questions, questions...

By David Entwistle on Fri Jun 27 07:48:29 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jun 27 19:07:16 2025
Re: (novaBBS -- Group is rebuilding...) -- ( why was Peter Drucker so popular in =?UTF-8?B?SmFwYW4/ICk=?=

By HenHanna on Fri Jun 27 18:05:23 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jun 27 18:48:23 2025
Re: Pythagorean Primitives

By Charlie Roberts on Tue Jun 24 15:18:46 2025

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Fri Jun 27 09:36:30 2025
Hello ...

By David Entwistle on Tue Jun 24 18:23:58 2025

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Wed Jun 25 21:16:46 2025
Then Later, I decided it was in Danish or Swedish... (It sounded NOTHING like German!!!)

By HenHanna on Mon Jun 23 20:40:14 2025

Latest reply by HenHanna on Wed Jun 25 20:34:13 2025
Re: A Trivial Arithmetic Problem

By msb on Sun Jun 22 07:12:55 2025

Latest reply by ilan_no_spew on Tue Jun 24 17:05:39 2025
Re: 128 Orders of Magnitude

By David Entwistle on Mon Jun 23 15:57:14 2025

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Mon Jun 23 15:57:14 2025
English word with 'sc's which are pronounced =?UTF-8?B?ZGlmZmVyZW50bHk/?=

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 22 19:03:04 2025

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Re: Repeated digits in pi

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 22 18:54:33 2025

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Re: End at the Begining (Spoiler)

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 22 18:10:38 2025

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