Was worried about this trip for days -- couldn't take the car -- terrible traffic all the way there -- a gang of jerks blocking my way and the bus had just left -- tried to run and maybe sprained my ACL -- in tons of pain and obviously missed the bus -- hurting and ready to sob -- am annoyed a...

In this other puzzle, ThomasL asks for three similar pieces which can be arranged to exactly cover all of an 8x8 chessboard, except for a single square — for any of the 64 possible single squares. I follow this up by asking: Suppose we don't require the pieces to be similar in shape. Can you fin...

A thief has snuck his way into the wizard's castle. After traversing a plethora of magical traps and illusory walls, he finally spies the wizard's hidden stash of gems beyond the end of a long corridor. He hastily runs toward it, realizing only a moment too late that he has fallen into another tr...

Place numbers 1 to 64 in the cells of this 8 x 8 board in such a way that consecutive numbers, and also numbers 1 and 64, occupy neighboring cells (either vertically or horizontally). Shaded cells must be occupied by prime numbers.

(This is part of a series of puzzles written for Timwi for a Secret Santa puzzle exchange, themed around various custom modules for the game Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. No KTaNE knowledge is necessary for any of these puzzles except the final meta; each puzzle resolves to a single word or ...

Drop two from the left I can be out of this world Two more from the right I might get hurled Drop two in-between I’ll be hollow in form Two more from the right I may keep you warm Who am I?

Given the series below, could you find its formula and hence the missing number? 3, -1, 7, 8, 20, 35, 43, 76, ??, 131, 159

My first try at a Riley Riddle, enjoy. My prefix fired bullets for King and Country, My infix won't do what you say, My suffix shows the relation of different quantities, As a whole I will help you if you need to write fast. Who/what am I?

What is the next number in this never-ending sequence? 0 1 1 110 111 101 11000 11101 10101 1100110 1001011 110101001 110010000 100111001 11010001001 What were the previous two numbers?

A healthy start to begin with A friend you’ll meet midway In the end he becomes a tree You’ll soon be blown away What word is referred here?

$$\scriptsize{\def\T{\text}\T{`Twas weather chilly in winter's dark} \\\T{When brothers five went out to lark} \\\T{They braved the ice, cold, and snow} \\\T{And found a dwelling all aglow} \\\T{There they met by happenstance} \\\T{Five sisters up in fiery dance} \\\T{All entwined in passion's em...

(This is part of a series of puzzles written for Timwi for a Secret Santa puzzle exchange, themed around various custom modules for the game Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. No KTaNE knowledge is necessary for any of these puzzles except the final meta; each puzzle resolves to a single word or ...

Alice and Bob were playing Oh-Tetris-Oh!, when they decided that every game must be a draw (played intelligently). Can you prove this? (Oh yes, the rules: A $10\times10$ grid, you can pick any Tetris piece you like from an infinite pool, into any position fully on the grid with no overlappi...

Use exactly seven 4s in every expression and no other digits/numbers. Choose from among addition, subtraction, division, and/or multiplication operations. You may use parentheses, brackets, and/or braces for grouping and/or multiplication, as needed. You may not use decimal points. No concatena...