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7:59 AM
Thanks @Jafe - and as Deus has found while starting to solve, there's a reason for that^!
I've been working on it in some capacity or other ever since the Advent Calendar. The only puzzle I've posted in the meantime was my April Fools one. I've had to resist the urge to post any others because both of these have required specific post timings!
 
8:50 AM
interesting... haven't looked at deus's answer yet to avoid spoilers
 
9:25 AM
Well, if you look at the top-centre one you've actually got the chance to solve someone else's cryptic here for once!
 
 
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10:47 AM
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Q: The first or last

Prim3numbah CF CA AH AJ BA AG CF CA CH CJ AG

 
11:09 AM
@ChrisCudmore if you can hear this... we love you and just want to make sure you're ok and where is the latest C4 ... 👀
 
 
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3:44 PM
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Q: Feeding Time at the Zoo - It's Common Sense!

AlteringIntegralAzeez the Assistant Zookeeper shook his head - "I'll never remember this" "Nonsense!" snorted Jeff. "It's common sense... no two animals eat exactly the same meals and for each meal just think of their names - any given pair at breakfast have at least one letter in common, no pair at lunch have...

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Q: How do I solve this six-piece Burr puzzle that becomes a knot?

Katherine HarrisI've seen a few solutions to this problem on the site, but none of the pieces used in those solutions have the exact shape as the pieces I have. This isn't the exact puzzle, so the colors do not match, but this is what the end result is supposed to look like.

 
 
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4:59 PM
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Q: Number Riddle - to words

FoxtrotNew here but working on a number riddle and searching for methods led me to this site on a former riddle. Which word answers this riddle of numbers? The riddle is below. 2058 48104515819 307 35548418 3450338121319 1852146 2045331521465 121018303419 354548 5014447734498 20548 3315255227 4712284414...

 
5:48 PM
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Q: Fastest way to helpmate

I'm NobodyWhat is the fastest way to checkmate/helpmate (A helpmate is a type of chess problem in which both sides cooperate in order to achieve the goal of checkmating Black/White) in this given position? It is black to play.

 
6:38 PM
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Q: Triple up, pair off, and single out

SlowMagicCan you transform this word triple PELTS SORES DIVAN into this word triple PLOTS DIVES SANER just by swapping pairs of letters? You may swap any pair of letters you like, either between two words (e.g., TRIES and NODES can swap the "T" and the "D" to become DRIES and NOTES) or within the sa...

 
 
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7:52 PM
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Q: A Homeless Cat, Among Other Issues

Wyvern123There are three phrases below. Each of them represents a word in the English language, but that word has been taken apart and its segments have been turned into antonyms. For example, take the noun 'doghouse.' It can be dissected into the words 'dog' and 'house,' which in turn can be turned into ...

 
8:17 PM
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Q: Some doctors and a lot of hand shakes

Mattia VanzettoAt a congress there are some doctors, and everyone shakes a certain number of hands (never more than once with the same person). The doctors can be divided in two groups: -Group O: the doctors who shaked hands an odd number of times. -Group E: the doctors who shaked hands an even number of times....

 

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