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Sphinx

5:29 AM

Q: What technique can be used to solve this 6x6 sudoku?

[![6x6 Sudoku][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/SsD3x.png Which Sudoku technique can be used to solve this?

sudoku

2 hours later…

Jafe

7:21 AM

@Sphinx easy peasy

not answering before attribution is given, lest bobble yell at me

@Sphinx i like how the question is like "what would happen with this rule change i just thought of" and the answer is "yep this is a known problem studied by frank freaking marshall"

4 hours later…

msh210

11:11 AM

C4 hint: The first letter is D.

I like the doors! Great look :) How about putting them in a random order, like on a real Advent calendar?? (And, of course, this being Puzzling, maybe we should use a magic square - albeit with no 25: a central blank?) — Stiv Dec 1 at 8:25

Huh. Having heard of but (AFAIR) never seen them except online, I never knew an Advent calendar is typically out of order.

Is the idea to get the child opening it to learn to read his numbers (so he has to find the right number insteadof assuming it's the next one)? Or why?

Jafe

yeah, i suppose part of the fun is finding the correct number every morning

msh210

(On a quick Google search, most — but certainly not all — of the pictures I see of physical Advent calendar do in fact have the numbers in order.)

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Sphinx

1:12 PM

Q: PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 4): A few of my favo(u)rite things

This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2023. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door > A Connect Wall is a set of sixteen words/proper nouns/phrases which can be broken into four groups of four related...

seasonal connect-wall

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Sphinx

4:17 PM

Q: What next step could I take to solve the Dec. 4 cryptoquote from the Wisconsin State Journal?

So as you might or might not know, I enjoy solving cryptoquotes (also known as cryptograms), and sometimes get stuck on them. Here is today's cryptoquote from the Wisconsin State Journal: EV ORRY UEPR FRDAV, EV GDATROU URDBG. EV XEVURA RVNLM. - XEFFEDP WFDHR Now here is my attempt at solving i...

cipher

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Sphinx

9:42 PM

Q: Move one matchstick to create a three-letter word

On a table, you have several matchsticks as arranged below. Your objective is to move a single matchstick to create a three-letter word. Which matchstick do you move, and how do you move it?