The nine highlighted cells contain multiple letters: two or more letters from the down clue, and two or more letters from the across clue (where applicable). The letters in each of these cells anagram to a character that belongs to a certain group. Furthermore, nine clues contain an extra word ...

I am planning to ask a question which requires you to count the number of possible ways to arrange something with certain conditions. Are these on-topic?

I AM SORRY ABOUT THE LAST PUZZLE IN WHICH I MESSED UP THE NUMBERS BUT BEASTLYGERBIL EVENTUALLY GOT THE ANSWER WHICH WAS 'THIS CODE BELONGS TO SAM'. ENJOY! Once the first riddle was solved The question turned bold And what popped into view Was a brand new clue: 110 111 1 111 11 1010 10 0...

It was defectedWBC who got the last one. Well done! On this day (8th May) an event happened. Can you tell me the event, explain the clues and tell me what year it happened. A sickly-sweet syrup-like substance At first was sold at about fivepence T'was a remedy, an all-round cure Now across the g...

Here is a $10$-sided polygon which area is $23$ (i.e. it contains exactly 23 unit squares). Can you draw a polygon with: $6$ sides and area $6$? $8$ sides and area $8$? $12$ sides and area $12$? What about a polygon with $13$ sides and area $13$? The polygons cannot contain holes; all t...

I am curious as to whether there is a magic SE community or whether this is the closest thing to it. I know that there was a Magic SE put forward in area 51 but it was closed. If some are allowed, what sorts and in what kind of context?

When I create riddles, ciphers etc.. they seem to get solved within only a couple of days of writing. Well no more! This cipher may not be impossible but is extremely difficult. If left unsolved for too long, I shall make it slightly easier but not too much so.

John's salary is 30% less than Brad's salary. John left work and joined a new institution, where his salary was 30% higher than his old salary. Which is higher John's new salary or Brad's salary or equal? is the answer equal?

Fill in the blanks below. Each sentence uses words that are anagrams of each other. In each pair of sentences, solve the first sentence, change one letter of an answer-word from that sentence, and shuffle it to form the answer-words for the second sentence. The answer-words in all sentences are t...

The arrows outside the grid indicate that the nearest three digits in the corresponding direction are in ascending or descending order (the highest number is always in the direction of the arrow). All possible arrows are given, so if there is no arrow, the first three digits do not form an increa...