The alphabet snake is a master of camouflage. See if you can spot the snake hiding in plain sight on this old newspaper clipping: Here it is: With the snake removed, you can read the original text: Now see if your camouflage skills can match those of the snake. Figure out how the sn...

Background This puzzle was originally from a puzzle contest for the USC Viterbi Magazine that is now over, but the answers have not been posted. My friends and I have been working on it for weeks, but we still have not been able to crack it. The answer should be a 7-letter word/phrase/string that...

I have a number of keys on my keyring and want to find the correct key as fast as possible. Unfortunately, all the keys look the same. However, I can see if the teeth are turned the same or opposite way as the two keys next to it. The issue: I pick up my keyring from my pocket and hold onto one k...

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Alternative title: Cryptic Division 1: Never Give Up This is a word division puzzle which uses cryptic clues. If you're unfamiliar with either or both of those, you can click the associated link. In order to solve the alphametic, you'll first need to fill in the dividend, divisor, and quotient b...

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Great, now that we know the houses are owned by monkeys, we can sell them them to animal (n). Animal (n) just said a few things! For some reason people are sad that I apparently get blacked-mailed often when I tell them what humans get out of me. I eat a lot of verde I like bowing since it rhy...

One of my friend brought this simple-looking math puzzle to me, but it was harder than it seems. I tried several ideas including simple arithmetic operations, and even considering base-n. 5#2=18 8#2=11 7#4=45 3#5=33 6#3=?