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The 2024 GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
Henry Irving
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It appears they do this every year.
I don't have the answers but perhaps the collective CL brain can work it out.
No cheating by scanning the QR code and then posting the answers.
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So 1. is Buck King Ham Pal Ace so Buckingham Palace2
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Second one I make Blackpool Tower.
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Two down, five to goNorth Lower Neil said:Second one I make Blackpool Tower.0 -
3 is UN,IV,ER,SI,TY OF CAM,BRI,DGE3
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No.3 starts
UNE or Un then IV
So Universe of ?????0 -
Top work,CatAddick said:3 is UN,IV,ER,SI,TY OF CAM,BRI,DGE
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No. 5 is, I think Giants Causeway GI - ANTS - CAUSE - WAY4
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Five is Giants Causeway0
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Un from the French, IV Roman NumeralsHenry Irving said:
Top work,CatAddick said:3 is UN,IV,ER,SI,TY OF CAM,BRI,DGE
Can you show us "thickos" your working : - )
ty from QWERTY (keyboard)
of from Joan of Arc
bri from Great Britain
dge from knowledge
I guessed the rest.....2 -
Thanks, I can see it now.CatAddick said:
Un from the French, IV Roman NumeralsHenry Irving said:
Top work,CatAddick said:3 is UN,IV,ER,SI,TY OF CAM,BRI,DGE
Can you show us "thickos" your working : - )
ty from QWERTY (keyboard)
of from Joan of Arc
bri from Great Britain
dge from knowledge
I guessed the rest.....0 - Sponsored links:
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4 is Edinburgh Castle1
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7 is Principality Stadium0
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Think I need to go and support Millwall, feel a bit of a thicko trying to work any of this out3
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Well, it is GCHQ so what would you expect.0
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My head hurts!1
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It is aimed at 11 to 18 years olds - so I would hope so!Henry Irving said:
It appears they do this every year.
I don't have the answers but perhaps the collective CL brain can work it out.
No cheating by scanning the QR code and then posting the answers.0 -
I got the first five but no idea on the last two.
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some very cryptic minded citizens on here0
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PERHAPS READING IT NOT CIPHERED IS PRIMRILY A LEADING INDICATION TO YOU SOLVING THIS ADMITTEDLY DEVIOUS INITIALLY UNREADABLE MESSAGE2 - Sponsored links:
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CatAddick said:
Un from the French, IV Roman NumeralsHenry Irving said:
Top work,CatAddick said:3 is UN,IV,ER,SI,TY OF CAM,BRI,DGE
Can you show us "thickos" your working : - )
ty from QWERTY (keyboard)
of from Joan of Arc
bri from Great Britain
dge from knowledge
I guessed the rest.....
CAM from Old MacDonald backwards.
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6 is Stonehenge.1
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Enjoyed that. Worked out all the places but had to work out that the missing letters from OD, _ _, IM was ER by figuring out the missing letters from the answer.
Why is it ER?1 -
Same - stuck on 6, and no idea on ER, thought it was going to be D, E, and the middle one was flipped but the R as it would be P not M, if that makes sense?moutuakilla said:Enjoyed that. Worked out all the places but had to work out that the missing letters from OD, _ _, IM was ER by figuring out the missing letters from the answer.
Why is it ER?
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Re backwards. Musical scale.moutuakilla said:Enjoyed that. Worked out all the places but had to work out that the missing letters from OD, _ _, IM was ER by figuring out the missing letters from the answer.
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I don’t know why, but it bothers me that your colour coded marks don’t match the colours of the clues!North Lower Neil said:Second one I make Blackpool Tower.
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Me too, I redid it afterwards 😆lordromford said:
I don’t know why, but it bothers me that your colour coded marks don’t match the colours of the clues!North Lower Neil said:Second one I make Blackpool Tower.
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4 I got which is an anagram for Edinburgh CastleGhee Lord Kick it out BassonDenim E D I NGrub G R U BCha cha cha H C AStyle E L T S0
