PUZZLING PRODUCTS

 

Mindbending Puzzles
141–150

 

141.  A CRACKING CODE

Jim’s uncle was in military intelligence during the last war. Jim found one of his wartime notebooks. The notebook fell open at the page shown – what was written on it made no sense at first glance. However, Jim managed to spot the hidden code. Can you?

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142. LIBRARY LOCK

When the new library was built, the staff room door was furnished with a computerized lock, shown above. Which button should the staff press to enter?

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143. MESSAGE MUDDLE

James sent Sally a message giving details of their next secret liaison. What does it mean?

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144. SPY SCHOOL

“Here you are,” said Prof. C. Crett, the head tutor at the James Bond School for Secret Agents. “A simple code to crack.” Can you decipher the code and read the message?

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145. BARGAIN FLIGHTS

An airline is offering discounts to popular destinations as shown. What discount is it offering to Montreal?

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146. PLAY ON WORDS

“You used to perform on stage, didn’t you Grandad?” asked Peter. “A long time ago” said Grandad. “Tell him what you did,” said Peter’s mother. “I was one thousand, two hundred, nothing and one transposed,” said Grandad. What act did he perform on stage?

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147. SAFE SIGNS

These hieroglyphics contain the combination of a safe. Can you find the combination?

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148. SECRET SIGN

An enigmatic householder left this message on his gatepost. What does it mean?

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149. MESSAGE HUNT

Mr and Mrs Brown mark their garden out into squares and give each square a letter. Their young son, Tom, has to unravel the code by finding the starting point and working from square to square horizontally and vertically, but not diagonally, and finishing on the square marked with a star to spell out a message. Every square must be used once only. What is the message?

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150. SCHOOLBOY CIPHER

Charlie was unhappy at boarding school, but didn’t want the other boys to know. One evening, instead of doing his homework, Charlie wrote this note home. Because the other boys were peering over his shoulder, he wrote the letter in code. Can you work out what it says?

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