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Mysteries

Bigger, meatier, more layered puzzles. Made just for Signals members.

A More Perfect Union

A More Perfect Union

It's a special day.

The Ones That I Want

The Ones That I Want

If you can figure out what this number means, you’ll really be something special.

ShotDeck Posters

ShotDeck Posters

The ShotDeck movie poster puzzles.

Intersectionality

Intersectionality

We asked Sandy's kids to make this month's Mystery. It's pretty simple! Just identify what's in the pictures.

March Madness

March Madness

Truly an eclectic bunch of teams this year.

Answers & Questions

Answers & Questions

An homage to our favorite game show.

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Puzzlers

Light, bite-sized puzzles. Featured in the Signals Monthly Newsletter.

June 2025

Take the last name of a famous nineteenth century novelist. Change one letter to get a word for someone who enjoys pot. Alternatively, change a different letter to get a different term for the same. Alternatively still, remove a letter to get yet another term for the same. Who is this?

May 2025

Start with the name of a famous Hollywood director. Take his first name, remove the first letter, and you'll get the name of an organ. Adjacent to that organ is another organ that may be afflicted with the director's last name. Who is this?

March 2025

Think of a five-letter word that can mean “places of refuge”. Change the first letter to get another word that can mean the same thing. What words are these?

February 2025

Think of a word that means "treasure," and another word for a container that that treasure typically comes in. Both words also name parts of the body. What words are these?

January 2025

Think of a two-word phrase that means “a secret mission”. Move the last letter of the 1st word to be the first letter of the 2nd word, and you’ll end up with two words that are synonyms. What are they?

November 2024

Think of an Asian capital in 5 letters. Shift the 1st and 4th letters forward in the alphabet by 3 positions to get the name of an African country. Shift them forward again 5 more positions to get a different Asian capital. What places are these?

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EnigMarch

My entries in the 31-day EnigMarch puzzle-writing challenge. More at enigmarch.com.

EnigMarch 2023

EnigMarch 2023

All my cryptic clues from EnigMarch 2023.

Day 31: Meta

Day 31: Meta

Day 30: Phantom

Day 30: Phantom

Time to eat a power pellet.

Day 29: Note

Day 29: Note

Just a short note.

Day 28: Map

Day 28: Map

I received a couple of letters from each of these countries. Might be some kind of code.

Day 27: Suit

Day 27: Suit

Four suits for sale.

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