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Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle

Can you solve it? Alex has been setting a puzzle here every two weeks since 2015

  • box purple

    Did you solve it? The box problem that baffled the boffins

  • box

    Can you solve it? The box problem that baffled the boffins

  • poker hands. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.<br>APJ9PY poker hands. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

    Did you solve it? The poker puzzle that has everyone fooled

  • poker hands. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.<br>APJ9PY poker hands. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

    Can you solve it? The poker puzzle that has everyone fooled

  • teenager boy brown hair European appearance and has difficulty t<br>EEX4CY teenager boy brown hair European appearance and has difficulty t

    Did you solve it? An object that defies common sense

  • Man holding a confused emoticon face in front of his face jjemoji

    Can you solve it? An object that defies common sense

  • FILE PHOTO: Boxes of OXO stock cubes are seen on the shelf of a supermarket in Manchester<br>FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Boxes of OXO stock cubes are seen on the shelf of a supermarket in Manchester, Britain March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

    Did you solve it? Naughty noughts and crosses

  • oxo<br>Boxes of Oxo cubes Beef, Chicken and Lamb stock cubes, cooking ingredient

    Can you solve it? Naughty noughts and crosses

  • RICHARD SUART (MAJOR-GENERAL) IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" @ COLISEUM (OPENING 4-12-04) TRISTRAM KENTON 12/04 (3 RAVELEY STREET, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Did you solve it? Are you smarter than an English major?

  • Andrew Shore (Major-General Stanley) in The Pirates Of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan @ London Coliseum. An English National Opera Production. (Opening 09-05-15) Tristram Kenton 05/15 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Can you solve it? Are you smarter than an English major?

  • Uluru / Ayer's Rock at sunset with Iconic Kangaroo Sign. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.<br>AY05FM Uluru / Ayer's Rock at sunset with Iconic Kangaroo Sign. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

    Did you solve it? Can you outwit the wizards of Oz?

  • Dave Gray Archive<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: An aerial view of the central business district (CBD) and Sydney Opera House on February 17, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

    Can you solve it? Can you outwit the wizards of Oz?

  • A proud mother duck leads her ducklings across a blue lake in Springtime.<br>P12NEY A proud mother duck leads her ducklings across a blue lake in Springtime.

    Did you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

  • Posed by model Young handsome man over isolated background surprised with hand on head for mistake, remember error. Forgot, bad memory concept.

    Can you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

  • Observer Tech Monthly OTM gift guide Christmas Xmas November 2015. Tetris lights.

    Did you solve it? Try this triple Tetris teaser

  • Tetris 1984

    Can you solve it? Try this triple Tetris teaser

  • Close,Up,Of,Unrecognizable,Kids,Busy,Making,Diy,Robot,By<br>Close up of unrecognizable Kids busy making DIY robot by looking from digital tablet at home concept of Children robotic Experiment, togetherness, childhood learning and development; Shutterstock ID 2093624032; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

    Did you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?

  • Pythagoras of Samos around 570 BC - 510 BC according to Metaponto in the Basilicata. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.<br>CW1WFW Pythagoras of Samos around 570 BC - 510 BC according to Metaponto in the Basilicata. Image shot 2012. Exact date unknown.

    Can you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?

  • Stock images at a Coles supermarket. Fruit. Green apples. Melbourne. Australia. generic. oz stock. Groceries.

    Did you solve it? How do you like them apples?

  • Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)

    Can you solve it? How do you like them apples?

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