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Here is my method of doing Challenge 6:
1) Find out the twist! (Completed ages ago!)
2) Solve the crossword! (Completed… finally after solving 7 Across via Google Images!)
3) Celebrate in your desired fashion!! (Will complete after I post this!)Can I just check this, @Harry?
Is this one of the Richard Osman’s House Of Games rounds directly, or is it based on it?
[I am not entirely sure which came first, but this was a puzzle set by GCHQ for their amusement, and they do have a habit of discovering things before the credited inventor did (see public key cryptography for example) so I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case here. Harry]
Just for starters, to check I’m on the right track:
1) [✓]
2) [✓]
3) [✓]
4) [✓]OK, think I have them all now (with a lot of input from Google, and helped by noticing that they seemed to be in alphabetical order)!
1) ✓
2) ✓
3) ✓
4) ✓
5) ✓
6) ✓
7) ✓
8) ✓
9) ✓
10) ✓
11) ✓
12) ✓
13) ✓
14) ✓Got it!
The one that can go into both groups is [……..].[Very good – will use that as the official solution I think! Harry]
Great puzzle!
My solution: The names can be split into two groups depending on [Yep!]
[Yes it can] can go in either group.
[Oooh, I like these extras, will add them to the hint on Tuesday! Harry]
@Harry, do you know when GCHQ Puzzle Challenge 9 will be released?
[Sorry it got delayed and thanks for flagging it! Harry]
FOR CONVENIENCE COPY THIS POST INTO A TEXT FILE. [Thanks TLW, that is very kind, Harry]
Strange symmetry – Reference to, and the questions
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01 A black viscous substance
02 Academic
03 Affectionate name for Father
04 Affectionate name for Mother
05 Affectionate name for female sibling
06 Akela was one
07 Album by U2
08 Aquatic creature
09 Artic Monkeys album
10 Armed Conflict
11 Australian spin bowler
12 Belief held as absolute fact
13 Belonging to a character from The Sword in the Stone
14 Betray
15 British army special unit
16 Charature fromThe Tribe
17 Computer programming language
18 Daughter of Mara
19 Degree
20 Eat very quickly
21 Egyption sea port
22 Enthusiastic
23 Famous Trojan horse malware
24 Finnish thrash metal album
25 Fizzy drink
26 Former CIA Director
27 Former Home Secretary
28 Friends
29 Greek god
30 Greek island
31 Growths
32 Heraldic colour
33 Improvised Indian music
34 Incline the head
35 Indian monarch
36 King of the gods
37 Limb
38 MI6
39 Male or female name
40 Mauritian town
41 Methode of detecting distant objects
42 Metonym for 1956 war
43 Morning
44 Movement of fluid
45 Nickname of 2000 Olympics swimmer
46 Nickname of M*A*S*H character
47 Open-handed blow
48 Painful
49 Part of a journey
50 Popular name of famous London statue
51 Rodent
52 Sailor
53 Scandinavian airline
54 Self-important person
55 Semi-solid colloid
56 Slang for being annoyed
57 Slang for make-up
58 Slightly open
59 The rising movement of the tide
60 The side away from the wind direction
61 Town in Egypt
62 Type of audio format
63 Type of cooker
64 Type of Fiijan chief
65 Type of gate
66 Type of WWI battalion
67 Type of jelly
68 Uncooked
69 Womans name
70 Yellowish beige
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