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Puzzle 1 


Using exactly four straight lines, without taking your pen off the (virtual) paper, can you join all nine dots?

A square of 3 by 3 dots.

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.

A Charming Puzzle, Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.

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Puzzle 2 


Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser-spotted great weevil.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


Which of the shapes are identical to the first one?

Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann

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Puzzle 4 


How many hexagon-type shapes, in total, can you find in this puzzle?

Hexagons

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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