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2022-01-08
Thanks for the advert calendar this year.
By the way, in the "Hardest and easiest puzzles" section, 4 out of the 5 links to the puzzles are to the 2020 puzzles instead of the 2021 puzzles
Alex
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2022-01-09
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Matthew
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The importance of estimation error
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Is MEDUSA the new BODMAS?
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Tube map kaleidocycles
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Solving the cross diagonal cover problem
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Braiding, pt. 2
Braiding, pt. 1
Making names in Life
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Euro 2016 stickers
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Proving Pythagoras' theorem
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How much will I win on the new National Lottery?
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Tube map stellated rhombicuboctahedron
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preconditioning
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inline code
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hexapawn
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