You can approach this puzzle from two very different angles. Which will you choose?
This week's puzzle was submitted by reader Michelle G., who found it in a back issue of MIT's Technology Review. "I like this puzzle because there are two very different approaches to solving it," she writes. "How you choose to tackle it says a lot about what kind of puzzle-solver you are, and maybe the kinds of puzzles you enjoy."
Sunday Puzzle #12: A Saying In a Star
The numbers from 1 to 16 were written in the circles of the diagram below in such a way that the sum of any four numbers in a straight line was the same. Then the number 1 was replaced by the first letter of a saying, number 2 by the second letter, etc. The final configuration is shown. What was the saying?
We'll be back next week with the solution – and a new puzzle! Got a great brainteaser, original or otherwise, that you'd like to see featured? E-mail me with your recommendations. (Be sure to include "Sunday Puzzle" in the subject line.)
Art by Jim Cooke
Sunday Puzzle(s) #11: Riddles From A Recluse
Last week, I asked you to solve a series of seven riddles by author Wallace Pustinjak that were inspired by The Hobbit . So many of you got these correct or partially correct in the comments, that I've decided to simply include the answers here. WARNING: Here be spoilers. If you haven't read the riddles yet, go do so, then come back here when you're ready for the reveal.
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Riddle I Answer: Hunger
Riddle II Answer: The moon
Riddle III Answer: Footprints
Riddle IV Answer: Wind
Riddle V Answer: Months of the year
Riddle VI Answer: A tongue
Riddle VII Answer: Wings
Previous Weeks' Puzzles
- You'll Need All 3 Clues To Solve This Puzzle
- Think You Know The Solution To This Classic Riddle? Think Again.
- "The Hardest Logic Puzzle In The World"
- 100 Green-Eyed Dragons
- Can you figure our this parking lot's numbering system?
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