The GCHQ Puzzle Book: Perfect for anyone who likes a good headscratcher

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Synonyms of the names of the Seven Dwarfs: SHY/ BASHFUL, SURGEON/ DOC, STUPID/ DOPEY, SURLY/ GRUMPY, CHEERFUL/ HAPPY, TIRED/ SLEEPY, SNUFFLY/ SNEEZY plus SNOW WHITE A. The pairs are Premier League clubs and their grounds: Chelsea=Stamford Bridge, Crystal Palace=Selhurst Park, Everton=Goodison Park, Manchester United=Old Trafford, Tottenham Hotspur=White Hart Lane and Liverpool=Anfield. BATES/HE/2, BURROUGHS/ER/68, CLARKE/AC/89, GARDNER/ES/99, HEINLEIN/RA/88, JAMES/PD/46, LEWIS/CS/55, SHELLEY/PB/82, WELLS/HG/80, WOOLF/V/23 The property is that of not containing the letter N. Eighty-eight, achtzig and dix-huit mille dix-huit are the highest in each language. th in a series: ETA (Greek alphabet), GOLF (NATO phonetic), JULY (month), MARYLAND (admitted to the Union), NITROGEN (element), PARIS (Summer Olympics), VIOLET (rainbow)

Can be preceded by a part of a bicycle: BELL RINGER, CHAIN LETTER, GEAR BOX, HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE, SADDLE SORE, SPOKESWOMAN, TYRE PRESSURE, WHEELBARROW French Revolutionary calendar: MIST/ BRUMAIRE, FLOWERS/ FLOREAL, FRUIT/ FRUCTIDOR, HARVEST/ MESSIDOR, MEADOWS/ PRAIRIAL, HEAT/ THERMIDOR, WIND/ VENTOSE h) GRATE/GREAT, DISCRETE/DISCREET, HOSE/HOES, PRIDE/PRIED, RUDE/RUDE, SEER/SERE, WEAR/WARE all have a homophonic anagram: PRAISE doesn’t. a) The numbers are the minimum number of moves a knight (starting in the normal starting square in the bottom left) would take to reach that square: j) First 3 letters of US States, reversed: BEN/NEBRASKA, LAC/CALIFORNIA, LED/DELAWARE, NET/TENNESSEE, NEP/PENNSYLVANIA, NIM/MINNESOTA RAM/MARYLAND, REV/VERMONT, SAW/WASHINGTON, SEW/WEST VIRGINIA

YULETIDE GREETINGS. O3 = 3 rd letter of O/OX YGEN, K8 = 8 th letter of K/POTASSI UM … P4 = 4 th letter of P/PHO SPHORUS.

e) COUNT DRACULA: 1, 3/C, 2, 15/O, 3, 21/U, 4, 14/N, 5, 20/T, 6, 4/D, 7, 18/R, 8, 1/A, 9, 3/C, 10, 21/U, 11, 12/L, 12, 1/A

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Parts of the body: Chin STRAP, Ear WIG, Elbow GREASE, Foot SOLDIER, Hand SHAKE, Hip FLASK, Knee CAP, Nose BAG, Shoulder BLADE, Wrist WATCH Can be followed by a 4/5-letter word ending -SS: WEDDED BLISS, GEORGE CROSS, PARTY DRESS, PAMPAS GRASS, NEAR MISS, LOCH NESS, FORWARD PASS, CABER TOSS g) Seven Pillars of Wisdom (T E Lawrence) - Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. Each author has written a book (or in one case a poem) with a title containing a character’s first name but no last name. The initial letters of these characters’ names form the question ‘WHAT LINKS THEM’ to which the answer is the previous sentence. Can be followed by a 3-letter word ending -AY: HUDSON BAY, BIRTH DAY, BLUE JAY, MAKE HAY, MAGGIE MAY, STING RAY, FINAL SAY, RIVER TAY