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Puzzles

How many squares are there on a chessboard?

Get a tastebuds ready for easter eggs with our chocolate flavoured puzzle!

You label my back; I'll label yours

Can you guess how everyone else has you labelled?

Multiplying rabbits and cosmic strings

More milk with your tea, or is that tea with your milk?

Can money turn the monarchy upside-down?

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