Puzzle a Day

Before I get into today’s puzzle, I’m going to share a true short story I recently wrote about one of the most hilarious, unbelievable and zany events from my life.

Can you solve these three rebus puzzles?

Your challenge is to find a path from the entry to the exit while alternating between red and blue gates.

You might know what something looks like, but do you know how big it is?

How fast can you solve these two questions?

There is a three-letter word that describes something you do.

Suppose you write down every whole number from 1 to 1,000,000.

Today’s puzzle appeared on series 22 of the BBC quiz show Only Connect.

Alice and Belinda played 10 games of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Can you solve these three rebus puzzles?

In front of you is a standard chessboard with its two opposite corner squares removed (as seen in the above diagram).

I recently discovered Word Grid (https://wordgrid.clevergoat.com/), a word puzzle game that has quickly become one of my favourite daily puzzle games.

What number comes next in the above sequence?

Today’s puzzle appeared on series 22 of the BBC quiz show Only Connect.

Today’s puzzle was created by Brett, a long term follower of Puzzle A Day.

Four towns are located at the corners of a square (as pictured above).

Can you solve these three rebus puzzles?

I’m planning to buy a 100-inch TV.

Today’s puzzle is a little different.

You have a bottle containing 16 units of wine and want to make it last as long as possible.

Today’s puzzle appeared on series 22 of the BBC quiz show Only Connect.

A worker has been asked to paint the decking of a carousel, shown in blue in the bird’s-eye-view image above.

Using each of the digits 1, 2, and 3 exactly once, construct the largest possible number.

Can you solve these three rebus puzzles?

Using each of the digits 1–9 exactly once, and placing one digit in each box, your challenge is to make the above sum as close to 1,000 as possible.

The line pictured above represents something familiar to almost everyone.

How many of these ten riddles can you solve?

The Graham family are staying in an apartment at a seaside resort.

Today’s puzzle is a chess puzzle.