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The GCHQ Puzzle Book II

The GCHQ Puzzle Book II

Summary

STEP ASIDE MURDLE BECAUSE GCHQ ARE BACK WITH EVEN MORE BRAIN-BENDING PUZZLES TO PUT YOUR WITS TO THE TEST


Now a pocket-sized paperback, The GCHQ Puzzle Book II is the ideal present for armchair code-breakers and amateur cryptographers alike


Fiendish, frustrating, annoying, fulfilling’ Guardian

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The spooks at GCHQ need your help again.


Can you break these fiendish codes and prove you’re a master puzzler?


The defence of the realm depends on GCHQ. And these fiendish puzzles and tests are how they test the best. Have you got what it takes in this second round of brain-bogglers?


Inside you’ll find puzzles to develop:


- Lateral thinking and ingenuity

- Skills to spot patterns

- Your ability to break ciphers

- A mindset to tackle authentic entrance tests


Keeping the country safe in secret since 1919, GCHQ is always on the look out for new recruits. Discover if you’ve got the kind of incredible, puzzle-solving mind to work there . . .


ENJOY THESE TWO TEASERS


Can you see how the following words are connected?

Chuckle, Double, Euro, Pro, Stereo, Super, Tunnel


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If Groundhog Day is 1, Bastille Day is 2, Valentine’s Day is 7, then Hallowe’en is?


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‘An explosion of a puzzle collection’ The Times Literary Supplement

About the author

GCHQ

GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) is a signals intelligence and cyber security organisation whose mission is to keep Britain safe from terror attacks and cybercrime.
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