GCHQ Christmas Challenge

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The UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency have posted up their Christmas 2022 challenge - good luck!

The GCHQ Christmas Challenge 2022

The Challenge returns for a second year with a series of fiendish brainteasers and a final twist!

www.gchq.gov.uk

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SEAWEED, PIES, CARPENTRY is where I'm up to

 

[Lysander]

Answer to q2 is

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pies

 

[robfosters]

Worked out the route in Q1 within 2 minutes.

 

[Lysander]

Worked out the route in Q1 within 2 minutes.

I've got the route but I can't see what 7-letter word is supposed to represent it.

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route is A-E-E-D-S

A seed of some sort?

 

[robfosters]

I've got the route but I can't see what 7-letter word is supposed to represent it.

I can’t either tbh. Oh well, I didn’t fancy moving to Cheltenham anyway.

 

[Efour]

This is why we have computers

 

[Feek]

I applied to work there years ago. My Morse wasn’t good enough

 

[Blaeza22B]

Far too many substances have addled my poor brain over the years.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

BTW its aimed at schoolchildren this year

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

School pupils aim to crack GCHQ Christmas card code

The UK spy agency has challenged children to put their skills to the test in a festive brainteaser.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[200sols]

I applied to work there years ago. My Morse wasn’t good enough

John Thaw knew his Morse, probably pipped you to the job.

 

[Sheff]

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engineering = picky, mathematics = opening, analysis I'm thinking either the or it's?

 

[touch]

I've got the route but I can't see what 7-letter word is supposed to represent it.

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route is A-E-E-D-S

A seed of some sort?

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You can't do the D part of your route. The arrow points the wrong way after you've collected the key.

 

[Semple]

The UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency have posted up their Christmas 2022 challenge - good luck!

The GCHQ Christmas Challenge 2022

The Challenge returns for a second year with a series of fiendish brainteasers and a final twist!

www.gchq.gov.uk

Spoiler

SEAWEED, PIES, CARPENTRY is where I'm up to

I guess I was reading the coding one wrong, when it said replace all blue cells with a letter I thought it meant the same letter, no a different letter per line.

 

[Semple]

I think the answer to q4 / analysis is

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because, all the other words are 3 letters

 

[Diddums]

lol nerds

 

[touch]

I think q4 is

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Director, because it's the only word with even number of letters

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Answer to q2 is

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pies

How did you get that answer?

 

[Lysander]

How did you get that answer?

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An ailurophile is cat-lover. Cat = "chat" in French.

A cynophile is a dog-lover. Dog = "pies" in Polish.

 

[Gixer]

Spoiler: Q1 Answer

SEAWEED