Is it turkey, tinsel or the tree that makes you feel all Christmassy inside?

For some people, it’s not truly the festive season until they’ve had a crack at the government spy department’s holiday-themed puzzles. (Not us, we should add: we’ll stick to rewatching The Grinch).

For those who want to let their brains off the lead for a little stretch, however, the day has arrived when they can pretend to be Q in James Bond, and crack some codes with their Chrismassy tipple.

A sample question in this year’s card reads: ‘The letters in TWO UV PAIRS have the values 0,1,2,…,9 in some order, with each letter representing a different digit. UV+UV+V=VAR, R P P=AIR, SO+SO=VOW… What is 1234567 ?’

Hey, whatever floats your gravy boat.

Seven puzzles are designed to test problem solving from intuitiv

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