All these games are totally non-interactive, so when you work out the answers, simply sit back and feel a smug sense of self satisfaction. No Java has been used in the production of this page. There are no prizes for being right, so don't e-mail, it's just for fun. There are some prizes for wrong answers, but don't show off your ignorance.

Noughts and crosses

Most magazines give you chess puzzles or word games, but I believe this is the only site on the web with a noughts and crosses problem:


Nought to play and win in one


Optical illusion



Which line is longer?


Cryptic Crossword

Across: 1. First letter in alphabet? (1)
Down: 1. Article - say what? (1)

Word search

Find and ring the following words. Words may read forwards, backwards, up, down, in, out, or through. The remaining letters will spell out a message:
Fishpaste Simian Grotesquery Multi-threaded-programming-environment Simon
Licking Obnoxious Half-heartedly Felch Totalitarian-regime Sudden-Death-Playoff

Spot the difference

There are ten diffences between the following cartoons; can you spot the mall?


Chess puzzle

Why is chess so boring?

Answers

Noughts and crosses: h3xk12! a1qz!!!! (since c3h3-32 is invalid)
Optical illusion: They are both the same length
Cryptic crossword: A
Chess puzzle: no one knows.
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