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Geometry puzzles

March 2023

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    Inside Rafael Viñoly’s mathematical masterpiece

    Letter: Prof Sam Howison loves working in a building designed by the late Uruguayan-born architect

October 2021

  • Squid Game Netflix BTS 103 35823

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Another game of brutal genius from South Korea

    Will you make the cut?

September 2021

  • Russian PM Mishustin on working trip to Moscow Region<br>MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 1, 2021: Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin writes on a chalkboard while visiting the Kapitsa Physics and Technology Lyceum in the town of Dolgoprudny on Knowledge Day. Dmitry Astakhov/POOL/TASS (Photo by Dmitry Astakhov\TASS via Getty Images)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Russia’s Prime Minister sets a geometry puzzle

    The answer to today’s teaser

June 2021

  • FILE: Motorhead Frontman Lemmy Dies At 70 British heavy rock band Motorhead pose with pistols, London, 1978. Left to right: guitarist 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, drummer Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor and bassist and singer Lemmy (Ian Kilmister). (Photo by Estate Of Keith Morris/Redferns)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Ace of spades

    Head-scratchers for headbangers

May 2021

  • Dennis Taylor<br>May 1985: Dennis Taylor of Northern Ireland in action during the Embassy World Snooker Championship Final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Taylor beat Steve Davis 18-17 in a dramatic black ball finish. Mandatory Credit: Adrian Murrell /Allsport

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Gods of snooker

    The solution to today’s puzzle

July 2020

  • Youth<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Photofusion/REX/Shutterstock (2290316a) Glastonbury 2010 UK Youth

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? The pyramid puzzle

  • EGYPT-TOURISM-HEALTH-VIRUS<br>This picture taken on July 1, 2020 shows a general view of (R to L) the Great Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren), and the Pyramid of Menkaure (Menkheres) at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo, as the archaeological site reopens while the country eases restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - A spree of openings in Egypt comes after the country officially ended a three-month nighttime curfew a few days earlier. Cafes and shops have re-opened but public beaches and parks remain closed as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Egypt has recorded more than 65,000 COVID-19 cases including over 2,700 deaths. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The pyramid puzzle

March 2020

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Are you a master of reflection?

    A colourful puzzle for squares

October 2019

  • Press View Of The Latest Damien Hirst Exhibition At The Gagosian Gallery<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: An employee looks at the artwork “4-Chlorephenol, 2008”, part of the artist Damien Hirst’s exhibition “The Complete Spot Paintings” at the Gagosian Gallery on January 12, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition is taking place in eleven locations across the world, with more than 300 paintings created by the artist lent to the Gargosian gallery by private individuals and public insititutions. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The four points, two distances problem

    A dot-to-dot puzzle with a difference

August 2019

  • VARIOUS<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Image Broker/REX (1463051a) Old tin toy car

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Drive your car (and brain) round the block

    A streetwise puzzle

July 2019

  • Cheese onion and pineapple on a stick Essential for naff parties<br>AM0928 Cheese onion and pineapple on a stick Essential for naff parties

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Cheese cube nibbles

  • Dutch Edam cheese cubes on white background<br>KMWFXE Dutch Edam cheese cubes on white background

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Cheese cube nibbles

June 2019

  • Frustrated Mixed Race teenage girl doing homework

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Are you in the smartest 1 per cent (of 13-year-olds)?

    The test given to the UK’s maths prodigies

May 2019

  • The Mark of Zorro (1940)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The Zorro puzzle

    Swordplay with lines and squares

April 2019

  • Donald Trump tangram

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? The puzzle that is Donald Trump

    Reinventing the tangram

February 2019

  • tessellation

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? On the tiles with the new Escher

  • Cat and dog tesselation

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? On the tiles with the new Escher

January 2019

  • pink donut answer

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Catriona's colourful conundrums

  • yellow arbelos

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Catriona's colourful conundrums

November 2018

  • A man in silhouette walks in a building<br>D5FFY6 A man in silhouette walks in a building

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Five shady puzzles

    The solutions to today’s puzzles
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