Just saw this one https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... o-oxbridge, it may be of interest.
Surprisingly easy, given the headline.
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Bellos does a good job with his column. I met him at the Gathering for Gardner. In March 2014, I did a talk there that included some slides on geometric vanish puzzles. Afterwards, we corresponded a little via email, and a couple weeks later he put this online, using many of the same examples I had spoken about
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Will Shortz started a craze in Games Magazine in the early 80s with his Equation Analysis Test. Here's a link to the original list, although hundreds followed. Always loved these things! http://www.gamesmagazine-online.com/gameslinks/equationanalysis.html
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"What nine accomplished in just one 36(?), twenty-one could not in a bakers dozen ."
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What's ancient Egyptian for two?
Mundus vult decipi -per Caleb Carr's story Killing Time