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The Puzzles of Henry Dudeney

Free material for Henry Dudeney's puzzles: twelve puzzles to work on paper, in his own words and with his own figures, and a hint for every one of the 110 puzzles in the Valice edition.

The book is not on sale yet. The puzzle sheets and the hints on this page are free and stand on their own; the solutions are in the book.

Puzzle material

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  • Twelve puzzle sheets

    PDF · US Letter · 13 pages

    Twelve of the book's puzzles, one to a Letter page in Dudeney's own words with the original figure and room to work. No answers on the sheet.

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  • Hints booklet

    PDF · US Letter · 7 pages

    One hint for every one of the 110 puzzles, numbered as in the book. A hint says where to look and never gives the answer.

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About this material

Dudeney's puzzle texts and figures are in the public domain (he died in 1930; the sources are Project Gutenberg #16713 and #27635). The hints are Valice Press's own writing. Nothing on this page gives an answer.

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