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Do you have what it takes to be a spy? UK agency releases entry puzzle

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Think you've got what it takes to be a spy for the UK's largest spy agency?

Every year GCHQ sends out a codebreaking, lateral thinking and problem-solving challenge.

Each of the seven puzzles that follow will lead you to the name of a UK landmark.

Use the names of these landmarks, and the front cover of the card, to discover what people across all of our GCHQ locations will be this Christmas

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1 - What does this say?
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1 - What does this say?

What does this say?

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2 - What are you left with?
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2 - What are you left with?

What are you left with once you've removed the award, carrier, character, programme, route, and safety guide?

Remember every hint will reveal the name of a UK landmark.

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3 - Complete the sequences
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3 - Complete the sequences

Complete the sequences.

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4 - Solve the clues
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4 - Solve the clues

Solve the clues.

Only write in each square the single letter, if any, which appears in both the across answer and the down answer.

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5 - Replace the words in brackets
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5 - Replace the words in brackets

Replace the words in brackets.

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6 - Calculate the numbers
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6 - Calculate the numbers

We wrote the numbers 1-20 in order below, but made some mistakes.

Calculate how far off we were.

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7 - Solce the cipher
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7 - Solce the cipher

Perhaps reading the start of this substitution cipher will help you solve it.

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8 - Name the landmarks
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8 - Name the landmarks

Using the names of the landmarks from each question and this picture here, you can discover what people across all of the GCHQ locations will be this Christmas.

The next slide will show some hints for the previous questions.

The answers to the challenge will be released later.

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The GCHQ provided some hints.

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