UK spy agency releases answers in Christmas code-breaking challenge for potential spy recruits
Every year, the UK's main spy agency sends out a challenge aimed at children and Uni students.
The mission, should you choose to accept it, is to solve eight lateral thinking and logic puzzles.
Each puzzle will reveal a word that goes after Christmas.
I.e. "Christmas _____".
Read on to try and solve the challenge put together by England's top minds.
You can find the answers at the end of this gallery.
The questions are designed to test a range of problem-solving skills and encourage the use of teamwork to reveal the final festive message.
Question 1
These clocks show a four-letter word. Can you work it out?
Question 2
Can you solve this riddle?
Question 3
Split the words into groups of three and find a word that links each group.
Question 4
Each letter represents a different digit.
Question 5
Find the pairs of letters which come next in each sequence.
Question 6
Can you work out the hidden word?
Question 7
Can you work out the secret 4 letter word hidden in this message?
Final Question
With 24 hours elapsed, the answers have now been released. You can find past challenges here.
Read on to see the answers to this year's challenge.
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