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Puzzle #241: Help Prince Golightly escape, and win our puzzle book

27 September 2023

#241 Escape room

set by Rob Eastaway and Brian Hobbs

To celebrate the release of Headscratchers, our book of New Scientist puzzles, there is no right answer for this week’s puzzle. Instead, we want your creative solutions – mathematical, scientific, lateral or just eccentric. Credit will be given for imaginative use of all items in the room. Our three favourite answers will win a copy of our book, with the best printed in New Scientist.

Prince Golightly dizzily opened his eyes. He was tied to a chair with a rope that seemed to be loose – he reckoned he could…

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