GCHQ Christmas Puzzle 2024
DEMIN, GRUB, CHA CHA, STYLE
GHEE, LORD, KICK IT OUT, BASSOON
Writing the single letter that appears in both
the CROSS and the DOWN answers.
Answer: Edinburgh Castle
List the Synonyms from the words in brackets
Soldier - GI
Insects - ANTS
Basis - CAUSE
Path - WAY
Answer: Giants Causeway
Follow the sequence of numbers, finding the difference between the next number in the sequence and the numbers written.
11 to 30 = 19
12 to 32 = 20
13 to 28 = 15
14 to 28 = 14
15 to 20 = 5
16 to 24 = 8
17 to 22 = 5
18 to 32 = 14
19 to 26 = 7
20 to 25 = 5
19, 20, 15, 14, 5, 8, 5, 14, 7, 5
19th letter of the alphabet S
20th letter of the alphabet T
15th letter of the alphabet O
14th letter of the alphabet N
5th letter of the alphabet E
8th letter of the alphabet H
5th letter of the alphabet E
14th letter of the alphabet N
7th letter of the alphabet G
5th letter of the alphabet E
Answer: Stonehenge
GCHQ Christmas Puzzle 2024
Last letters in cipher: CSMMWUS
C=M, S=E, M=S, M=S, W=A, U=G, S=E
The Cipher KEY below
A=B, B=I, C=M, D=N, E=D, F=O, G=H, H=?, I=P, J=?
K=R, L=C, M=S, N=T, O=U, P=V, Q=L, R=?, S=E, T=?
U=G, V=?, W=A, X=Y, Y=?, Z=?
The message reads....
Perhaps reading it not ciphered is primarily a
leading indication to you solving this admittedly
devious initially unreadable message.
If you take every FIRST letter from each of the words in the sentence you will find Principality Stadium.
Answer: Principality Stadium
Each animal has NUMBERS below them, which refers
to the 4 letters in the LANDMARK name you will be needing.
Principality Stadium - Robin 18th, 4th, 6th & 11th
Edinburgh Castle - Unicorn 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
Blackpool Tower - Dinosaur 6th, 14th, 8th & 10th
Giants Causeway - Owl 11th, 7th, 5th & 2md
Stonehenge - Lobster 4th, 9th, 2nd & 6th
Buckingham Palace - Polar Bear 16th, 4th, 5th & 6th
University of Cambridge - Hedgehog 20th, 19th, 11th & 15th
The first letter from the animals spell: RUDOLPH
UNIT - Principality Stadium
EDIN - Edinburgh Castle
PROT - Blackpool Tower
ECTI - Giants Causeway
NGTH - Stonehenge
EKIN - Buckingham Palace
GDOM - University of Cambridge
UNITED IN PROTECTING THE KINGDOM
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Morse Code message moving around card.
.-- . / .-- ..
... .... / -.-- --- ..- / .- / -- . .-. .-. -.-- / -.-. .... .-. .. ...
- -- .- ... / .-- . / .-- .. ... .... / -.-- --- ..- / .- / -- . .-. .-.
-.-- / -.-. .... .-. .. ... - -- .- ...
Copy and paste into a Morse Code decoder
https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html
We wish you a merry Christmas
we wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
and a HAPPY NEW YEAR
2025
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There is also a message in the BINARY code
in the background
Click on picture below for a larger image
01110011 01100101 01100001 01110011 01101111 01101110 01110011 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 01110011
Copy and paste the binary code above into the decoder
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/
01110011 =
S
01100101 =
E
01100001 =
A
01110011 =
S
01101111 =
O
01101110 =
N
01110011 =
S
00100000 = Blank
01100111 =
G
01110010 =
R
01100101 =
E
01100101
=
01110100 =
T
01101001 =
I
01101110 =
N
01100111 =
G
01110011 =
S
SEASONS GREETINGS
REPEATED
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GCHQ Christmas Puzzle 2024
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Buck, King, Ham, Pal, Ace
Answer: Buckingham Palace
Award - Blue Peter Badge
Carrier - Brown Paper Bag
Character - Red Riding Hood
Program - Pink Panther Show
Route - Yellow Brick Road
Safety Guide - Green Cross Code
You are left with....
Answer: Black Pool Tower
Just one problem! Blackpool Tower
is two words, not three.
French word for ONE - UN
Roman Numeral for 4 - IV
Musical Scale Reversed - ER
The 19th & 9 letter of the alphabet - SI
Letters on a Keyboard after QWER- TY
Joan ? Arc - OF
Old MacDonald spelt backwards - CAM
The three letters make Great Britain - BRI
Missing letters from Knowledge - DGE
Answer: University of Cambridge