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Thursday 15 October 2026

Room 40 reads the mail

Ten short puzzles about Room 40, the British codebreakers of WWI, from a number code up to an ADFGX closer. Answers are at the bottom.

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Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain / PDM / PD-1923)

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In 1917 British codebreakers in Room 40 cracked a German telegram that helped pull America into the war. Steam this one open.

A worn brown wax seal stamped with a faded figure, seen close up against a white background — Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain / PDM / PD-1923)

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