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Sunday 8 November 2026

Alan Turing's paper machine in ten puzzles

Ten puzzles on Alan Turing's 1936 machine, from a Morse opener to a Nihilist closer, with quick clues and a find-a-word. Answers at the foot.

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Turing imagined a machine that reads and writes symbols on an endless strip of tape. Photo: Jud McCranie / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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In 1936 Alan Turing imagined a machine with a tape, a head and a short list of rules. Computer science still builds on that idea.

A roll of cream punched paper tape with rows of round holes — Turing imagined a machine that reads and writes symbols on an endless strip of tape. Photo: Jud McCranie / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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