GCHQ’s 2023 brainteaser was one of the hardest challenges yet (Image: GCHQ)
The annual has been released for 2024 but have you got what it takes to be a spy?
This notoriously difficult by The Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ has challenged Brits to test their knowledge.
Director GCHQ, Anne Keast-Butler, said: “Puzzles have always been at the heart of GCHQ, and the skills needed to solve them are just as relevant in 2024 as they were over 100 years ago.
features seven puzzles, plus several hidden elements for those who want an extra test.
“The puzzles are aimed at teenagers and young people, but everyone is encouraged to give them a try – they might surprise you.”
The Christmas puzzles have become an annual occurrence (Image: GCHQ / PA)
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The 2024 has just been released with Brits keen to outsmart the .
You can have a go at the 2024 by visiting the website .
Last year, only 40% of people managed to crack the 2023 which was one of the “toughest ever”.
The first challenge shows four analogue clocks which are a code for a four-letter word, which can plausibly follow the word ”.
Once you have worked that one out, you should move onto the second, which is a .
The brainteasers feature a range of puzzles, from riddles to pictograms (Image: GCHQ)
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The puzzles are tough to complete, with not many able to complete them (Image: GCHQ)
It reads: “What breaks but cannot fall, can leap but never crawl, can be seized but never gripped, often present, never skipped.”
The often releases tricky puzzles to the public but Brits are rarely able to complete them.
In 2016, it released a challenge to the public which had taken eight Government spies two months to compile – but only three people got to the last point.
You can complete every Christmas since 2021 .