If the hints just aren't working and you're about ready to snap your pencil in two, here are the answers to the 2024 GCHQ Christmas quiz.

Here's all the answers to the 2024 GCHQ Christmas puzzle, including explanations on all seven questions and the final answer.

The annual brainteaser aims to tickle the neurons of those hoping to work in intelligence, and comes in the form of a Christmas card, sent by the national spy agency's director Anne Keast-Butler. To help you solve it, we've spoken to a few puzzling experts to pick their brains on how to navigate the testing challenges.

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This year’s Christmas card from the UK spy agency features a map of the UK and Northern Ireland, reflecting a geography-inspired theme, and includes seven puzzles designed to test skills such as codebreaking, mathematics, and analytical thinking - mirroring the problem-solving approach used at GCHQ.

Colin, GCHQ’s chief puzzler, released a quote with a secret message hidden within it. He said: “We are delighted to be launching the 2024 Christmas Challenge aimed at young people, and we hope you find this year’s set of puzzles as challengingly fun as ever.

The government agency usually deals with threats to national security - but it has also challenged Scots with a festive brainteaser.

Every year, the government’s secret communication service sets a festive puzzle for the British public to set their minds to and decipher. Whether you’re looking to test yourself or inspire a budding young mind to pursue a tricky career in cybersecurity or intelligence in the future,