Ancient Puzzle Master Gifts

Mummy has set up a pulley system in his sarcophagus.

"He conquered the known world - now all he's got is sudoku."

The practical psychopath

"This is our most difficult escape room. In here, you're a mother of 4 unruly children, tons of overdue bills and a lazy husband."

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

"Wordle in two! You hear me? Two!!"

Crossword Dictionary Bookstore

'Sorry, I can't come: Young Master has joined the scouts and tied me up with a fancy knot I can't work out...'

"Stanley, this is a historic moment. We've discovered the world's longest kiss. Guinness Book of Records here we come!"

Challenge and solution

Thinking Cap (a hat in the form of a brain).

'They say my tests are too hard. Maybe I should switch from Essay to Connect-the-Dot.'

"Very few people are aware that the 'New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle is contagious."

Sudok Fu: Sign up for class today!

King completes rubik's cube.

Fossil hunting

'A xebec and fluyt passed a heptad of shilpit grugrus.'

"It's a puzzle to me"

'At a guess I'd say it's one of the lesser Pharoahs.'

'Decoding is often 1, 14, 20, 9, 3, 12, 9, 13, 1, 3, 20, 9, 3.'

"We Tell No One"

Brains

Laboratory mouse in a maze with directions.

Game Addiction

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this stuff out, but..."

'No, not Cro-Magnon - something about it makes me think it's Neanderthal.'

'It looks like a beaver.' - News Item: Beaver ancestor lived alongside dinosaurs.

"Hmm.... I think I'd better keep this to myself."

"What's a two-dimensional picture for 'rhymes with blinks?'"

'The next phase in which we carve the stones ornately will cost a little more than the previous ones.'

'Can you get me that productivity report?' 'Sure, let me finish this crossword first.'

"I was solving those same problems when I was your age."

Puzzle books - Guaranteed to fry your brain.

Boffins.