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Here’s an Easter sneak peek to see if your brain matches that of the clever code-breakers at GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) who keep this country safe from our enemies.
Earlier this month, heads of Britain’s intelligence, security and cyber agency commissioned a visual puzzle as part of a campaign to attract recruits able to “think outside the box” and therefore suitable to work for the top secret organization based in Cheltenham.
Hidden in an illustration of a city landscape were several clues that, once found, could be used to spell out the message “Journey to GCHQ”.
Scroll down to reveal the answer!
In the spirit of fun, we asked the same illustrator, Justin Eagleton, to create a drawing especially for today’s Easter edition of The Mail on Sunday to test your lateral thinking skills.
He has composed the image of an imaginary coastal town and inside it are hidden 11 clues (11 because that is the number of Jesus’ apostles who remained loyal after Judas’s betrayal), each of which represents a letter of the alphabet which can then be broken down to spell a message. .
Eagleton, a Manchester-based graphic artist and portraitist whose recent subjects have included footballer Marcus Rashford and singer Rick Astley, said: “It’s not difficult, once you understand some of the lyrics.”
Need help getting started?
Six of the letters are based on the phonetic alphabet, highly prized by both the military and spies.
One of them involves half of Shakespeare’s young star-crossed lovers.
Good luck!
ANSWERS TO THE EASTER PICTURE PUZZLE
Were you a mastermind when solving our Easter puzzle or did you find it too difficult (boiled) to decipher?
Either way, here’s the answer.
It is obtained by collecting the letters that represent each clue and putting them together to reveal the hidden message: HAPPY EASTER
h Hotel located on the right with the sign ‘NO VACANCIES’
TO Alfa from the name of the blue Italian-made car.
P Morse code in the lower group of runaway balloons: dot, dash, dash, dot, pointing to the letter P.
P Statue of the urinating child: the Manneken Pis of Brussels
AND Wye Valley formed by rising chimney smoke trail
my East point on the compass
TO Ace of spades sign hanging in store
Yes Sierra Leone flag on the building.
t Tango dancers in the foreground.
my Echo of the word ‘HELLO!’ from the cliff cave
R Romeo for the second part of the Alfa Romeo brand car
To see more work by artist Justin Eagleton, visit justineagleton.com