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News Sites Roll Out Fresh 10-Second Number Puzzles

New posts lean on social images to drive quick-hit engagement, with one solution write-up listing conflicting coordinates.

Overview

  • Hindustan Times published a new challenge to find 9909 hidden among 9009s within 10 seconds, pointing to the fourth row from the top and eleventh column from the left for the answer.
  • Mint featured a grid of 1212s concealing two instances of 1222, locating them in the sixth row, third column from the right, and the fifth row, fourth column from the right.
  • A separate Hindustan Times item spotlighted a handwritten Facebook puzzle credited to Tyaa Setyawati that asks how many digits are hidden in a single overlapping figure marked “95% fail.”
  • An earlier Hindustan Times post on spotting 76 in a grid of 79s presented two different row–column answers in the same article, indicating an internal inconsistency.
  • Across the coverage, the puzzles are framed as fun 10-second tests of focus and observation sourced from social platforms, with pieces touting attention benefits despite being entertainment features.