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Puzzle #110: Can you work out what time I woke up?

By Rick Twardy

21 April 2021

#110 Reflecting on time

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As I was travelling by coach one night, I noticed that the conventional seven-segment illuminated clock at the front of the vehicle was reflected in the window to my side.

What caught my eye at the time, 22:01, was that the reflected image said it was 10:55, which, although incorrect, still read like a legitimate time.

Later on my travels, I took another coach trip. At one point, I nodded off. Waking with a start as the vehicle entered a tunnel, I saw the time reflected in the window and, for a moment, was…

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