Pubzles 2023

Some of the mathematicians at the University of Bristol go to the pub on a Friday and the pub is sometimes revealed with a pubzle (a puzzle with a pub as the answer). I set three pubzles in 2023, can you solve them?

See also the pubzles from 2022.

List of pubs

For any solvers not from Bristol, here is a list of pubs which is sufficient for solving the pubzles below.

Always check your working

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The first person to tell/email me (Tom Johnston) the name of the pub and how the pubzle works will win a free pint. See you there!

Can you piece together the answer?

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V G D Z Q R W
B R K U L M S
W H E A R P M
D T D E A N R
V E T I S A D
U U Y L N W R
K D M K C Z T
Jigsaw pieces

Today's pubzle (06/10/2023)

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Some of us will visit a pub later. To deduce which venue we are eloping to, solve this abstruse pubzle.

1 2
3 9
5 6
2 6 9 3
3 7 4 5
8 1 4
2 9 8
4 8 6 3