IT endures

[IT 4]

Indeed, much quicker. Though I didn't get the title.

-Tahnan

[The Cruciverbalist]

Thanks! That one came from a scrapped idea for a Hunt puzzle. As for the title, both "Jefferson" and "bronze" were meant as hints at the theme. I was going to name it "The Bronze Show", but I figured "show" was a bit too obscure to be a useful hint.

[IrishJoe]

Is IT dead?

[IT 4]

Getting Your Story Straight
You've just spent 72 hours scrounging for facts for your article, but your editor claims he doesn't have space for it. If only you could put the pieces together to make something coherent, but you'd better check your source first.

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In little supply or availability
Sugar in some form
Ubiquitous software file command
Get back at or seek revenge
Look away, like eyes
State as the truth
Change direction , swerve away
Actor ne Nicolas Coppola
Bride of God
Pine , pea follower
Delivered a letter to
Wise or knowledgeable figure
America's Funniest Home Videos host
Guild's jargon or language
French word for green
Slang for stomach
British chap or fellow
Stuck in a _____
Littlest member of litter
New York paper
Medium at a seance
Let out some anger
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[This message has been edited by IT 4 (edited 04-22-2004 09:10 AM).]

[ZutAlors!]

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In little supply or availability rare
Sugar in some form ose?
Ubiquitous software file command save
Get back at or seek revenge
Look away, like eyes
State as the truth aver
Change direction , swerve away veer
Actor ne Nicolas Coppola Nicolas Cage
Bride of God
Pine , pea follower nut
Delivered a letter to
Wise or knowledgeable figure sage?
America's Funniest Home Videos host Tom Bergeron?
Guild's jargon or language cant
French word for green vert
Slang for stomach gut
British chap or fellow
Stuck in a _____ rut
Littlest member of litter runt
New York paper Times or Post?
Medium at a seance seer?
Let out some anger
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Couple comments:
1. The original text of the puzzle has multiple inserted spaces (which don't show up when posted). What could this mean?
2. Note similar words near each other.

[This message has been edited by ZutAlors! (edited 04-22-2004 09:39 AM).]

[Salty]

Look away, like eyes avert
Bride of God nun
Let out some anger vent

Is it possible to arrange them so that each one is based on the preceding one with a letter added, changed or deleted?

also , sugar in some form cane
and Bob Saget seems to be the Video show host.


[This message has been edited by Salty (edited 04-22-2004 11:16 AM).]

[IT 4]

really nice idea. a couple of the clues are questionable, and [the spacing seems off on many... but maybe it just wasn't meant to be exact, there. or maybe some of it got messed up when posted.] in any case, i quite enjoyed it.

-mikeamok

[Foggy]

Some of the spacing did get messed up. This puzzle stemmed from an earlier IT/Quickie puzzle where the author used a similar gimmick [treating the password as a word mine] but wasn't sure how to clue it. That's where the [extra spaces come into play, along with having each clue's word count equal its answer's enumerations.].

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I wasn't lying, I was writing fiction with my mouth. -- Homer Simpson

[IT 4]

thought of the answer to this last night in bed!

-Salty

[Riddler]

Answers are nice ...

... next Puzzle, please...?

[Edited to add the 'please']

[This message has been edited by Riddler (edited 05-01-2004 07:41 AM).]

[IT 4]

So I tap this guy Tergyno on the shoulder and say something to him. But he thinks I said something else.

What I said	What he thought I said
A good one is the best defense, supposedly	Mass town where Jingle Bells was purportedly written
Aggregate of related things	Towers with roofs curving upwards
Announce the end of a message or broadcast	Levelled up with a small device
Arched portions of the foot	Twinkie maker
Becoming emaciated, with away	Pumbaa is one
Bloody devastation	Tavern wench
Can be used for travel, like a bike or horse	Spotted or blotched with black and white
Cause to unlearn something	Large 2-handled carrying item
Chats, discussions	Single-cell organisms
Complex plantlike organisms consisting of an alga and fungus	Sex drives
Devastated; turned stone into gravel	With legs stretched apart
Disease that girls have, according to little boys	______ One Bites The Dust
Flues that lead toward the roof	One who drives an 18-wheeler
French geometrician/physicist Baron J.B.J	Submissions to a contest
Goofed off, with around	Refuse to deal with, as responsibility
Headlight with short-range focus	In the style of Irish author James
Indolence or inertia	Cleaning person
Killing of the environment	Hurt, caused injury to
Made extensive repairs to	Capable of being severed with a smooth cut
More ancient or grayer with age	Strikes or grinds the teeth together
Nuts used in linzer torte	Person reaching full maturity
One showing disdain or derision	Cleaning devices for small arms
Outline, especially curved or irregular	Quantities
Pagers	"175 Maple Street", e.g.
People of learning	Boisterously disorderly
Purify or cleanse spiritually (var)	Get or purchase
Social groups, esp. in high school	Elevation of the epidermis containing a watery liquid
Sport in which epees are used	A leader using prejudice or false claims to gain power (var)
They play hautboys	It's capital is Imphar
They're where students often keep books and belongings	Without employment
Those who sell or distribute	Like Venus de Milo
Trespasser	Environments that foster rapid growth
Twenty-something college-educated adults, during the 1980s	Weaklings

It turns out I didn't know what his name really was.

(Fixed three typos mentioned by another poster--IT 4)
(Changed the ordering of the clues in the second column...each item in the first columns corresponds with the item in the second column for that row)



[This message has been edited by IT 4 (edited 05-08-2004 09:36 AM).]

[dave10000]

Seven letters, anyone?

What I said

What he though I said

OFFENSE Aggregate of related things Announce the end of a message or broadcast Arched portions of the foot WASTING Bloody devastation VEHICLE Cause to unlearn something Chats, discussions LICHENS Devastated; turned stone into gravel COOTIES Flues that lead toward the roof French geometrician/physicist Baron J.B.J Goofed off, with around Headlight with short-range focus Indolence or inertia Killing of the environment Made extensive repairs to More ancient or grayer with age Nuts used in linzer torte One showing disdain or derision Outline, especially curved or irregular Pagers People of learning Purify or cleanse spiritually (var) CLIQUES FENCING OBOISTS LOCKERS Those who sell or distribute Trespasser BOOMERS

ADDRESS A leader using prejudice or false claims to gain power (var) Boisterously disorderly Capable of being severed with a smooth cut Cleaning devices for small arms Cleaning person PUSTULE Environments foster rapid growth Get or purchase Hurt, caused injury to JOYCIAN It's capital is Imphar Large 2-handled carrying item PLUMBED ARMLESS Mass town where Jingle Bells was purportedly written TRUCKER Person reaching full maturity WARTHOG AMOUNTS Refuse to deal with, as responsibility LIBIDOS AMOEBAE MOTTLED GNASHES ENTRIES Tavern wench Towers with roofs curving upwards HOSTESS Weakings With legs stretched apart Without employment ANOTHER

[ZutAlors!]

(Adding on...)

What I said

What he though I said

OFFENSE Aggregate of related things SIGNOFF INSTEPS WASTING Bloody devastation VEHICLE Cause to unlearn something Chats, discussions LICHENS CRUSHED COOTIES Flues that lead toward the roof FOURIER SCREWED (?) LOWBEAM (?) Indolence or inertia Killing of the environment FIXEDUP (?) More ancient or grayer with age ALMONDS (?) One showing disdain or derision Outline, especially curved or irregular BEEPERS People of learning Purify or cleanse spiritually (var) CLIQUES FENCING OBOISTS LOCKERS VENDERS or MONGERS Trespasser YUPPIES or BOOMERS

ADDRESS A leader using prejudice or false claims to gain power (var) RIOTOUS Capable of being severed with a smooth cut Cleaning devices for small arms Cleaning person PUSTULE Environments foster rapid growth Get or purchase Hurt, caused injury to JOYCIAN MANIPUR Large 2-handled carrying item PLUMBED ARMLESS MEDFORD TRUCKER Person reaching full maturity WARTHOG AMOUNTS Refuse to deal with, as responsibility LIBIDOS AMOEBAE MOTTLED GNASHES ENTRIES Tavern wench Towers with roofs curving upwards HOSTESS Weakings With legs stretched apart JOBLESS ANOTHER

Is "weakings" a typo? How about "Environments foster rapid growth"?

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[GH]

Some possibilities:

AMALGAM - Aggregate of related things
JANITOR - Cleaning person
ACQUIRE - Get or purchase
BARMAID - Tavern Wench
HOTBEDS - Environments [that] foster rapid growth


[This message has been edited by GH (edited 05-07-2004 02:55 PM).]

[dave10000]

[IrishJoe]

and perhaps ...

With legs stretched apart SPLAYED
One showing disdain or derision SNEERER
Bloody devastation CARNAGE

[dave10000]

What I said	What he thought I said
code: OFFENSE AMALGAM SIGNOFF INSTEPS WASTING CARNAGE VEHICLE UNTEACH (?) HUDDLES (?) LICHENS CRUSHED COOTIES UPVENTS (?) FOURIER SCREWED (?) LOWBEAM (?) LANGUOR ECOCIDE FIXEDUP (?) HOARIER ALMONDS (?) SNEERER (?) CONTOUR BEEPERS PUNDITS BAPTISE (?) CLIQUES FENCING OBOISTS LOCKERS VENDERS - VENDORS - MONGERS CRASHER - MEDDLER - INVADER YUPPIES	code: ADDRESS DEMAGOG RIOTOUS SECTILE GUNRAGS (?) JANITOR PUSTULE HOTBEDS ACQUIRE DAMAGED JOYCIAN MANIPUR TOTEBAG (?) PLUMBED ARMLESS MEDFORD TRUCKER GROWNUP (?) WARTHOG AMOUNTS NEGLECT LIBIDOS AMOEBAE MOTTLED GNASHES ENTRIES BARMAID PAGODAS (?) HOSTESS SHRIMPS - SISSIES - COWARDS SPLAYED JOBLESS ANOTHER

[This message has been edited by dave10000 (edited 05-07-2004 06:37 PM).]

[Jaguar]

Flues that lead toward the roof: CHIMNEY?

It's singular though while the clue seems to indicate a plural form.

Weaklings: COWARDS?

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[ZutAlors!]

Ah!
Large 2-handled carrying item = TOTEBAG
JANITOR ain't bad for "Cleaning person"
Could "Flues that lead toward the roof" be something like UPVENTS? Is that even a word?

[IrishJoe]

What I seem to see with the list reordered is:

So I tap this guy Tergyno on the shoulder and say something to him. But he thinks I said something else.

What I said	What he thought I said
OFFENSE	MEDFORD
AMALGAM	PAGODAS
SIGNOFF	PLUMBED
INSTEPS	HOSTESS
WASTING	WARTHOG
CARNAGE	BARMAID
RIDABLE / VEHICLE	MOTTLED
AMNESIA / UNTEACH	TOTEBAG
HUDDLES	AMOEBAS / DIATOMS
LICHENS	LIBIDOS
CRUSHED	SPLAYED
COOTIES	ANOTHER
UPVENTS	TRUCKER
FOURIER	ENTRIES
SCREWED	NEGLECT
LOWBEAM	JOYCIAN
LANGOUR	JANITOR
ECOCIDE	DAMAGED
FIXEDUP	SECTILE
HOARIER	GNASHES
ALMONDS	GROWNUP
SNEERER	GUNRAGS / BRUSHES / PATCHES
CONTOUR	AMOUNTS
BEEPERS	ADDRESS
PUNDITS	RAUCOUS / RIOTOUS
BAPTISE	ACQUIRE
CLIQUES	PUSTULE
FENCING	DEMAGOG
OBOISTS	MANIPUR
LOCKERS	JOBLESS
VENDORS / SELLERS / MONGERS	ARMLESS / UNARMED
CRASHER / MEDDLER / INVADER	HOTBEDS
YUPPIES / BOOMERS	SHRIMPS / SISSIES / COWARDS

Some multiple choices, no question marks, as too many are questionable.



[This message has been edited by IrishJoe (edited 05-09-2004 03:37 AM).]

[Foggy]

Most of the definitions are taken from M-W 11C, which I used as the primary reference for making this puzzle. Several answers are currently incorrect, but I feel it is possible to still solve the puzzle, especially if one figures out the hint in the flavortext.

And yes, I did write the last IT4 puzzle...whoever solves this one first should write the next.

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I wasn't lying, I was writing fiction with my mouth. -- Homer Simpson

[ZutAlors!]

I note that Tergyno anagrams to try gone, which, coupled with the last statement, inplies trigons.

[Tahnan]

Hm. "Imphar" is a typo for "Imphal," I think? The adjective for Joyce is properly spelled JOYCEAN. Beyond that, having the ability to reverse-lookup definitions was quite helpful here. Cleaning devices for small arms should be RAMRODS; levelled up with a small device is SHIMMED; one reaching maturity is a BLOOMER. (People of learning may be SAVANTS instead of PUNDITS.) I think the trespasser may be a POACHER.

Notice that "this guy" and "Tergyno" are both seven letters. Also notice that they share exactly three letters--T, G, Y (leaving HISU and ERNO).

Based on that, with overlapping letters in no particular order:

code:

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fnse	FOE	mdrd


amlm	AGA	pods


gnoff	IS	hmmed


inp	SETS	hos


sin	TWAG	rho


cnge	ARA	bmid


riab	LED	mott


unch	TEA	tobg


?     ?     ?


chen	LIS	bido


cruh	SED	play


cois	OTE	anhr


pvns  TUE	rckr


four	RIE	ents


srwd	CEE	nglt


lwbm	OEA	jycn


lgu	ANOR	jit


?     ?     ?


rbu	TILE	sec


orir	HAE	gnss


ands	LOM	ber


neee	RRS	amod


cor	UNTO	ams


beep	RES	adds


pndit	US	rauco


bpts	AIE	cqur


ciq	LESU	put


fncin	EG	dmago


obosts	I	manpur


ckr	SOLE	jbs


vndo	ERS	amls


pacr	HOE	tbds


yupp	IES	siss

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Notice that in some places there were four letters of overlap (e.g. INSTEPS/HOSTESS, which more or less has to be right--I don't see any alternative answers for those), and some cases there were two (e.g. FENCING/DEMAGOG, ditto--the only other sport I can find in which epees are used is the pentathlon, not counting, say, "epeeism") or even one (OBOISTS/MANIPUR, very much ditto--what else could these be?).

The letters of overlap don't always appear in the same location in each word (though sometimes they do, probably by coincidence, e.g. FOURIER/ENTRIES), nor even in the same order (e.g. CLIQUES/PUSTULE), so there's no definite ordering for the letters--one could, I suppose, pick either the order they appear in the first column or the other they appear in the second. (Not quite unambiguous, either way: CONTOUR/AMOUNTS could be ONTU or NTOU if the first column is used; CLIQUES/PUSTULE could be USLE or SULE if the second is used).

Any thoughts?

[dave10000]

[On Anon]

[Delete post from a few minutes ago]whoops...not IT!

I'm out of town and offline a lot these days and can't offer to be IT. (Hope to make it up in the future.) But this puzzle is quite solvable. The intro text clue word is "tap."

[This message has been edited by On Anon (edited 05-11-2004 04:53 PM).]

[IT 4]

Here's the clue list, updated with correct answers made so far

OFFENSE [A good one is the best defense, supposedly]	MEDFORD [Mass town where Jingle Bells was purportedly written]
Aggregate of related things	PAGODAS [Towers with roofs curving upwards]
SIGNOFF [Announce the end of a message or broadcast]	SHIMMED [Levelled up with a small device]
INSTEPS [Arched portions of the foot]	HOSTESS [Twinkie maker]
WASTING [Becoming emaciated, with away]	WARTHOG [Pumbaa is one]
CARNAGE [Bloody devastation]	BARMAID [Tavern wench]
RIDABLE [Can be used for travel, like a bike or horse]	Spotted or blotched with black and white
UNTEACH [Cause to unlearn something]	TOTEBAG [Large 2-handled carrying item]
Chats, discussions	AMOEBAS [Single-cell organisms]
LICHENS [Complex plantlike organisms consisting of an alga and fungus]	LIBIDOS [Sex drives]
CRUSHED [Devastated; turned stone into gravel]	With legs stretched apart
COOTIES [Disease that girls have, according to little boys]	ANOTHER [______ One Bites The Dust]
Flues that lead toward the roof	TRUCKER [One who drives an 18-wheeler]
FOURIER [French geometrician/physicist Baron J.B.J]	ENTRIES [Submissions to a contest]
Goofed off, with around	Refuse to deal with, as responsibility
LOWBEAM [Headlight with short-range focus]	JOYCEAN [In the style of Irish author James]
LANGUOR [Indolence or inertia]	JANITOR [Cleaning person]
ECOCIDE [Killing of the environment]	DAMAGED [Hurt, caused injury to]
Made extensive repairs to	SECTILE [Capable of being severed with a smooth cut]
HOARIER [More ancient or grayer with age]	GNASHES [Strikes or grinds the teeth together]
ALMONDS [Nuts used in linzer torte]	BLOOMER [Person reaching full maturity]
One showing disdain or derision	RAMRODS [Cleaning devices for small arms]
CONTOUR [Outline, especially curved or irregular]	AMOUNTS [Quantities]
BEEPERS [Pagers]	ADDRESS ["175 Maple Street", e.g.]
SAVANTS [People of learning]	RAUCOUS [Boisterously disorderly]
BAPTISE [Purify or cleanse spiritually (var)]	ACQUIRE [Get or purchase]
CLIQUES [Social groups, esp. in high school]	Elevation of the epidermis containing a watery liquid
FENCING [Sport in which epees are used]	DEMAGOG [A leader using prejudice or false claims to gain power (var)]
OBOISTS [They play hautboys]	MANIPUR [It's capital is Imphar]
LOCKERS [They're where students often keep books and belongings]	JOBLESS [Without employment]
Those who sell or distribute	ARMLESS [Like Venus de Milo]
INVADER [Trespasser]	HOTBEDS [Environments that foster rapid growth]
YUPPIES [Twenty-something college-educated adults, during the 1980s]	Weaklings

[IrishJoe]

What's left and some ideas:

Goofed off, with around:
lounged fiddled rambled noodled

Refuse to deal with, as responsibility:
obviate pettifog

[Trusting Tahnan's confidence, the list is reduced - I like 'noodled', not the others. Well, I do like 'pettifog' as a word, I just don't think it's part of this puzzle.]




[This message has been edited by IrishJoe (edited 05-14-2004 07:46 PM).]

[Tahnan]

Missing ones, in order: SCHMEAR, PIEBALD, CONFABS, ASTRIDE, UPTAKES, ?, ?, REBUILD (the past tense seems to be a typo), SCORNER, BLISTER, BROKERS, WUSSIES. Which I can say with confidence, as I know now what's going on, which doesn't mean I have the darned answer.

[dave10000]

Final two are:

CLOWNED and BLOWOFF

[IrishJoe]

You're clearly miles ahead of me, as I don't yet know what's going on with what we have.

[IrishJoe]

Bought a new computer, didn't help with this puzzle.
Usually I have some idea what's going on with a puzzle.
My best efforts on this one are for nought, though.
Perhaps someone else has had a chance to review the data?

[ZutAlors!]

OFFENSE [A good one is the best defense, supposedly]	MEDFORD [Mass town where Jingle Bells was purportedly written]	2,1,2,-1,1,1,1
SCHMEAR [Aggregate of related things]	PAGODAS [Towers with roofs curving upwards]	3,2,1,-2,1,0,-1
SIGNOFF [Announce the end of a message or broadcast]	SHIMMED [Levelled up with a small device]	0,1,-2,1,2,1,2
INSTEPS [Arched portions of the foot]	HOSTESS [Twinkie maker]	1,-1,0,0,0,-3,0
WASTING [Becoming emaciated, with away]	WARTHOG [Pumbaa is one]	0,0,1,0,1,-1,0
CARNAGE [Bloody devastation]	BARMAID [Tavern wench]	1,0,0,1,0,2,1
RIDABLE [Can be used for travel, like a bike or horse]	PIEBALD [Spotted or blotched with black and white]	2,0,-1,-1,1,0,1
UNTEACH [Cause to unlearn something]	TOTEBAG [Large 2-handled carrying item]	1,-1,0,0,-1,2,1
CONFABS [Chats, discussions]	AMOEBAS [Single-cell organisms]	2,-2,1,1,-1,1,0
LICHENS [Complex plantlike organisms consisting of an alga and fungus]	LIBIDOS [Sex drives]	0,0,1,-1,1,-1,0
CRUSHED [Devastated; turned stone into gravel]	ASTRIDE [With legs stretched apart]	2,-1,1,1,-1,1,-1
COOTIES [Disease that girls have, according to little boys]	ANOTHER [______ One Bites The Dust]	2,1,0,0,1,0,1
UPTAKES [Flues that lead toward the roof]	TRUCKER [One who drives an 18-wheeler]	1,-2,-1,-2,0,0,0
FOURIER [French geometrician/physicist Baron J.B.J]	ENTRIES [Submissions to a contest]	1,1,1,0,0,0,-1
CLOWNED [Goofed off, with around]	BLOWOFF [Refuse to deal with, as responsibility]	1,0,0,0,1,-1,-2
LOWBEAM [Headlight with short-range focus]	JOYCEAN [In the style of Irish author James]	2,0,-2,-1,0,0,-1
LANGUOR [Indolence or inertia]	JANITOR [Cleaning person]	2,0,0,-2,1,0,0
ECOCIDE [Killing of the environment]	DAMAGED [Hurt, caused injury to]	1,2,2,2,2,1,-1
REBUILD [Made extensive repairs to]	SECTILE [Capable of being severed with a smooth cut]	-1,0,-1,1,0,0,-1
HOARIER [More ancient or grayer with age]	GNASHES [Strikes or grinds the teeth together]	1,1,0,-1,1,0,-1
ALMONDS [Nuts used in linzer torte]	BLOOMER [Person reaching full maturity]	-1,0,-2,0,1,-1,1
SCORNER [One showing disdain or derision]	RAMRODS [Cleaning devices for small arms]	1,2,2,0,1,1,-1
CONTOUR [Outline, especially curved or irregular]	AMOUNTS [Quantities]	2,2,-1,-1,1,1,-1
BEEPERS [Pagers]	ADDRESS ["175 Maple Street", e.g.]	1,1,1,-2,0,-1,0
SAVANTS [People of learning]	RAUCOUS [Boisterously disorderly]	1,0,1,2,-1,-1,0
BAPTISE [Purify or cleanse spiritually (var)]	ACQUIRE [Get or purchase]	1,-2,-1,-1,0,1,0
CLIQUES [Social groups, esp. in high school]	BLISTER [Elevation of the epidermis containing a watery liquid]	1,0,0,-2,1,0,1
FENCING [Sport in which epees are used]	DEMAGOG [A leader using prejudice or false claims to gain power (var)]	2,0,1,2,2,-1,0
OBOISTS [They play hautboys]	MANIPUR [It's capital is Imphar]	2,1,1,0,3,-1,1
LOCKERS [They're where students often keep books and belongings]	JOBLESS [Without employment]	2,0,1,-1,0,-1,0
BROKERS [Those who sell or distribute]	ARMLESS [Like Venus de Milo]	1,0,2,-1,0,-1,0
INVADER [Trespasser]	HOTBEDS [Environments that foster rapid growth]	1,-1,2,-1,-1,1,-1
YUPPIES [Twenty-something college-educated adults, during the 1980s]	WUSSIES [Weaklings]	2,0,-3,-3,0,0,0

A haiku:

That was very cool.
But I know not what to do
To finish puzzling.

But I will note that
Occasional threes show up
Perhaps a clue here?

[IT 4]

Got it. New puzzle soon.

[Each word pair corresponds to the same number on a phone keypad. So Tergyno mishears words such that they correspond the same number as the actual word. So maybe "Tergyno" is another case of the same. As it happens, I could not get any results in dictionary searches when I looked for words with the required letter pattern to correspond to "Tergyno". Eventually I gave up on English, and did dictionary searches in various languages, and the Italian search at dialabc.com returned "veri zona". I immediately noticed the password, which was verizon, which fits right in with the theme; apparently, the only reason the English dictionary searches had failed was because the target word was a phone company. Kudos to ZutAlors for helping me see the correspondence; after reading his post, I realized that ABC's corresponded to other ABC's and that all the 3's were between P and S, suggesting a phone keypad.]

Incidentally, I just realized that no one explained the "Getting your story straight" puzzle. What was the solution?

[This message has been edited by IT 4 (edited 05-24-2004 01:07 AM).]

[mikeamok]

full solution for Getting Your Story Straight:
[the number of words in a clue is also the word length, and the extra spaces between words (which you can only see if you "check your source", i.e. click the edit button) indicate spacing between letters.

code:

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SCA        NT


 CA  N E


  AVENGE


S        HUN


  AVE   R


   VE  ER


 CA   GE


     N    UN


     N    U T


S   EN      T


S A   GE


S A   GE    T


 CA  N      T


   VE   R   T


      G   U T


      GE   NT


        R U T


        R UNT


S         UN


S   E  ER


   VEN      T

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the password was scavengerhunt.]

[IT 4]

code:

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28 Brumaire XXVIII


Tevet 19, 5368


12 Pluviôse IX


Day 1 of the leap month of the most recent year of the Metal Snake


Month 9, day 18 of the most recent year of the Water Horse


Adar I 27, 5361


25 Fructidor XXII

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(By the way, I debated with myself whether or not to add finishing touches in order to make it more solvable. I eventually realized it was quite solvable without the finishing touches.)

(Oh, and the password is all lowercase, and spelled the most common way.)

[This message has been edited by IT 4 (edited 05-24-2004 06:35 PM).]

[Foggy]

For the previous IT puzzle, the puzzle specifically involves Verizon's iTap technology ("I tap this guy"), which attempts to guess your word as you press the letter keys.

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I wasn't lying, I was writing fiction with my mouth. -- Homer Simpson

[Celt]

For those of you without access to "emacs" here are the converted dates (invizzed of course):
(French Revolutionary Calendar)19/Nov/1819
(Hebrew Calendar) 8/Jan/1608
(French Revolutionary Calendar) 1/Feb/1801
(Chinese Calendar) 22/May/2001 or 21/Jun/2001 depending on how the leap month is calculated (see [Leap Month])
(Chinese Calendar) 23/Oct/2002
(Hebrew Calendar) 1/Mar/1601
(French Revolutionary Calendar) 12/Sep/1814

[mikeamok]

[could the day for the fourth one be 23? then the days would give SHAWWAL, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.
the years give SHAABAN, the 8th month.
but the months give KABEJCI, which doesn't seem to be anything or close to anything.]

[IT 4]

Got it, but since I did no work, I'll leave the password standing.
-Termital

[IT 4]

[Months were between years and days, and Ramadan is between Sha'ban and Shawwal]

I know the question, but what is the key?

s d w i n v l r m u d v o a l m u r v h g x s


[This message has been edited by IT 4 (edited 05-24-2004 10:28 PM).]