Quickies: The Resurrection

[yuethomas]

The song is BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY by QUEEN, and the underlined letters anagram to SHUFFLE, aptly enough.
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[mathgrant]

Yes, yuethomas!

I can finally sleep peacefully. <3
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[ralphmerridew]

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Grab some sleep: z (10)?
Annoy some insects: bug (3,1,2) ?
Force down some vegetables: still has 3,3 (b,c,m,p), (b,c,m,p) and one dropped

Any ideas?

[Ctuchik]

[Courk]

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Got it, but won't change password yet in case someone else wants it. I have an idea, but still needs a little polishing. --phw

[yuethomas]

In the interest of keeping the thread moving, could I request hints for the two unsolved quickies?
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[Scurra]

It just goes to show how hard it is to judge difficulty sometimes!
For my Scrabble puzzle - you're parsing the clues wrong; there are more than three answers...
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New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

[Jack_Ian]

Just to get it on the current page.

[Scurra]

[jbvntx]

I have the words:

C's = Grab
Z's = Some Sleep
T's = Annoy
B's = Some Insects
G's = Force Down
P's = Some Vegetables

but got locked out trying to enter the password. I tried six- and seven-letter passwords, upper and lower case. Six are letters above; seventh is of course "S".
jbv
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[Scurra]

Why do you think it's "S"? (I'm interested, because it's not the right answer!)
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[jbvntx]

I thought the droped tile was an "S" so that I could use it to make all of the above two-letter "words." They were plural.
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jbv

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I got the password now. It was ease, as in E's.
jbv

[Scurra]

Phew

[Yes, that's the other member of that "set" of words.]
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New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

[jbvntx]

I'll try to post a new puzzle tonight.

"S" did make sense, though, right?
jbv
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[Scurra]

Well yes, "S" does make some sense - but I think that it doesn't really work in the overall context of the actual answer words - otherwise I could have used any set of plurals...
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New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

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Picture a rectangular box made of unit cubes with sides of lengths 100, 101, and 102. Draw a line between two diametrically opposite corners. How many of the unit cubes does this line pass through? Do not count cubes if the line only touches an edge or corner without passing through it's interior at all.

Password is lowercase. jbvntx.

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Got it.
I have no puzzle at the moment, but I will try to think of one.
If you have one feel free to post it though.
- Ctuchik

[kaich]

In the Scrabble one, what distinguishes the answer from all the other words that could be made in a similar way? (Such as seas, eyes, use, wise, etc.)

[kaich]

D'oh! Just figured it out. (They have to rhyme)

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Answer to previous: threehundred
The unit cube in the starting corner is "1." Every time you move a full unit along any of the axes you "cross a boundary" and enter a new unit cube. You cross N-1 boundaries in each direction of length N, which means you cross a total of 300 boundaries. However, at the very center (and ONLY at the very center, as this is the only place where two side lengths share a factor) you cross two boundaries at once, so beyond cube 1 you enter 299 new unit cubes for a total of 300.

Working on the new puzzle.
-grz

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The following clues each clue a four-letter word, in alphabetic order. Solve the clues and then place the words into four 4x4 grids such that each grid reads the same across and down.

• A skin condition
  
• Part of a lot
  
• Ice and bronze, for example
  
• Woody's son
  
• Eating it is embarassing
  
• Simplicity
  
• A cardinal direction
  
• Farm females
  
• Flavor of hip-hop?
  
• Biting insect
  
• Positions, places
  
• Intersection point
  
• Petticoat
  
• Worry
  
• Spinning toys
  
• Favorable room feature

[mathgrant]

• A skin condition -- ACNE
  
• Part of a lot -- ACRE
  
• Ice and bronze, for example -- AGES
  
• Eating it is embarassing -- CROW
  
• Simplicity -- EASE
  
• A cardinal direction -- EAST
  
• Farm females -- HENS?
  
• Spinning toys -- TOPS
  
• Favorable room feature -- WALL???

. . . that's all I've got. The obvious ones. Boy, I suck at word puzzles. D=
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[ralphmerridew]

ACNE
ACRE
AGES*
* Woody's son
CROW
EASE*
EAST
* Farm females HENS?
* Flavor of hip-hop?
GNAT*
* Positions, places
* Intersection point
SLIP
STEW*
TOPS
VIEW

AGES
GNAT
EASE
STEW

[jbvntx]

Second square:

E A S T
A R L O
S L I P
T O P S

jbv
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[mikeamok]

Farm females -- EWES
Flavor of hip-hop? -- FLAV
Positions, places -- LOCI?

[ralphmerridew]

Woody's son == ARLO (Guthrie)

EAST
ARLO
SLIP
TOPS

ACNE
ACRE
CROW
* Farm females HENS?
* Flavor of hip-hop?
* Positions, places
* Intersection point
VIEW

And the diagonals spell "ANEW" and "ERIS".

[jbvntx]

Third square:


F L A V
L O C I
A C N E
V I E W

jbv
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Haven't got a puzzle ready... - yuethomas

[jbvntx]

And the fourth one:


A C R E
C R O W
R O M E
E W E S

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[yuethomas]

ROME is wrong, and try swapping ACNE and ACRE.
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[ralphmerridew]

I had NODE instead of ROME and switched some other words. That gave ANEW ERIS FORW ARDS on the diagonals.

[yuethomas]

Surely you mean ANSW ERIS FORW ARDS?
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Got it...new puzzle in a few minutes.

Previous solution was forwards

[jbvntx]

These things go quick when everyone jumps in at once, don't they!
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jbv

[groza528]

That's fine with me; I prefer a higher turnover rate

[jbvntx]

[groza528]

I think you need to add one to that formula, but otherwise it makes perfect sense.

edit: nm, I missed the part where you said "+GCF(X,Y,Z)"

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