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Elethiomel
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 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:18 pm Post subject: 561 |
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DEER - Quoted TV's ____ John Doe (4) OR Jeered an unusually lost Jane Doe. (4)
(Doe = DEER, "Dear John" TV series, "Jeered an" anagram subtracting "Jane") |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject: 562 |
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?? - BID
MA - LLAMA / ALL
LE - ELITE / TIE
?? - GNU
DO - DIR / DROID
A - ABUT / TUB
PS - LEPERS / REEL
??- DEER
I - NAVE / EVIAN
S - STRESSED / DESERTS
D - DOOM / MOO
?? - RIB
I - EVIAN / NAVE
MA - ALL / LLAMA
PS - REEL / LEPERS
DO - DROID / DIR
S - DESERTS / STRESSED
D - MOO / DOOM
?? - BRED
A - TUB / ABUT
LE - TIE / ELITE
?? - DUG
For the unmatched ones:
BID is one letter from RIB
DUG is one letter from GNU
DEER is one letter from BRED
Still dunno what to do with this, or with the title...
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novice
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:41 pm Post subject: 563 |
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| When you do the pairing you should put the words from the first group first. |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: 564 |
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| novice wrote: |
| When you do the pairing you should put the words from the first group first. |
If I put the words I've paired back to back they're all one letter from a palindrome:
D/R - bi(DR)ib
A - llamall
L - eitetie
N - gudug
O - dirdrid
A - buttub
P - leersreel
E - derbred
I - naveevan
S -streseddeserts
D - oommoo
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject: 565 |
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Not to leap in at the end without helping along the way, but those letters anagram quite well.
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:08 pm Post subject: 566 |
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Keeping the order from the second list, I get:
D/R - bi(DR)ib
I - naveevan
A - llamall
P - leersreel
O - dirdrid
S -streseddeserts
D - oommoo
E - derbred
A - buttub
L - eitetie
N - gudug
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:15 pm Post subject: 567 |
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| jbvntx wrote: |
| Not to leap in at the end without helping along the way, but those letters anagram quite well. |
Feel free to leap in. I haven't found an 11-letter anagram that works, maybe it's more than one word you've found?
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jbvntx
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:20 pm Post subject: 568 |
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I was thinking PALINDROMES is likely right, maybe the A in your list needs to be an M.
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:27 pm Post subject: 569 |
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Yeah, I guess LLAMA ALL also works as M - llaaall
It is indeed PALINDROMES. All yours, jbv.
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novice
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:00 pm Post subject: 570 |
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| Suspence wrote: |
Yeah, I guess LLAMA ALL also works as M - llaaall
It is indeed PALINDROMES. All yours, jbv. |
Nice work, guys. The puzzle didn't work as well as I'd hoped - I think the word pairing process wasn't apparent enough, at least not for a "quickie". 
The reason your palindromes didn't quite work is that you need to add a letter to each pairing to make a non-gibberish palindrome. For example, bid rib -> biRd rib. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject: 571 |
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Since I have one ready, I'll take it:
__________
Cur
Sing
Shin
Den
Team
Sync
Spoon
Little
Gents
Not
During
Knighted
Brother
Mate
Bull
Lee
Tube
Wrapped
Movie
Mobile
Leo
__________
__________
Rues
Aide
Taxi
Rape
Stat
Urge
__________
Lithium, Hydrogen
Titanium
Helium
Potassium, Fluorine
Lithium, Hydrogen
Aluminum, Silicon
Lithium
Carbon
Calcium, Fluorine
Helium
Sulfur
Potassium, Fluorine
Helium
__________
__________
What do these animals have in common?
__________
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Zag
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject: 572 |
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The dance is the Foxtrot.
The animals are:
1. kinkajou
2. skink
3. weasel (I think)
4. (I'm sure Quailman knows.)
5. badger?
Otherwise, I got nothin'.
It's a little curious that the two I am sure of (because I was able to find the exact picture) both have "kink" in their names. But that didn't lead anywhere for the other three. |
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject: 573 |
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| Well, the second to last one is Foxtrot Oscar Romeo (FOR). |
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novice
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:48 pm Post subject: 574 |
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| Return of the Quickies wrote: |
Lithium, Hydrogen
Titanium
Helium
Potassium, Fluorine
Lithium, Hydrogen
Aluminum, Silicon
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Li (3), H (1) => C, A => Ca (20) => T
Ti (22) => V => V (23) => W
He (2) => B => B (5) => E
K (19), F (9) => S, I => Si (14) => N
Li (3), H (1) => C, A => Ca (20) => T
Al (13), Si (14) => M, N => Mn (25) => Y
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Lithium
Carbon
Calcium, Fluorine
Helium
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Li (3) => C => C (6) => F
C (6) => F => F (9) => I
Ca (20), F (9) => T, I => Ti (22) => V
He (2) => B => B (5) => E
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Sulfur
Potassium, Fluorine
Helium
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S (16) => P => P (15) => O
K (19), F (9) => S, I => Si (14) => N
He (2) => B => B (5) => E
TWENTY FIVE ONE => T E A => TEA |
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novice
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject: 575 |
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| Return of the Quickies wrote: |
Rues
Aide
Taxi
Rape
Stat
Urge |
TruesT
RaideR
AtaxiA
DrapeD
EstatE
SurgeS
TRADES |
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LordKinbote
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:16 pm Post subject: 576 |
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| Two of the missing animals are a mink and a bobolink, so the connection must be INK. |
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mathgrant
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject: 577 |
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| LordKinbote wrote: |
| Two of the missing animals are a mink and a bobolink, so the connection must be INK. |
A stink badger, then.
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Suspence
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject: 578 |
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Nice work so far. Glad it's moving so quickly.
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Suspence
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject: 579 |
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| Suspence wrote: |
| Glad it's moving so quickly. |
Apparently that comment brought this to a screeching halt.
The first one should be solved easily enough.
The second one might be more recognizable if you messed with the image a bit.
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject: 580 |
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I had a thought for the first one that I dismissed as a false lead, but just in case it wasn't, the idea is that each word could be combined with one letter to form a new word or phrase. I.e.:
Team + A = A-Team
Sync + N = 'N Sync
Spoon + T = Tea Spoon
Little + B = Belittle
During + N = Enduring |
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novice
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject: 581 |
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| Elethiomel wrote: |
I had a thought for the first one that I dismissed as a false lead, but just in case it wasn't, the idea is that each word could be combined with one letter to form a new word or phrase. I.e.:
Team + A = A-Team
Sync + N = 'N Sync
Spoon + T = Tea Spoon
Little + B = Belittle
During + N = Enduring |
I had the same thought but didn't have time to pursue it to its end. Additional words:
Cur + B = Beaker
Sing + I/K = Icing/Casing
Shin + A? = Asian?
Den + E = Eden
Team + A = A-Team
Sync + N = 'N Sync
Spoon + T = Tea Spoon
Little + B = Belittle
Gents + A = Agents
Not
During + N = Enduring
Knighted + U = United
Brother
Mate + T = Teammate
Bull
Lee
Tube + U = Youtube
Wrapped
Movie + B = B Movie
Mobile + T = T-Mobile
Leo
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: 582 |
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Cur + O = Occur?
Sing + I = Icing (or + K = Casing)
Not + Y = Why Not
Mate + T = Teammate
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novice
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: 583 |
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I don't know, is this braille?
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novice
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject: 584 |
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| Elethiomel wrote: |
| Cur + O = Occur? |
Doesn't quite work. I don't think Eden works either btw, since the stress is wrong. A + Den = Aidan might be better. Seems like many of these words would have multiple solutions though. |
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:53 pm Post subject: 585 |
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| novice wrote: |
I don't know, is this braille?
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Certainly looks like it, but those are not valid braille characters as far as I can tell. |
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Elethiomel
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: 586 |
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| Elethiomel wrote: |
| novice wrote: |
I don't know, is this braille?
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Certainly looks like it, but those are not valid braille characters as far as I can tell. |
.. unless you invert them, in which case they spell SUSPECT
(in a spoiler, because as I wrote out this thought I realized that Suspence spoiled me on this technique in one of his messages to me) |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:39 pm Post subject: 587 |
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To keep this quick, you've hit on all the right letters for the first puzzle. You just need to work it out so that each letter works with 3 of the words. It's probably more fair if I replaced Sing with Zing.
And you do have the correct solutions for the final five puzzles.
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novice
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:19 pm Post subject: 588 |
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Something like this, perhaps.
B
+ Cur = Beaker
+ Little = Belittle
+ Movie = B Movie
E
+ Zing = Easing
+ Den = Eden
+ Shin = ???
A
+ Team = A-Team
+ Gents = Agents
+ Bull = Able
T
+ Spoon = Tea Spoon
+ Mate = Teammate
+ Mobile = T-Mobile
N
+ Sync = 'N Sync
+ During = Enduring
+ Wrapped = Enrapt
U
+ Knighted = United
+ Tube = Youtube
+ Leo = Yulio?
Y
+ Brother = Vibrator
+ Not = Why Not
+ Lee = Wylie?
In the original order this becomes
BEEEANTBAYNUYTAYUNBTU
So in order of first occurence:
BEANTYU
I guess we'll have to anagram, then.
BEAUTY N' is the best I can find, so maybe the answer is BEAST.
BEAST SUSPECT TRADES TEA FOR INK
Not sure about this... |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:53 pm Post subject: 589 |
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B
+ Cur = Beaker
+ Little = Belittle
+ Movie = B Movie
E
+ Zing = Easing
+ Den = Eden
+ Shin = ???
A
+ Team = A-Team
+ Gents = Agents
+ Bull = Able
T
+ Spoon = Tea Spoon
+ Mate = Teammate
+ Mobile = T-Mobile
N
+ Sync = 'N Sync
+ During = Enduring
+ Wrapped = Enrapt
U
+ Knighted = United
+ Tube = Youtube
+ Leo = Yulio?
Y
+ Not = Why Not
+ Lee = Wylie? (Just "wily")
+ Brother = Vibrator (and may I add - huh?)
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novice
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:56 pm Post subject: 590 |
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| Suspence wrote: |
+ Brother = Vibrator (and may I add - huh?) |
It made sense at the time, probably should have thought about the phonetics another second. Not a native speaker, remember. |
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novice
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:59 pm Post subject: 591 |
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Zing + U = Using
Shin
Den + Y = Widen
Brother
Leo
BU?YANTBAYNU?TAYUNBT?
BUOYANT?
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Suspence
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:02 pm Post subject: 592 |
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Yup. Just the last 3 to go.
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novice
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject: 593 |
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BUOYANT.
O + Brother = Oh Brother
O + Shin = Ocean
O + Leo = Olio
BUOYANT SUSPECT TRADES TEA FOR INK |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: 594 |
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All good...just one last step.
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:31 am Post subject: 595 |
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I'm assuming it's obvious what to do with BUOYANT SUSPECT TRADES TEA FOR INK, and it's just taking so time to actually do it?
If not, El could tell you what to do with it.
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Return of the Quickies
Solved That One!
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:53 am Post subject: 596 |
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I got it. I don't have a puzzle ready right now, but give me until midnight.
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Solved That One!
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:41 am Post subject: 597 |
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The following puzzle is a rejected Mystery Hunt metapuzzle. This year, the rounds were all parodies of Broadway musicals, and the answer to every metapuzzle was something that would make the musical even worse than it already was. I understand why we didn't go with it, but its title still amuses me.
"Jesus Christ, Spider Man"
Puzzle answers:
HARMONY
HOBBLING
REAGAN
TERCEL
KOSHER
PINING
HORN
PORCINO
NONMETAL
NIKE
KNAVE
MORTISE
Password is a phrase concatenated as one word.
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novice
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:54 am Post subject: 598 |
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| Suspence wrote: |
I'm assuming it's obvious what to do with BUOYANT SUSPECT TRADES TEA FOR INK, and it's just taking so time to actually do it?
If not, El could tell you what to do with it. |
Hm? Do explain.  |
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Suspence
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:01 am Post subject: 599 |
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It was a cryptic clue, which El knew from our previous discussions. I assumed that it was recognized as a cryptic, but maybe not.
The solution was UNSINKABLE - Suspect = Unstable - Trade "t" for "ink"
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Return of the Quickies
Solved That One!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:23 pm Post subject: 600 |
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Got it. Really cool.
Each word is an anagram of a Spider-Man villain, missing one letter:
HARMONY - Hydroman - D
HOBBLING - Hobgoblin - O
REAGAN - Carnage - C
TERCEL - Electro - O
KOSHER - Shocker - C
PINING - Kingpin - K
HORN - Rhino - I
PORCINO - Scorpoin - S
NONMETAL - Molten Man - M
NIKE - Kaine - A
KNAVE - Kraven - R
MORTISE - Mysterio - Y
DOC OCK IS MARY
New one in a bit.
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