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[mith]

Puzzle link

[Legion]

I reckon Lincoln

[The Cruciverbalist]

I've got Great Expectations, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Children of something.

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Um... Seriously.

[eixdeuce]

Children of the New Forest by Captain Frederick Marryat

[eixdeuce]

BTW, I have to commend CV on that connection, I don't think I would have ever jumped onto that path.

[The Cruciverbalist]

[side note]Anguished English happens to be one of my favorite puzzle types, by the way. [/sn]

-Thick Ruse Aver Ballast

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Um... Seriously.

[Dastal]

Herman Mellvile, I think. But I can't get 1 or 3.

On second thought, I'm inclined to think that it has something to do with the letter as well. However, Moby Dick is there.

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[This message has been edited by Dastal (edited 04-04-2003 06:37 PM).]

[pokerfaced]

I'm sorry, but I'm completely lost with this one.

Could someone please explain how they are getting these answers? Thanks.

Sorry, but I've never seen a problem like this.

[Fliptop]

pokerfaced, try rearranging the words in each set and saying them out loud until you come up with something a bit more familiar sounding. And I agree with Dastal that Herman Melville is the right answer, although I still can't get number 1.

[Fliptop]

By the way, (invisible)

Number 3 is Barchester Towers (Bar, Chest, Hurt, Hours) making the odd word Tier which makes me think the odd word in set 1 is Rye to give us:

Mow Bead Hick Rye Tier or (Moby Dick Writer = Herman Melville)

In spite of that I still can't get number 1! Good puzzle though.

<edit> Aha! 1 is Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (Vial, Bode, He's). </edit>





[This message has been edited by Fliptop (edited 04-05-2003 11:22 AM).]

[pokerfaced]

Thank you very much for explaining the puzzle. I now understand how you got your solutions =).

[The Cruciverbalist]

Whelk hum toothy grail appear n^th, Poe curve ace!

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Um... Seriously. - Homestar Runner

There needs to be a better word for weird. - Strong Sad

[Nymphe]

For 1) The words may be homonyms for
bode -> bowed
rye -> wry
he's -> his
vial -> vile

for 3) words may change when each letter of them is shifted according to the alphabetical order.

For example, when each letter of "cold" is shifted by 3 letters, it becomes "frog".
(cold -> dpme -> eqnf -> frog)

In that way: tex (by 7 letters)-> ale
tex (by 22)-> pat
mow (by 18) -> ego
hay (by 8) -> pig
& hay (by 20) -> bus

That's the best I can do, if it helps. Oh, by the way, how do you "see" the "invisible" posts. Sorry, new here. Ta

[Lucky Wizard]

Nymphe: To see invisible text, just highlight the text. For any other questions you may have, check out the "UBB code is ON" link to the left of the reply box.

[Andrew-]

my try on the answer is..
He's pecked chest oft king
1) "he's" <--my lucky guess
2) "pecked" is the onlyone with 2 vowels
3) "chest" is the only one w/o "r"
4) "oft" is the only one w/o a vowel
5) "king" is the only one w/o "a"

[Fliptop]

Maybe we should abandon invisible tags...

[The Cruciverbalist]

Or perhaps place a notice on the posting screen explaining how to read them.

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Um... Seriously. - Homestar Runner

There needs to be a better word for weird. - Strong Sad

[The Cruciverbalist]

Oh, and Andrew-, I'm pretty sure "o" is a vowel.

[sk8boarder87]

it's definitely herman melville!

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[Andrew-]

oops..hehe

[Dastal]

Nice! My first solve! I was looking for something which sounded like "the" in three, so I could say Moby Dick, The Whale which would confirm it, but Moby Dick Writer works as well.

[Robert911]

I thought there were always going to be 2 puzzles posted that hadn't been "solved" yet?

[mith]

Boy, I think we spoiled you a bit. Back in the day, we made do with one puzzle at a time.

But there will be at least two, maybe three, new puzzles up today. Just for you.