The Sphinx's Lair

2:01 AM

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I had quite a bit of fun thinking this one up. Again, only the words in block-quotes are relevant to the puzzle. A sequence spirals down and out, following the clock Starting with the first mail item a password you'll unlock Moving like a knight (not right) you'll want to first ext...

Ankoganit

5:29 AM

@dcfyj The puzzle is up:

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Q: A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever!

I...I've just seen something. Something wonderful. Something beautiful. I don't know what it is...I don't have the least idea, to be honest. But, its innate beauty is unmistakable. $\qquad\qquad\quad$ But I don't remember what it was like...I have such a bad memory! And it's troubling me a lot...

riddle wordplay rebus

Maria Deleva

Wow, marriage proposals in chat. Haha. :) Wonder what else I have missed. :)

Beastly Gerbil

6:21 AM

@Ankoganit nice puzzle! Shame that all the answers must be 5 letters, makes it easier..

Ankoganit

6:46 AM

@BeastlyGerbil Thanks. And yeah, that was a bit annoying. What's more, the answer must not any letter twice.

And Btw the puzzle has more to it than 5-letter-answer riddles...you'll see as you progress. :)

Sid

@Ankoganit Pretty good puzzle. I was thinking the answer to the first riddle would be water..

Beastly Gerbil

7:32 AM

Well I'm stuck, won't be available for a couple of hours in ten minutes anyway

Puzzling — BOUNTY!

8:58 AM

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Q: Quoting a four-letter word

What word is quoted in the middle of this 7- word line of 4-letter words? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ‘ ‘_ _ _ _’ ’ _ _ _ _ ...

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Alenanno

Question: should I or should I not advise proper formatting for the answers to my puzzle?

What's your experience?

Alenanno

9:18 AM

Hi @ArbitraryKangaroo

Ankoganit

@Alenanno I think you should advise, but not force it. That is, the correctness should not depend upon the formatting. If the formatting is really bad and the poster refuses to fix it, you can always propose an edit. That said, I think poorly formatted answers would be downvoted anyway.

Alenanno

@Ankoganit Yeah. I'm not enforcing formatting, but I'll be asking for a couple of things in the answers (how to show certain information) which I think would improve the appearance. You could give me your opinion after I posted it (it's almost ready).

Ankoganit

@Alenanno Okay, I guess it should be fine. And good luck on your new puzzle! :)

Alenanno

@Ankoganit Thanks. :D

Alenanno

9:54 AM

Hey @Alconja

Alconja

Hi

user189275

@Alenanno: What's the point of randomly "Hi"-ing ? If you have any queries, then tell, but not for casual talks.

Alenanno

@ArbitraryKangaroo Good manners? That's usually the reason for saying hi.

Also, there are no rules for chat use except abusive behavior and spam, therefore you're wrong.

user189275

@Alenanno: I am not saying this is something related to manners, I am just saying its pointless

Alenanno

10:13 AM

@ArbitraryKangaroo Dude, if something bothers you, just ignore it and move on.

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user189275

@Alenanno: Excellent advice. I should pay heed to it.

Alenanno

@ArbitraryKangaroo Glad we came to an understanding lol

Alenanno

10:25 AM

@ArbitraryKangaroo Did you decide to stay?

user189275

(As you're a mod, you can see that)

Alenanno

Yes.

user189275

10:51 AM

Beauty, everywhere. An ultramicroscope to inside flower, finding unmentionable loving enigma - not impossible. Go, magically, in an awesomeness, where an inexplicable truth submerged. Uncover, (not dumbly) enjoy, rejoice. Come over, valiantly emphasize real enchanting doohickeys. Together, we experience en-thrillingly, notnonsensically yet delicately, eminent mysteries.

user189275

[Well, a very trivial puzzle, with single encoding process but three layers deep, so if you get the most obvious encoding, and do it three times, you would get the answer]

Alenanno

11:55 AM

@Ankoganit My question is basically ready but I keep thinking "what if you're missing a huge mistake" :D

user189275

12:10 PM

@Alenanno: Now, will you post the question ?

Alenanno

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