The Sphinx's Lair

1:40 PM

@Sid nope

There is a bit more to it than that

@BeastlyGerbil ...Gah. I mean, good. I hadn't even started doing anything of that sort...

The last part will be to do with your para/word/letter discovery

I’m going to start up a community wiki I think... maybe add in a few bits that have been missed too

Should I wait until it’s solved first though?

@BeastlyGerbil In that Diary page? Or have we gotten everything from the Diary page?

@BeastlyGerbil Yeah. Wait till it's solved and then, you can write your community wiki..

The diary is yet to be completed

But then again so is a lot of the other bits such as the timetable

The final answer has been found but not all the clues

We haven't gotten the location yet...

1:47 PM

Yeah as in the final answer for the bus timetable not overall

(If you mean, the regular references of "third" in the first letter, then, I am pretty sure everyone has seen it but no one cares to reference that...)

As a general clue then each bit is self contained. They aren’t interlinked. So the bus stuff will give x and you don’t need any extra information from other parts to find the answer for that part

That may help you find the location

2:04 PM

You probably mean that the bus lines spell "View map" in A1Z26 and the departure times minus the bus lines spell "Overlay". It's easy to skip such hints, because the layout of the bus blurb and the map suggest overlaying immediately.

Q: What is the maximum points you can get?

2:18 PM

Nice spot that’s that done

Just location left

Sphinx

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You will play a game, where you place “0” and your friend places “1” on a 7x7 chess board. You will start the game and both of you will place numbers on the empty squares alternatively. When the entire board is full, sums of the numbers on each row and column are noted. Among the 14 sums, you wil...

mathematics logical-deduction combinatorics computer-puzzle optimization

Shouldn't the first date, that of the visit to Paris, be 08/06/01?

I ask, because I think I can make two lines cross, but have some letters wrong.

@BeastlyGerbil: ^

@MOehm very possibly...

I can’t check right now but can a bit later

If you post what you have so far I may be able to check. I have a lesson right now but will be back in about an hour

2:34 PM

Thanks. I get "D....o.. i.b.....", where the dots are letters that I think are correct. When I make the first word start with a V and the second with a W, I get something that is well related to two lines that may cross. :)

Oh, and @Beastly bonus points for creating that doc. Saved a lot of eye squinting and copying texts...

@MOehm Yes, I do get you. And you are probably right. :-)

@Sid: Oh, I see I shouldn't have bothered about the half-baked spoiler. Let's wait and see what BG says.

3:41 PM

@MOehm the second word starts with a B but I believe you have the right idea. It seems there are several errors though, which is odd as i double checked :/

I can edit and check in about 20 minutes

The COMPASS IS INDICATOR bit comes in here a bit too

@BeastlyGerbil Ah, the second word makes more sense with B. I haven't found a use for the compass hint, although I've given it some thought.

The compass reference is towards the compass at the bottom right of the travel log

Oh hold on a second I’ve uploaded the wrong picture

That. That’s a problem. Granted not a major one but then the compass hint doesn’t make sense. It could still be solved without

Again I can fix it in a couple of minutes

Oh, I see. I think I can see a glimpse of the compass rose in the corner.

Take your time to fix it. It is a large puzzle with many things going on, so it's easy to miss a thing or two. And writing and editing long posts is a bit tedious. I often lose track when I switch between text editor and preview.

Sphinx

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Q: riddle: The fancy numbers

Any permutation of the numbers 1..5 has a subsequence of 3 increasing numbers or 3 decreasing numbers How would you guys approach this problem?

riddle

Deusovi

3:57 PM

@Sphinx Homework, should be closed.

(Also the tetrominoes one.)