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Q: Homophone Riddle 10

DuckIt is everything you hear, And everything you say, It is also permission to do something, But they both sound the same, And you can be ________ to say something ________ Just to clarify, the blanks are where the pair of homophones go.

 
 
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4:00 AM
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Q: What's my line?

Rupert Morrish I like pies, but I don't like pastries. I like gents, but I don't like toffs. I like reason, but I don't like rationality. What have I been doing and how have I been punished? Bonus question: One of my friends likes a clean, but he doesn't like a bath or a shower. Another of my fr...

 
4:35 AM
@EricTressler OVERT+URN (def: reverse)
 
@Alconja that's right. And, I don't know why I didn't say "Upend clear coffee container" or something
it's been driving me nuts, thank you for getting rid of it
 
Ooh. Yes, that's a nicer surface isn't it. I feel your pain. :)
(except that now I have to make a new one)
 
I realized it within 15 minutes of posting the clue. Oh well
Good luck
 
But then again, "reverse" is a nice red herring
 
Yeah. Between that and "container" I thought there might have been something meta going on.
 
5:13 AM
CCCC: Well-meaning savage loses its head and chases Ben East (10)
 
6:10 AM
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Q: Image riddle good luck

Really desperate personYou will have to decode a secret word from this image: https://imgur.com/HONw1Da And then use a cipher to combine the word and decode the encoded message below Again, good luck! Encoded Message: Zeyd Iuhpchhpp

 
 
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7:44 AM
@Alconja BEN+E+V[-i]OLENT = well-meaning
"loses 'its' head" indicates subtraction of "i"
 
 
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8:52 AM
@EricTressler Bingo.
 
9:05 AM
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Q: Famous phrase 'encryption'

JonMark PerryThis phrase: ñàÔA1tíþa¨XºÚ represents a very well known quotation. I encrypted it using only Internet and Notepad technology. Hint

 
 
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10:41 AM
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Q: Staying grounded

Fabian RölingI found a somewhat meaningful sequence that is not on OEIS yet, incredible! Here are the first 100 numbers of this sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 20, 21, 22, 23...

 
 
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2:08 PM
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Q: Cryptic clues with a common theme

jafe Concealed Yugoslav introduces military cemetery (6) Buddhist temple is top three watching photos (3 3) Central square hides koala to observatory (3-3) Thriller writer adds three lines to palace (7) Extra work removed and added in Bogota national museum (7) Male cat in capsicum's s...

 
 
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4:32 PM
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Q: I walked uphill both ways

bob Grandpa: "You young'ins have it easy. When I was your age, I had to walk to school and home again uphill both ways!" Grandson: Grandpa, that's imposs-- Grandpa: Don't interrupt me child! I'm telling the truth, I walked uphill both ways! Grandpa isn't lying. How can this be (note...

 
5:04 PM
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Q: Discrete Peaceful Encampments: Player 3 has entered the game!

QuuxplusoneHere's a variation of Discrete Peaceful Encampments: 9 queens on a chessboard (which itself is a variation of Peaceful Encampments). You have 4 white queens, 4 black queens, and 4 red queens. Place all these pieces onto a normal 8x8 chessboard in such a way that no white queen threatens a bla...

 
 
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6:23 PM
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Q: Group Think Challenge 2

TSLFThe list below are sets of related words which some of them has a letter clue. What are these groups of four? ---g- ---- ---- ---r-- --r-- ----- ---- -e-- -o--- ------ --- -l---- -u---- ------ ------ -a-- -----p-- --- ------ ---t---- ----t ------- ---- ----e ----h- ----- ...

 
 
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7:51 PM
Sorry, I've been really swamped today. I'll try to come up with a cryptic before long; it might have to be a quick one
 
8:02 PM
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Q: An unknown cryptogram

CryptiaI don't know how to resolve this cryptogram. Each column is separated into blocks. Example : Column 1 : block of 3 letters, 3 letters, 3 letters 3 letters etc What do I test ? Ceasar Cipher Scythale Vigenere... without success What do we know ? It's a simple cryptogram This is a c...

 
CCCC: Hard to describe story after I narrowly evaded fifty launches (9)
 
8:20 PM
@EricTressler Answer to your CCCC is FABLE after I N(arrowly) E(vaded) F(ifty) = INEFFABLE, hard to describe.
 
@GarethMcCaughan correct
 

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