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Q: Where can I buy a 4x4 Ghost Cube?

Trevin AveryI have the standard 3x3 Ghost Cube, and I would like to get more sizes. On this page on ruwix.com there is an image for 2x2 through 7x7 Ghost Cubes, but I can't figure out where I can buy them. Does anyone know how I can get at least the 4x4 Ghost Cube?

 
 
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1:42 AM
@JohnDvorak I would say there are way too many Weasleys to clue it that way - "family" springs to mind first
 
2:10 AM
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Q: Aces, twos, threes, and fours in a row

Bernardo Recamán SantosTake the 4 aces, 4 twos, 4 threes, and 4 fours from an ordinary deck of playing cards. Is it possible to place them in a row on a table so that there is precisely 1 card between any 2 successive aces, 2 cards between any 2 successive twos, 3 cards between any 2 successive threes, and 4 cards be...

 
 
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7:39 AM
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Q: The Angry Astrologist

KrishnaThe angry astrologist has locked you up in a series of a room. With your superior thinking abilities, you escape them one by one, until you reach the final room. There’s a locked door with an electronic keypad with the numbers 0 to 9, and it only takes 4 digits. In the middle of the room, there’...

 
8:00 AM
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Q: Controlling a robot blindfolded on ANY 2x2 grid

Dmitry KamenetskyThis puzzle is based on the framework described here: Controlling a robot blindfolded on a 9x9 grid Here is a quick summary. A robot is located somewhere on a grid, but you cannot see it. You can send commands to the robot to make it move one cell left, right, up or down. If a robot hits a wall ...

 
 
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10:02 AM
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Q: Help, i'm Stuck On A Puzzle!

Andy I came across this site and you all seem really smart so I was possibly hoping you could help me. I have this puzzle and I can't work it out, does anyone has a clue or answer? When the Romans counted the entirety of their whole army, their sum was greater than the value of this.

 
 
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Avi
3:29 PM
what's the legitimacy of conversions from you -> u, u -> you, me -> i, i -> me?
 
I'd be fine with "you, informally" -> U, but I don't think I'd personally do "you -> u". "u -> you", no; the other two, I'd say no, but I think other people would disagree
 
Avi
fair enough - I found a better way of cluing it, anyways
 
Avi
3:55 PM
are "about" and "around" equally applicable to reversal/containment?
 
@Deusovi Alternatively, "I heard you", "You said", etc acceptable?
 
Yes, but some people dislike partial homophones, and I think that would fall under that category
 
Avi
I heard you put forth (wow!) good words about the dead (8)
EULOGIES (sounds like "you lodge geez"?)
not sure it works because lodge geez only approximates logies
also potential tense mismatch
 
4:51 PM
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Q: A Riddle of Opportunity

hexominoInspired by a previous question here Up is a surprise, Down is to deny. Under folds down, Over, a small pie, In begins at night, Out is who attends, On tends to excite, Off comes with a bend.

 
5:11 PM
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Q: Perambulating ants

postmortesAn ant is a methodical creature, and the ants in this puzzle are particularly so. When they start walking they always walk in a straight line, and when they reach a boundary they always turn exactly $90^\circ$ anticlockwise. If they still cannot move, they turn through $180^\circ$ and try to mo...

 
Avi
is "dissolved" an anagrind?
 
not my favorite, but I've certainly seen worse
 
Avi
5:33 PM
is "don't" a removal indicator?
 
not in my opinion
 
Avi
e.g. Lucky, don't fish loudly (5)
FOR(-tuna)TE
how else might I clue this?
 
5:52 PM
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Q: Decode this message to stop the destruction of Science!

Thomas MarkovAn extremist religious organization called "The Redeemed Against Scientific Usurpation of God's Authority", or RASUGA, have converted the world's leading time travel researcher to their beliefs. Using his credentials, he assisted RASUGA in stealing his time machine from his lab at the CERN facili...

 
@Avi Better off disregarding fish specialty (5)?
 
Avi
6:19 PM
ah, nice
 
Avi
6:41 PM
is "harshly" or "cruelly" an anagrind?
 
Yes, I think so.
(There are setters who use "supply" and make the surface read as if the verb or the noun were meant.)
 
7:14 PM
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Q: Unusual series of events

ArchipelagoIf you are alert, you might clearly see an object in your imagination when you read the sentence: "It lasted only from CTScan to Face Palm." What is the object?

 
7:47 PM
@MOehm cute
 
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Q: No Burglary Agency

PiIsNot3Thief! Thief! He took my rock!                                                               (Click individual images to enlarge) Answer is a thematic word.

 
Avi
8:19 PM
Supply pot into schools
FURNISH - F(URN)ISH.
how does "schools" become "fish"? fish have schools, but fish aren't schools?
 
no, an individual fish is not a school, but "schools" are "fish"
 
Avi
8:58 PM
ahhh
which of finish/finished/finishing take the last letter of a word? I know start of X and X's start probably get the first letter
X finisher probably takes the last as well
 
well it's based on what grammatically means that
 
Avi
fair enough
 
"X finish" might be fine (though "X's finish" is preferred)
"X finished" does not mean "the last part of X"
 
Avi
X finished Y might mean Y+X, though
almost/nearly X for subtracting off the end of X - how many letters can you subtract without it being unusual?
 
one
 
Avi
9:09 PM
:( ok
 

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