The Sphinx's Lair

12:57 AM

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My prefix proved a girl's rank. My infix receives your thanks. My suffix is grey and healthy. My whole brags the wealthy.

Omega Krypton

1:48 AM

@JeremyDover X or W split is small hint(K = GRA be J fcyvg -> II -> svir cyhf svir = GRA)

Jeremy Dover

@OmegaKrypton OK, so I think the two middle words are rot13(YNT [nybat] naq PNO [guebhtu]). But that only accounts for 5 errant grids. Can you give a hint which is the sixth?

humn

Puzzled pals . . . related obvious tidbits that need to surface once and again . . .

- Information translation takes almost as much energy as it gives. Not simultaneously. Please figure out how to tap the lag and, on a good day, explain it.

- Most information occurs at borders of order. Following those borders is chaotic.

Omega Krypton

@JeremyDover yes for the first, no for the second

@JeremyDover hint. there are 9 large grids of nine small squares. in terms of the Large grids, the TL, TR, BL and BR are all perfect, 9/9

Jeremy Dover

Guess I'm not understanding...in the hint in the puzzle, you said 6 grids had errors (thus 3 correct), but now you say 4 are correct. Can you please confirm which is correct?

oAlt

@humn I don't understand yet, but somehow I'm starting to become enlightened

Omega Krypton

2:11 AM

@JeremyDover 6 letters wrong

Jeremy Dover

Ahh..I've got it now. I misunderstood. Let me have another look...the above fixes 5 of them.

Jeremy Dover

2:36 AM

@OmegaKrypton: I just can't figure out what is wrong. Of what I've got, I like EEL for "like snake like fish" the least, but then I have to fix up an along clue I'm good with. Need to leave this for now...bedtime here.

Omega Krypton

2:48 AM

@JeremyDover gn then, and yes ur guess is right

Sphinx

5:08 AM

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Q: The story of a blind girl

Here is a story of the blind girl. I suggest you read fully and then answer the question. This happened when I was in Elementary School. I was on my way home from school when I was stopped by a a girl with long dark hair that stretched to her waist. I cursed under my breath when I saw her eye...

steganography

humn

Truly, pals, please take the baton, one way or another. It burns a hole in my crotch.

Work it over. And, again . . .

oAlt

@Sphinx mixed feelings bout this one

humn

NOT how that came off.

oAlt

Oh and hi hümn

humn

I truly want to do good. But have the worst instincts.

Along with the best ideas.

Please play along and the world will improve.

Not here? Bye again.

oAlt

5:17 AM

@humn To quote the apostle Paul, "For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!"

merrybot

5:56 AM

@humn w- ?

oAlt

Got lots to do for the night so can't work on this particular puzzle :/ The burning question is now posed: will oAlt be able to finish making a puzzle before Christmas arrives?

merrybot

*news announcer voice* stay tuned; we'll be back next week!

oAlt

Well, the announcer can be back next week, but I can't, since I'm planning to finish it by Christmas and more than that it's also an entry to the flags FTC :P

jafe

if not, there's plenty of time to change it into an easter puzzle

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oAlt

tru

merrybot

6:05 AM

@oAlt ah, right

which means you have three/four days to finish your puzzle

oAlt

A four-day struggle

merrybot

:/

oAlt

gotta trot off for now

msh210

6:29 AM

In the C4 archive, can someone please edit row 1594 (entry number 1581) so that the explanation has "(o)F (stuf)F" instead of "(stu)FF"? (I haven't edit access.)

Thanks, @Deusovi

Deusovi

sure, no problem

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6:51 AM

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Q: What fraction of the larger semi circle is filled?

This is a puzzle originally set my Catriona Agg, who is a puzzle setting genius.

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2:16 PM

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