The Sphinx's Lair

Q: Little work left; a French female is propitious

9:05 AM

Can anyone explain how the cryptic clue above has the answer 'opportune'?

3 hours later…

u-ndefined

12:19 PM

hello, i got a question - if I post this question (puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/a/6958/48462) to the main site, will it be closed as opinion-based or other reason?

12:53 PM

Q: The trio worked together

Who are they? A Bad winter day I Look out the windows All roads frozen solid How to get back to the office? (Hel need help) Then it happened I summoned the trio Two came from the southwest One from the northeast They all got together Showed me different ways To get back to work I AM BACK IN THE...

riddle

Gareth McCaughan

1:12 PM

@u-ndefined At first glance (which is all I've given it, I'm afraid) it looks like a reasonable question for PSE. (Either because it's a puzzle -- "is there a way to make the game unwinnable?" -- or because it's a question about puzzles, if you consider the game a puzzle which it kinda is.)

Q: You are not allowed to solve this without attending a short talk

1:43 PM

My friends and I are to be given a short talk about solving this. You are not allowed to solve it without attending the talk. B C H L M P W Question What is the talk about? Oh, and by the way, can you identify me and explain why I am the odd one out?

word enigmatic-puzzle

8 hours later…

knowledge enigmatic-puzzle pattern english

10:08 PM

Q: Find the country name

Which country’s name is hidden in the lines below? 75 Wathd,tsshtf 74 M,m,aWNds 77 Tcfffa,nIuts 76 O,ycd,ycj 80 Yh,ys,ys 73 Edinmohwtto

10:47 PM

I'm currently stuck on the gridding of my Very Cool marching bands puzzle... I've gotten so close and then had to backtrack

grr...

(at least I hope y'all will think it's cool once I finish it)

@oAlt yey :)

oh @Avi, though I'm sure others have said it: you have a cool profile pic

Here's something even cooler, by Alconja: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/53177480#53177480

must agree with you there

what are "MTL novels"?

machine translated webnovels

10:58 PM

translated from what?

Chinese, generally

e.g., lnmtl.com

oh god

making these puzzles is going to be a nightmare

time to become an evil genius... any second now...

you need an evil laugh first, silly

no i did it

I became an evil genius

just in time too

oh for flip's sake

my evilness was to no avail if I can't specify boxes correctly

avail has an anagrammed AVI in its center

ah posted that too soon

Help crazy Avi, evil at last, go after answer (5)

11:17 PM

"Help!!" - A battered Avi, nearing extreme peril (5)

A + VAI* + _L

I like yours better

thanks :)

Mine, however, notes that you are evil

Secretly a villain (3)

AHHHHH

11:22 PM

ok that's just wordplay

though I suppose it could be &lit.

Puzzler is a central evil (3)

A + _ VI _