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4:48 AM
Just for fun, I want someone to verify is this is a valid cryptic:
Sad Moth as name (6)
Thom* as where name is def
 
 
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7:50 AM
@msh210, I'm gonna upvote 1 post of yours to give you 10k :)
 
congrats msh210!
 
 
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9:10 AM
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Q: PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 11): What Child – Er, Game Is This?

SciborgThis puzzle is part of the Puzzling StackExchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door > I. The story The snow was blowing, the hot cocoa was warm, and I had just settled down for the night with my friend...

 
9:59 AM
Congrats msh210 :0
@Stevo I haven't seen sad as an anagram indicator (but that means I don't know if that's correct or not). Other than that I see no other issue with the clue
CCCC: Country's contestant on game segment (5)
 
10:22 AM
_t on ga_
 
Correct @Jafe
 
10:54 AM
CCCC: Aussie ballers like Hugh Jackman fighting Seagal -- he's a criminal in possession of ecstasy (5,9,3,6)
with apologies to steven seagal, please don't hurt me
 
 
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12:01 PM
Check out puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/112987/… everyone , just updated a hint, a juicy one this time so :p
 
@Jafe co(e)n doesn't fit the enumeration though D:
 
 
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1:32 PM
@Jafe MANLY WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (Aussie ballers) = MANLY (like Hugh Jackman) + WARRING (fighting) + SEAGALHESA* around E
 
1:47 PM
@Stiv ahhh I was looking here:
Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval ball between the central pair of the four posts at each end of the ground (scoring a goal, worth six points), or between a central and outer post (scoring a "behind", worth one point). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kicking,...
 
2:06 PM
@Stiv that's correct
 
To be honest, if you'd said it wasn't it would have been an exceptional coincidence!
 
2:24 PM
good luck finding many things that fit that enumeration :P
 
 
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3:30 PM
CCCC: At first sign of werewolf he bottles it; then he follows, beginning to tremble in terror - a sign of cowardice? (5,7)
 
4:08 PM
@Stiv I know the answer, but I'll have to come back and figure out the rest of the wordplay
At least I think I do
 
4:30 PM
@Stiv w_ h(it)e fea(t_ he)r
 
@msh210 That's right :)
 
And thanks to all who congratulated me on getting (back) to 10k.
 
@msh210 ahh I did not have it 🙃
But I have two new cryptics so thank you
 
 
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7:46 PM
CCCC: A character from A Ship in a Jar is old (6)
 
 
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9:34 PM
@msh210 but APINAJ is not a word
 
9:48 PM
@AncientSwordRage You sure about that?
 
@msh210 yes
@AncientSwordRage Alt text: no words found on litscape containing 'pinaj' of 6 letters
 
10:06 PM
This is a list of significant characters from the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, its prequel Young Hercules, and Xena: Warrior Princess. == Main characters == Hercules (portrayed by Kevin Sorbo as an adult, Ian Bohen as young Hercules in flashbacks, Ryan Gosling as young Hercules in Young Hercules) - The demi-god son of Zeus and Alcmene and strongest man in the world, and arch-rival to his older half brother Ares, the God of War. The champion of man who defeated and reformed the once power-hungry warlord Xena making her see the errors of her ways that set her on her path...
"Najara, a large kingdom in the Western Heartlands, was inhabited by a wide variety of nagas, yuan-ti, and lizardfolk."
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Najara#:~:text=Najara%2C%20a%20large%20kingdom%20in%20the%20Western%20Heartlands%2C%20was%20inhabited%20by%20a%20wide%20variety%20of%20nagas%2C%20yuan%2Dti%2C%20and%20lizardfolk.
Otherwise I'm stumped
This is also when people realise I'm not very good at solving cryptics, just relatively good at googling stuff
 
10:24 PM
Jasper is a masculine given name commonly believed to be of Persian origin, meaning "Treasurer". The etymology of the given name Jasper (of Persian origin) is believed to be unrelated to that of the gemstone Jasper (of Semitic origin).Jasper may refer to: == People == === Arts === Jasper van den Bos (1634-1656), Dutch marine painter Jasper Broers (1682–1716), Flemish painter Jasper Conran (born 1959), British fashion designer Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), American landscape painter Jasper Geeraards (c. 1620-between 1649 and 1654), Flemish painter Jasper Johns (born 1930), American painter,...
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Q: Allow image description text in chat, so that starred images have meaningful text description

user1306322Right now only link-only messages can get oneboxed into 300×300px images. If you add any text before or after an image link, it's not oneboxed. The main site markdown: ![fascinating optics phenomenon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/asdfasd.png) also doesn't work. But it most definitely should, because...

 
're you guys bots?
 
No
Though it's not the first time I've been accused of such
 
in TRPG General Chat, Nov 19 at 2:28, by TheDragonOfFlame
I thought you were a bot
:D I am helpful-link-person, so if you need something looked up on meta (main-meta and Puzzling's, primarily) feel free to ping
 
10:29 PM
thnks, just binging around
 
10:43 PM
@Alexbries not a bit either, I'm just this guy y'know?
 
11:08 PM
I rackoon that to be true
 

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