The Sphinx's Lair

12:50 AM

Obviously that's NKE RNM, where KERN County is set in NM (New Mexico). #LegitC4Solutions

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Stevo

2:44 AM

Nah clearly thats NAS ETM, where A (southern part of California) and set are put inside New Mexico (NM). #veryLegitC4Solutions

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5:51 AM

@juicifer a Web search reveals a game called "No Man's Sky - CeX". I think. (Further investigation seems to reveal that it's only called "No Man's Sky". Maybe the "CeX" is a specific version of it, or something?) And people seem to call it "NMS". So that could work. S C_ in N Mex

juicifer

6:14 AM

@msh210 not what I was going for

6:39 AM

@juicifer yeah, I suspected as much

6:59 AM

CeX hehe

@TakingNotes I don't get the joke

CeX is a UK games buy-and-swap shop which is probably where your No Man's Sky version comes from...

Ohhhh apparently CeX is a site that sells video games. :facepalm:

...and also people pronounce it like sex.

7:31 AM

Far Cry is a video game, but aside from the C which is a part of "California" it's not a good candidate for the answer

8:01 AM

@juicifer NBA JAM = BAJA in NM

8:17 AM

Ahh, nice

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9:38 AM

Not a CCCC but inspired by the last few CCCCs:

Southern part of famous mission destroyed by tank (in the restrooms) set in New Mexico (3, 6, 8)

10:11 AM

@Stiv by any chance, in the postscript, since I didn't see that part of Jeremy's answer, were you referring to the fact that ROT13("bcra lbhe rlrf" vf nyfb n ylevp va Oburzvna Euncfbql? Phm vs lrf, gura V qvq unir gung fznyy urnq-fpengpuvat zbzrag nf jryy :C V jbaqrerq ng svefg jul gurer jrer svir ylevpf va gur Oburzvna Euncfbql frg juvyr nyy gur bgure fbat frgf V unq fb sne bayl unq sbhe ylevpf rnpu.)

@oAlt Exactly that :)

Possibly cruel, but...

Q: PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 4): Letters to Father Christmas (Sgt. Sequence Fan-Fic)

Heheh

Sphinx

11:06 AM

Q: Measure time with 2 ropes

You are given two ropes that when lit burn in one hour. Which one of the following time periods CANNOT be measured with your ropes? a) 50 min b) 30 min c) 25 min d) 35 min. I know 30 minutes is definitely possible as we could burn the rope at both ends.

time

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Sphinx

1:39 PM

This puzzle is part of the Puzzling Stack Exchange Advent Calendar 2022. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door "Good evening, Chief Inspector. Pat Terne again?" "Yes. We should have been on this one a long time ago, but the Royal Mail ju...

knowledge geography sequence seasonal

humn

Variables won't.
Constants aren't.
Equations never.

Persons are.
We can solve word problems.
Can't we solve world problems?

juicifer

1:57 PM

@Stiv bingo

2:12 PM

@humn I hope we can

@Sphinx I've broken into the puzzle, but I have no idea how to proceed. Hmm...

humn

3:12 PM

@oAlt , oh, oA, U! (Tried to reply at Troll.)

3:31 PM

:000

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5:02 PM

CCCC: With Dad not available, Mum is able to take a large shortcut? (6,5)

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7:38 PM

I like "shortcut?" cluing MINUTE STEAK, but I don't see how the wordplay would work at all.

7:55 PM

PA+N/A+MA+CAN+A+L is definitely a shortcut!

Ah, nice.

8:57 PM

@Jafe That it is!

CCCC: Cuban currency (4)

There's a cryptocurrency called Metahero, abbreviated HERO. And a Cuban is a type of hero (sandwich). I strongly suspect this is not the intended solution.

not what i had in mind, no

9:13 PM

Oh, it's Mark ddef

@Jafe

that's right!