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12:08 AM
@juicifer thank you very much for putting it to rest lol
As it turned out "sea creatures" was also part of the definition which I (kinda) didn't expect but anyway
 
12:39 AM
@oAlt lmao no problem
but yeah I also assumed the def was simmering until I stumbled upon a fish stew
 
 
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3:43 AM
@Ankoganit yes, a ddef (sorta. One has a space. Really, it's what I've seen called a "cryptic definition" IIRC)
 
4:35 AM
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Q: There is a dominating player in every event

kanyewest6A round-robin competition was held, in which each pair of players played a match in which one beat the other**.** Prove that there existed a person for whom every other player lost or was defeated by someone who failed them. Formally, demonstrate that if you direct the edges of a whole undirected...

 
 
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5:48 AM
@msh210 Ahh, that makes way more sense
 
6:21 AM
@Sphinx Another hidden spam-hyperlink post masquerading as a dup. Please VTC, downvote into oblivion and flag as spam until the bot kicks in...
 
6:38 AM
CCCC: "This device could strain a network of computers!" interrupts a programmer (8)
 
@Ankoganit CO(LAN)DER
 
yep!
 
7:01 AM
CCCC: S. Holmes has to counterwork extremists interrupted by bits of ballad's lyrics, undoubtedly a song by Tony Joe White (9,5)
 
7:35 AM
@Jafe SH(to c_k)olm(b_ l_ u_)es
@Ankoganit great surface
 
@msh210 that's right
 
CCCC: It's fatal for lung, but not normally! (8,4)
 
8:28 AM
could this be flagrant foul* &lit. (anagram of fatal for lung)?
one can result in serious injury, although not normally fatal, so i think it works
 
@Jafe yep!
(Tbh, I don't know whether a flagrant foul has ever 'killed' someone's lung.)
 
CCCC: "Poker Player Doug Is a Boy" – musical composition by Tony Joe White (4,5,5)
 
8:44 AM
actually sounds like it could be one of his
but this is Polk's a lad + Annie
 
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Q: What word am I describing?

GalacticHere's a puzzle answerable using only one word in the English language with five letters based on the following text. स्तैन् ब्लीवस् सैवी Hint 1: Yaan ka'ap'éel capas ti' le talamilo'.

 
9:15 AM
@msh210 it is indeed
 
CCCC: Tony Joe White. A soccer player? Maybe. Precocious? He's frequently. (7)
 
9:49 AM
(( you saw nothing ))
 
 
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Q: The Species of the Houses

The Puzzled AHThere are six houses. Each house is owned by the same species. Each house has something written on top of it. House 1: My name begins with what the first day begins with House 2: I find myself in a hot biome where it rains all year long House 3: Some people say my name is the sum of an amount of ...

 
 
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2:24 PM
I'll be offline for my sabbath pretty soon. The C4 answer, in full caps, has SHA-2 86c88efc2a59d80ace263a54707e6b3f0bb8621cd571f7600bf16d38315f3138 as computed here.
 
3:11 PM
Tony can be a common noun apparently
Can "frequently" be a regular-letter-selection indicator?
 
Wikipedia says "Tony Joe White" was AKA "Swamp Fox"
 
3:49 PM
@oAlt in that case it might be relevant that there are several joes white who play soccer
 
4:37 PM
@msh210 thanks :)
 
 
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11:33 PM
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Q: Replacing Untold Billions

SkoshFirst: Assume Earth's population is 8,037,860,611 and they have ID numbers 1 through 8,037,860,611 You make a set of cards numbered 1 through 8,037,860,611 A robot goes to each person in turn and shows them a card at random (cards get replaced) If anyone is shown the number that matches their ID,...

 

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