@oAlt Definitely two of the three hardest ones on the board. I wasn't at all surprised they were incorrect in the first draft of the answer. O, especially, as it doesn't feature in the main article about the brain on Wikipedia or on many diagrams.
In my case I didn't outgrow the TV yet during 2014, but I don't think it's ever been aired in our country, at least during that time. And re: Q, yeah tbh that took a bit of time too (although shorter than the J), I tried several different keywords there
Thanks - it took several drafts before I found a perfect set. 'V' was surprisingly difficult to fit with the rest - never knew about sev before, so educational for me too! (Also, I originally had it without the colours and it was just too difficult, with no clear instructions how to proceed. They were definitely a necessary inclusion...)
@DanielS yeah, I've seen that, including on PSE IIRC
Okay, my ideas for the C4, which hopefully will help someone, though they haven't helped me: First off, it doesn't seem like an &lit: I mean, what could the definition possibly be of? So it's def+wordplay or wordplay+def. Can Keith's prison be the def? Not for Keith the placename (I checked: no prisons) but maybe for some famous prisoner named Keith? But then his prison would have to by synonymous with "escape" which would be a pretty dumb name for a prison, so that's unlikely. So [continued]
probably the def is "escape" or "Keith" or maybe "Keith's" or maybe "prison escape". And based on this setter's recent work, I suspect the wordplay is… weird; for example, maybe "Keith's prison" can be a word that goes around "Keith" (as others have mentioned above). Maybe "Keith's prison" can be KH or KS (outer letters), though that doesn't leave enough of the clue for other stuff. Maybe "Keith" is the def and the answer is the person's other name, either ddef or charade.
This is part 41 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a Word Nurikabe puzzle. Shade some cells in the grid. Shaded cells must form one orthogonally connected area, and no 2x2 square can be fully shaded. Each unshaded area for...
I want to ask a question on PSE about effective Bulls and Cows strategies (similar to this question). However, I'm unsure if it might be too open-ended for PSE's standards. What do you think? If it is, do you have suggestions to rephrase it to align with PSE's standards? Or should I ask elsewhere (where? Any suggestions?)
> What's the optimal human strategy for playing Bulls and Cows? > Related question: https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/546 > For the definition of Bulls and Cows, refer to Wikipedia. > This question focuses on strategies for human players, not computer algorithms.
This puzzle was made by my friend who does not do puzzle making professionally, so there isn't source or a link I can paste here. I am supposed to find a meaningful, very particular answer that connects all these three. The answer will not contain any special characters. Nothing else is known. I...
@TakingNotes PIE (chart) + I (source of immortal) + NTH (ultimate power) + ESKY (in Australia it's a cooler) = PIE IN THE SKY, a fixture of the Melbourne Royal Show.
That one required a lot of internetting, since I"d never even heard of the Melbourne Royal Show (being that I live about 15000 km away).
CCCC: Wrote of heretical thesis after first defending indulgences! (4 2 5)
@msh210 Correct. I'd never heard of it until I was looking up Martin Luther for the earlier clues. I was originally going to go for an (obvious) ddef, but this just worked out so well.
(For others who also might never have heard of it): Diet of Worms
Odd trivia question: Ian Stark and Loretta Tortelli both performed in…? Answer: Gur Tevaavat Nzrevpnaf. Vna, uggc://lbhgh.or/a2CV18coK7b ; Yberggn, uggc://rajc.bet/Yberggn_Gbegryyv
What do we do with the hidden dots?
