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@Jafe I think I've got it... CHARLES (Dance, the actor) = CHARLES(-_t -_o -_n) using the charleston dance. All an &lit! some may say also...
I was concentrating too much on trying to put letters in using 'got' than on taking them away...
that's correct!
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@Stiv Thank you
 
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Q: An infinite series of origami puzzles

Omega_3301fold the 3 shapes below into rectangles with two layers of paper everywhere. the white part of the image is the puzzle. I'm sure you noticed the pattern in the shapes. now extend it and solve all shapes of that pattern. this will need a general solution. in case it's not clear, the pattern is a l...

 
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Q: 10th Anniversary of Puzzling SE!

SashaThis week Puzzling SE turned 10 years old. Congratulations on asking, answering, voting, and building this community for a whole decade! Whenever a Stack Exchange site turns 10 we like to celebrate by encouraging users to reflect on their experiences here. How did you first discover the site? Do ...

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Q: Memorial Day puzzle

Geoffrey TrangIn 2025, Memorial Day will be on May 26. Also, in 2026, Memorial Day will be on May 25. Notice that the last two digits of the year and the Memorial Day date in May have just switched places. The same pattern also holds for the years 2028 and 2029 in the 21st century (with Memorial Day on May 29 ...

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Q: How many Friends are there in the circle?

Will Octagon GibsonOn the island of Friends and Foes, every citizen is either a Friend (who always tells the truth) or a Foe (who always lies). Seven citizens are sitting in a circle. Each declares “I am sitting between two Foes”. How many Friends are there in the circle? Clarification: You can assume that each pe...

 
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Q: find the 3 digits that calculate the same

SteveSuzie was busy working in her office and helping compile Clayton’s expenses for which he has a daily elevenses allowance of less than £10 when she noticed that the three digits making up the amount of money he had spent on his elevenses and the balance of the amount unclaimed was a rearrangement ...

 
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CCCC: Man Utd, dressing badly, running around in confusion (16)
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Q: Quinoa with vinegar

Jafe Solve on Penpa+ Across 1. Bravo! First-rate type of code you texted back... It reveals almost nothing! (5) 5. Standard for Brits but not for the French or for Germans, who cut quantity in half (6) 9. Cyclops and Storm both have one (3) 10. Arab paramilitaries faced with counter intelligence? (5)...

 
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@Stiv Is this possibly missing a couple of letters in the clue? In Man Utd, ... ?
If so, I think I have the solution.
Never mind. The IN is there.
It's MISUNDERSTAND(IN)G*.
yeah was about to say
running around "in". And nice find
I was looking at "running around in confusion" as the def.
@GentlePurpleRain Now you have it :)
My mental anagramming tool wasn't (isn't) working lol
CCCC: 70 - 60 - 9 is square (4)
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@Jafe 23a hands instead of hand, I'm assuming?
oh right, fixed now
@GentlePurpleRain aside from being a true fact, this is SEVENTY minus S(-ix)TY to get EVEN
@Jafe 👌
@GentlePurpleRain I love how the surface is also true
And there was me thinking it was XLIX (49, a square) from (-lx)X + L (line) + IX (9)
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@juicifer Correct
@oAlt Thanks. It took me a few reconfigurations to find something that worked both cryptically and mathematically.
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CCCC: In meters, it measures approximately 400 x 60 x 9? (5 6)
 
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"it measures" can clue METER, put that inside meters and you get METERMETERMETER
the rest should be straightforward from there

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