The Sphinx's Lair

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bobble

12:10 AM

one more review needed: puzzling.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/58230

Sphinx

12:26 AM

Q: Can someone explain this inductive reasoning question

I am very stuck on what to look for in the following puzzle, as with all puzzles the now you do the now you know what to look for but I cannot see anything beyond the airbag capitalisation which narrows down the solutions two one of two. It is given that 9tB9 is the 3rd element in the sequence E...

micsthepick

@bobble poof.

juicifer

1:31 AM

@Stiv should've been 11 imo

(but seriously, nicely done)

oAlt

2:06 AM

@Stiv Well done! I saw it after "jabberwock" but later along the way I felt lazy to keep track of where we were in the sequence

oAlt

2:27 AM

If "our hostess" is the Sphinx then I wonder if "our hostess has a few" could be something like "mods"

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Jafe

5:53 AM

a few fifths could be VVV but that's an unlikely component for a 6-letter word

PolygonPotpourri

6:41 AM

Wait, is the Sphinx female?

Sphinx

Q: Starting with 2014 + signs and 2015 − signs, you delete signs until one remains. What’s left?

To allow new users to solve this puzzle and earn reputation points, I encourage all users whose reputation is 200 or more to not post an answer until 48 hours after this question is posted. Thank you! A large whiteboard has 2014 + signs and 2015 − signs written on it. You are allowed to delete t...

mathematics logical-deduction

oAlt

In Greek mythology yes, but apparently not in Egyptian mythology

Stiv

7:23 AM

What about in Slovakian mythology?

msh210

@Stiv dunno, but apparently this guy is called "the Czech Sphinx" in the press

msh210

7:59 AM

C4 hint: A wordplay component is crosswordese.

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oAlt

9:02 AM

Hmm...

This one's probably relevant too

Or maybe it's VV inside something which means an "off-license perhaps on a military base" because that unit is too long

Jafe

9:39 AM

e = base is a crosswordese thing

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msh210

11:39 AM

@Jafe I've edited the hint.

Jafe

hmm

oAlt

11:55 AM

I've visited that page before the hint was edited, but I was too lazy to thoroughly search

msh210

12:09 PM

Oh, I didn't check whether my particular crosswordese is on that page. I'm just saying that that's the sort of crosswordese I meant, not the e=base sort.

oAlt

12:33 PM

Ah I see

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Sphinx

3:37 PM

Q: Nothing to do with books but everything to do with "BANGS"!

What two-word answer is depicted?

knowledge enigmatic-puzzle visual

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Sphinx

7:19 PM

Q: What is the missing fifth of the missing fifths?

I've gotten into the NYT connections puzzles recently, where as you know the goal is to sort 16 words into four groups of four. Here is one: one log seven he had little she lamb pi root two mystère mad apple mary we kà phi you https://connectionsplus.io/game/Yf33vR But the fin...