The Sphinx's Lair

Deusovi

18:00

characters meaning letters, "in play" meaning "moving about"

Khale_Kitha

anagram indicator for ussr?

Deusovi

"reorganized"

TrojanByAccident

reorganized

;-;

ninja'd by half a second

Khale_Kitha

oops, I was reading "Nikolai and Alexandra were Russian leaders before the Soviet Union rose to power" when I asked that

instead of the clue

Deusovi

oh

well, that explains it :P

TrojanByAccident

18:00

:P

Rubio

@Sid the ImageWriter was an Apple product produced between 1983 and 1985

Khale_Kitha

last traces meaning i and a...okay, got it

Yeah, that's tricky

I don't suppose I can use 'May be" to indicate example, right?

a dog may be != collie, right?

TrojanByAccident

@Khale_Kitha but a collie a dog may be

Khale_Kitha

rather what I'm asking is...

"a dog may be..." == "a dog, perhaps?"

TrojanByAccident

>> true

Khale_Kitha

18:05

Interesting

Sid

So, who's up for CCCC? Me or KK?

Gareth McCaughan

I think you are. KK posted something with the right answer in, but didn't know it.

Khale_Kitha

You

Sid

YAY, I at last solved a CCCC after 2 months. Mission Successful!!

Khale_Kitha

hehe

Sid

18:07

OK, @Deus, since you have seen it already, you are not allowed.

Khale_Kitha

Deus is wild...

4

Sid

CCCC: "Nutrient expert together with me in a decade (7)"

Khale_Kitha

It's actually funny to see CCCC. There's a college nearby me nicknamed "Quad C" because of its CCCC abbreviation

Deusovi

@Khale_Kitha Wild?

Sconibulus

deuces wild

Khale_Kitha

18:11

A bad play on that ^

I figured no one noticed

Sconibulus

I rolled my eyes :)

Deusovi

Heh, clever.

Sid

@Deusovi Um, pin?

Matt

KK, that's any county college where the county starts with C

I prefer C4 :P

Khale_Kitha

Fair point Matt

I'm just glad I never went to Plano ISD

I'd be pissed.

Matt

18:13

ughhh

Khale_Kitha

hehe

Matt

you'd never believe all the threats that were made at the Wyoming Institute of Automotive Technology ... WI Auto

(sorry)

Khale_Kitha

I'm looking over my head, but I think I missed it

Matt

why I oughtta ...

Khale_Kitha

nm

Yeah, just got it, lol

TrojanByAccident

18:15

lol

Matt

xD

Khale_Kitha

A little odd, though turning WI into Why I

TrojanByAccident

@Matt that was a little greasy

Khale_Kitha

lol

Matt

yeah, it's not mine

it works better spoken

Khale_Kitha

18:16

I think you sparked something, Trojan

Matt

gzzzt

Khale_Kitha

hehe

TrojanByAccident

@Khale_Kitha you're really driving it home

Sphinx

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Q: Mistake at the Apple Farm!

Someone has mixed up the apples. Can you find a way to help solve the problem? There are 10 baskets containing apples. There are various amounts of apples in each basket ranging from 10 to 20. 9 of the baskets contain apples weighing 4 ounces each. 1 of the baskets contains apples weighing 5 oun...

Khale_Kitha

I think we're going to break Matt

TrojanByAccident

18:18

@Khale_Kitha We'll need to hit the brakes on breaking Matt

Khale_Kitha

There's quite a lot of turnover on this particular joke set.

Matt

stop sign

Khale_Kitha

Just be careful talking like this, Trojan. You might get drafted by the auto league.

TrojanByAccident

@Khale_Kitha I'll race past them

Matt

the two of you need a muffling

Khale_Kitha

18:20

Don't rub it in.

TrojanByAccident

@Matt *muffler

Khale_Kitha

All I can think of, when I read that, Matt -- the scene from Bicentennial Man.

Matt

(I know my car parts)

Sconibulus

I'm going to put you in the trunk of a car and leave you in the junkyard

Khale_Kitha

Matt going to get a belt if we don't stop.

Matt

18:21

skip the belt and go straight for the throttle

Khale_Kitha

He's starting to rev up, guys.

TrojanByAccident

@Sconibulus looks like you really took the wheel

Khale_Kitha

I think Matt's getting burned out.

TrojanByAccident

@Khale_Kitha This does happen to be pretty exhausting

Matt

all these jokes are landing flat

you're suspended.

Khale_Kitha

18:23

They require better framing

Matt

I'm shocked.

it grinds my gears

Khale_Kitha

You're pan handling, now.

TrojanByAccident

We gotta do it by the manual

Matt

I have to call my distributor and ask when the whoopass is coming in

Khale_Kitha

Shift over to another train of thought

I think Matt's going to blow a gasket.

Matt

18:25

ready to combust

internally

TrojanByAccident

I can hear his pistons pumping

Khale_Kitha

♫Pardon me while I burst, into flames♪

I can hear the spinners in his head working

I think we're all fueled up to solve the CCCC, now.

oh...

TrojanByAccident

lol

Khale_Kitha

19 mins ago, by Sid

CCCC: "Nutrient expert together with me in a decade (7)"

Because I nearly lost it

TrojanByAccident

so

nutrient expert is def

together with me, maybe partner?

Matt

18:28

how can you be sure?

Khale_Kitha

Trying to think of a def for nutrient expert that's not "nutrition expert"'

Silenus

nutritionist

Sconibulus

nutritionist?

Khale_Kitha

7 letter, I mean

TrojanByAccident

ninja'd twice

lmao

Matt

18:29

foodist

Khale_Kitha

hah

TrojanByAccident

thatguy

Matt

(only half joking)

Khale_Kitha

Sounds like the opposite, Matt

Sconibulus

seven-letter decade would almost have to be SIXTIES

but I don't think that's right

Khale_Kitha

18:30

fifties

Sconibulus

oh, right, fifties is also short

TrojanByAccident

tenties?

Sconibulus

for some reason I wrote that as fiveties, because I'm dumb

Khale_Kitha

:P

Will

also forties... ?

Khale_Kitha

18:30

You must be a hobbit

That's okay, I just did the same thing, Scon

Matt

what is the '00 decade called? oughts?

Khale_Kitha

"Fourties"

Therefore forgot about the one Will mentioned

Silenus

PROTEIN = PRO + I in TEN

Rubio

PROTEIN (Nutrient [def.]; expert [PRO] + together with [charades]; me [I]; decade [TEN]; in a [TE(I)N]).

Silenus

def = nutrition

Rubio

18:35

Man

Silenus

wow!

Rubio

I obviously had it first. :) took half a minute to type that :)

Matt

if you didn't spend so much time writing it

Sid

Good work. :-)

Silenus

Who does it go to? Is there a precedent?

Matt

18:36

what does C4 stand for? constant cryptic clue competition?

Khale_Kitha

23 hours ago, by Deusovi

Dec 21 '16 at 6:27, by Alconja

CCCC = Cryptic Clue Chat Chain (or some variation thereof, depending on who you ask)

Sconibulus

It's kinda a "choose your own"

I like "Communal Cryptic Clue Challenge"

Khale_Kitha

Common Crap posing as Cryptic Clues

4

Matt

it's possible to add so many more Cs

Khale_Kitha

....kidding.

Rubio

18:37

Nov 15 '16 at 6:00, by Alconja

(PS: I've named the game "Cryptic Clue Chat Chains")

Matt

btu are you?

TrojanByAccident

"Commando Chillins Creating Cryptics"

Rubio

That's actually the original

Matt

really, it's only 2 months old?

Khale_Kitha

yeah

Matt

18:38

hm, thought it was older

Rubio

The game probably started that day or the day before, but the post I linked was the first instance of calling it CCCC

Khale_Kitha

Pity it wasn't created by someone with a name starting with C - it could have been a CCCCC

I knew I should have deleted that comment..

Sid

@Rubio the way you wrote that answer was perfect. Makes me think you are a sockpuppet of Deusovi. :P

Khale_Kitha

haha

Rubio

Yeah, that's totally it - you caught us.

Silenus

18:43

I take it the clue is mine?

TrojanByAccident

technically, since you posted first

Silenus

CCCC: Someone vainly counted every other one (6)

Rubio

ANYONE (Someone [def.]; v(a)i(n)l(y) c(o)u(n)t(e)d every other one)

Silenus

Now the clue is yours! Justice.

TrojanByAccident

lol

@Rubio has to be @Deusovi

solves too quickly

Rubio

18:47

CCCC: Improperly constructed 1,001 dry shaved ice teas; left half done, except one. (10)

Matt

do you guys just have a list of CCs prepared?

Rubio

^ that's me fulfilling a promise, btw :)

Will

I know what it is but I only understand like half of it lol

Rubio

I had a few stashed away. I'm running out though, gonna have to whip up a fresh batch

TrojanByAccident

@Matt it helps

@Rubio I'm down to one

Matt

18:50

I started a list - but then the metacryptics happened

Khale_Kitha

I swear that said metacritics.

:P

Silenus

Improperly constructed 1,001 = MI* = IM ?

TrojanByAccident

indeed

Khale_Kitha

MI?

Silenus

So the def. is likely "except one"...

@Khale_Kitha roman numeral

Khale_Kitha

18:52

ah, right

I was actually thinking "done, except one"

or even half done, except one

Silenus

I was thinking "left half done" might be LDO or LNE, but those strings aren't very end-of-wordy.

Rubio

Huh. For the record, browser crashes are annoying.

TrojanByAccident

@Silenus just DO

Khale_Kitha

Agreed

Silenus

Ah!

Khale_Kitha

18:54

Especially when they lock up for 5 minutes before they crash

TrojanByAccident

shaved ice is C

Khale_Kitha

IM_C_DO

Silenus

or the half could be operating on LEFT, for LE, which does seem end-of-wordy.

Khale_Kitha

IM C Do Man - Sorry, I have a cold.

Will

@Rubio One time went to chrome://restart and killed chrome.exe accidentally while it was starting and it got stuck in the restart state and it was in an endless loop of restarting and crashing

Khale_Kitha

18:56

oi

Rubio

@Will Ouch.

Matt

my chrome never restarts

Khale_Kitha

My chrome never starts.

Gareth McCaughan

MI SERE C TE D

TrojanByAccident

@GarethMcCaughan sere?

Khale_Kitha

18:58

almost misdirected.

Gareth McCaughan

(1001 = MI; dry = SERE; shaved ice = C; teas left = TE; done except one = D)

Sconibulus

sere is dry

Silenus

@GarethMcCaughan nice

TrojanByAccident

oh

Gareth McCaughan

I think I have seen "sere" actually used exactly once (it occurs in "Macbeth").

Rubio

18:59

Nice @GarethMcCaughan - that's it

Sconibulus

It's a character that can dry things in a good story I've read, I don't remember it from Macbeth

Rubio

That was a bit of whimsy but I still expected it to last a little longer :)

Khale_Kitha

Alas, poor Gareth.

TrojanByAccident

what exactly is 'miserected'?

Sconibulus

well... dessicate more than dry

TrojanByAccident

18:59

nvm

lol

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