(not directed at sp3k) we could ask about a specific indicator word... Seems like "starter" could refer to the initial letter of something (eg I from "is"), but could also be part of the def.
what are the CC rules on indirect cluing of things like "even"? I know indirect anagrams are bad, but can even indicate even letters of a synonym of one of the words, or would it have to be "..by/school.."?
I know this is a bit late, but puzzling SE's birthday is today or yesterday or really near right now, so I wrote out a birthday message for the site.
However, I accidentally spilled my unicorn frappuccino all over my computer screen, and the magicalness (Disclaimer: This is probably not a word....
Yes. To be clear, there's no pressure, we've seen (/I've made) some pretty terrible clues over the months, so don't feel like it has to be perfect (so long as you try to follow standard CC "rules" at least).
I live in a quadruple,
Yet prefer to be a twin.
All I can do is move up and down,
and left and right.
You can make me jump,
but only once.
I will watch my sides,
If you will watch my corners right.
Who am I?
If it's super obvious that it's the correct answer, we'll often just assume and continue... But if we have to wait, that's not the end of the world either.
As deus said earlier, sometimes clues can sit for days or more. No one expects it to be a real time thing.
People who know they'll be gone longer than they expect their clue to survive will sometimes leave us the A1Z26 sum of the answer so it can be confirmed, but that's usually if they expect to be gone for a while
While sitting in the waiting hall a wall clock caught my attention. I realise there are only 15 minutes left for the conversation that will determine my path in life. I then took a glance at my watch. I realise they show different times. In my watch it is X past X, however in the wall clock it is...
"The number of messages I sent yesterday was less from the messages I sent three days ago, more than the messages I sent ten days ago."
How many consecutive days can someone make this statement given that it is true?
@Deusovi okay. I might go make a guide for ciphers in general. I've already started on the cryptoanalysis, so can just copy my answer and expand on other aspects and types. I think it would help the community, because some of the ciphers here aren't great, and I know a lot of people don't know how to solve or identify a cipher, especially new comers.
@Mithrandir I feel like a) I would need days to get them or b) they are just too weird sometimes which results in a) which then results in b) and so forth
I went to the mall with my friends and I saw a shirt which I want that cost 97 dollar. but I don't have any money left on my wallet. So then I asked for my two friends 50 dollar each which is a total of 100 dollar.
So I bought the shirt and I have a change of 3 dollars and that night I paid them...
Some can be nice, but it's kind of hard to make it not annoying to solve (since usually the whole word is clued at once by the cryptic def, as opposed to letters at a time say)
I wasn't aware that that was something people called their grandfathers
I'd have guessed it would be for a father rather than a grandfather. But perhaps it's part of a pattern: pop = father, pops = grandfather, popss = great-grandfather ...
the clue would be ungrammatical if it had "trickery" as def and an anagram of "provoke" as wordplay: the word "may" would be wrong. ("may be" would make it cruciverbalistically grammatical, but then the surface reading would be ungrammatical, which is very nearly as bad.)
for the musical-minded, there must be something along these lines: Annoy Prokofiev, if not formless (7). But the surface reading of that is a bit weak, and in any case it certainly doesn't count as making anything from "provoke" :-).
Now if a 6,
Turned out to be 9,
I don’ t mind,
I don’ t mind
– Jimi Hendrix in If 6 was 9
Cool. Suppose a 100 turned out to be 64.
I don’ t care,
I don’ t care
– Jimi Hendrix in If 6 was 9
But, but Jimi, what if your computer p...
(I dithered between several slightly different versions of that clue. On reflection, making the first word "trick" might have been a small improvement.)
There is a bug occurring on both the main site and meta, as you scroll down instead of grading, the background repeats:
Dont know if this is site specific (this is on puzzling)
I hadn't noticed, but my browser window is too narrow to show the backround at the sides. I've just checked, and the gradient looks as I think it's intended to look.
This looks as if there were a vertical repetition of the background in the style sheet where the repetition of the beige-to-turquoise gradient should be only horizontal.
We had to apply height: 100% to html site-wide for some footer-specific changes. Applying background-attachment: fixed to your network's body solves the tiling issues you had, but you're right, the background doesn't scroll. Not sure how to maintain scrollability while fixing your issue. Can you live with it? 😀 — Aaron Shekey10 mins ago
Like I said in the question, its not a big deal, but its still a bug. If you can, then I think the community would prefer it fixed, but if its a major hassle for you, then don't worry about it, the community will understand and its not that a drastic change so we'll live with it. Who knows? Change can be good :P Thanks for your help all the same — Beastly Gerbil7 mins ago