TheGreatEscaper comes up with several inventive (and original) grid-deduction genres, so I thought I'd try my hand at combining two of them.
HAISU
The rules are simple - draw a path from the O to the X, passing through every cell in the grid exactly once. The grid is divided into several r...
Recently I decided to dine at the X lodge in Y country. Its reviews comprehensively praised the excellent menu and the extremely fair prices. After being seated, I ordered a soda water.
"Mildly sweetened," I qualified.
I watched as the bartender poured a glass and added what appeared t...
The 40th party of the new year is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing — his famous recipe for Linguini! So rich indeed, that 39 parties have already occurred in a span of 13 days.
The only guests that may attend are people who correctly r...
I'm offering someone an origami (rabbit shape) with a QR code written inside. This is the beginning of a series of riddles.
My question is, how could I make the person I'm offering the origami to understand she must open up the folding?
What kind of sentence could I write aside the present so s...
Alice and Bob started to play a game with a piece of A4 paper.
Game 1
Alice cuts this piece of paper into any kind of shape she wants and she gives that shaped paper to Bob. Let's call the area of new piece of paper is 1 unit. Bob optimally folds this piece of paper once from anywhere he wants...
Shortly after your mentor's passing, you received an envelope along with the following note:
My Dear Disciple,
I am afraid my time to leave this world has come but don't let it bother you, for I have already lived a long and fulfilled life. As a final goodbye and an honour to all th...
There is an old miner named prospector Pete.
Who seeks the treasure that lies under feet.
On a weary journey on a hungry mare,
he comes across a food stocked lair.
But the kitchen's guarded by a nasty sheep,
who only wants to bite and bleat.
And if he wants a meal fr...
Ugh, I am not doing well with CCCCs right now. I have used the one above before. I did check by searching TSL for the answer (because I found the clue in an old text file and it seemed good enough that I couldn't think why I wouldn't have used it) but of course no one wrote the answer down as such. If you want to find the answer, search for "perverse" instead.
Give me a few minutes to make another one. sigh
(Also, top tip: to make it harder for this sort of mistake to happen, when you are announcing a solution to a C4, always give the answer explicitly as well as describing how the wordplay builds it up.)
Pity. I had the answer, but didn't post it, because I didn't have anything ready. Another way to avoid this kind of mistake is to delete the clue from the text file.
Ah, I should be more precise. I found a bit pile of old Vim swap files, from times when e.g. my computer had been shut down without saving files, and one of them had some clues in it. In actual long-lasting files, I do try to be explicit about what has already been used.
(I prefer not to delete things outright, either marking them used or moving them elsewhere, because if something is good enough to share with others then it's also good enough to save.)
Yes, I've got a "posted" section, where I move clues when I post them, too. But I shouldn't keep you from writing your second replacement C4 in a row ... :)
What is the answer to the Griffon's riddle? So tired of beating my head against this one. I've solved the Sphinx, Unicorn, and Pegasus, but this one is killing me.
I am forever on the Way, but I will never reach its end. I see
the Way in three aspects. With my first eye, I see it as endless
moti...
Recently I decided to dine at the X lodge in Y country. Its reviews comprehensively praised the excellent menu and the extremely fair prices. After being seated, I ordered a soda water.
"Mildly sweetened," I qualified.
I watched as the bartender poured a glass and added what appeared t...
The 40th party of the new year is being held at a local mansion. The host is very rich and his success is because of one thing — his famous recipe for Linguini! So rich indeed, that 39 parties have already occurred in a span of 13 days.
The only guests that may attend are people who correctly r...
I'm offering someone an origami (rabbit shape) with a QR code written inside. This is the beginning of a series of riddles.
My question is, how could I make the person I'm offering the origami to understand she must open up the folding?
What kind of sentence could I write aside the present so s...
Alice and Bob started to play a game with a piece of A4 paper.
Game 1
Alice cuts this piece of paper into any kind of shape she wants and she gives that shaped paper to Bob. Let's call the area of new piece of paper is 1 unit. Bob optimally folds this piece of paper once from anywhere he wants...
The hint does not help. Weve been stuck on this for hours
Shortly after your mentor's passing, you received an envelope along with the following note:
My Dear Disciple,
I am afraid my time to leave this world has come but don't let it bother you, for I have already lived a long and fulfilled life. As a final goodbye and an honour to all th...
Here is a funny little riddle :
3111 = 0
1234 = 1
8765 = 3
1989 = ?
No more hints, it should be enough to find the solution
There is an old miner named prospector Pete.
Who seeks the treasure that lies under feet.
On a weary journey on a hungry mare,
he comes across a food stocked lair.
But the kitchen's guarded by a nasty sheep,
who only wants to bite and bleat.
And if he wants a meal fr...
