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Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

2:02 AM

@Stiv Yep! Your turn now :)

I was going to give a hint after I slept that electronic ≠ the letter e, but you already figured that out

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

2:59 AM

12 hours ago, by Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

Tonight, when I sleep, someone will kill the clue. Guaranteed

Sphinx

3:13 AM

Q: How to rank this in proper order?

A question asked from a Bank PO exam in India. I asked this on Mathematics SE as well but somebody voted to close it. So I am asking here. Question: Seven persons P,Q,R,S,T,U,V give exams which is of maximum 500 marks, also each of them got different ranks according to their marks obtained. No tw...

bobble

4:11 AM

@bobble I am sorry but this is totally from memory but have been verified from multiple institutes about the figures that have been provided. They do not release question papers for such questions. Incase you find any discrepancy in the question please notify me. — gateprep 6 mins ago

I'm sorry, I don't believe you that the question is from memory

But not sure there's anything I can do... does this fall under "needs attribution"?

oAlt

4:43 AM

Not sure

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ABcDexter

6:38 AM

logicmastersindia.com/live/?contest=PR202106

An ongoing context

*contest

oAlt

drat

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oAlt

7:54 AM

working on cryptic cw that's been untouched for nearly a year

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Sphinx

9:36 AM

-1

Q: How to solve this problem?

If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be what? This is taken from a Bank PO question paper. I am unable to frame the equations and solve in such case. It is...

mathematics combinatorics

oAlt

Lots of bank PO questions it seems...

Rand al'Thor

9:54 AM

@oAlt And probably cough the same person behind all of them.

oAlt

10:36 AM

;-;

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Jafe

12:07 PM

@oAlt ooh, an antique

i'm writing printer's devilry clues for a change

i wonder if one could make a crossword with just that type of clue

Sid

12:27 PM

I remember someone did that

oAlt

1:14 PM

@Jafe ikr? But now I think it was for the better: needed to pick up more clue experience

Ooh, I haven't taken a liking to printer's devilry clues but that's just me

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Sphinx

3:58 PM

Q: A problem about a topic from time and work

A Contractor employed 30 men to complete the project in 100 days. But later on he realized that just after 25 days only 20% of the work had been completed. To complete the work on the scheduled time how many men he has to increase? What is the significance of the word "but later he realized"? How...

mathematics combinatorics

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merrybot

6:28 PM

@Anonymus25-ReinstateMonica can you time travel

Stiv

7:03 PM

CCCC: Bird is inclined to strike that girl (so I've 'eard) (10)

msh210

7:40 PM

@Stiv "would peck 'er"

Stiv

@msh210 That is precisely my intention :) Wasn't sure if the wordplay would be considered strictly 'proper', but you obviously grasped what I was getting at!

samm82

Idk if it's proper, but combining the homophone indicator and "h removal" (i don't know if there's a term for that) sure is clever!

Dmihawk

clever :)

samm82

8:22 PM

The CCCC info message got unpinned again - not sure who to ping to resolve that

I've got an idea for a future CCCC but I wanna make sure something like it hasn't been down before (or at least isn't in the archive)

bobble

any room owner (italic) or moderator (blue) can pin a message

Gareth McCaughan

CCCC is Cryptic Clue Chat Chains! Latest clue is ⤴/⤵ there! Join the fun! See Deusovi's Cryptic Clue Guide and GPR's Archive & Statistics of past clues.

msh210

9:11 PM

@Stiv 'twas nice

CCCC: A flower rub? It may be found in an Orthodox church (7)

Sphinx

9:29 PM

Q: Endless party… famous last words

Twelve of the clues are missing song titles, all different from one another, substituted by boldface question marks, one question mark per word. Each missing song was, as a single, in the top ten in the U.K. or the U.S.. The twelve songs have something else also in common, as you'll discover in t...