The Sphinx's Lair

2:14 AM

Well... Not get started. Post a poor answer.

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Q: What loses its head in the morning / and gets it back by night?

3:21 AM

@bobble good edit on the 'how many Wordle images' question

9 hours later…

Sphinx

12:46 PM

Another strange riddle: What loses its head in the morning And gets it back by night? What is the answer?

riddle

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Sphinx

2:55 PM

Q: Yesterday, I Had Tears (return)

Totally inspired by Yesterday I had Tears by @MrPie, thinking I had an answer, it led to a poem of it's own... Riddle Me That: I am filled with tears, You won't see me cry; I've been seen for years, Yet I have no eye. Below, the light clears, My face to the sky. I'll always have tears, Fro...

riddle wordplay rhyme poetry

3:33 PM

Strong C4 hint: It's a ddef with "of" as connector.

@msh210 BUTTS ?

@AncientSwordRage I don't see how that'd be clued by "Can" or by "nuts". Anyway, it wasn't my intention.

@msh210 as in 'head BUTTS' or a person's rear ?

no worries

maybe 'nutting somebody' is a BrE only phrase

3:52 PM

@msh210 Ah wait - this should be POTTY - slang for 'can' (toilet) and a synonym of 'nuts' (crazy)

@Stiv should be and is

@AncientSwordRage never heard of it, myself

I feel like I should have spotted that much sooner than I did...!

Yeah, I thought it'd fall much faster than it did. But shrug I guess it was more difficult than I gave it credit for.

Admittedly I spent a short while looking for an anagram of CANOF which also served as an &lit but had to give up on that front, but a ddef in a clue so short (and with an obvious connector) probably should have struck me quicker

4:33 PM

I always put a "!" at the end of an &lit clue. That's how I was brought up. :-)

4:52 PM

CCCC: Book Barcelona player (4)

How much does it cost to book a player from Barcelona?

For a referee - just a bad foul

What's a rancid bird got to do with this?

That depends if it's feeling a little Piqué...

5:05 PM

Pretty sure this is Speculative Answers, but since I previously CV'ed I can't any more

Crossword?

@bobble I didn't realise I already had a tab open in this mobile group, and when I opened your link it slotted it after that tab but before another one, which tripped me up

Thoughts on the one I linked?

Q: I want to know the answer of this riddle

5:25 PM

@bobble I thought I flagged it yesterday, but evidently I didn't

Just done it now, I'm in agreement with you

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Sphinx

7:15 PM

Hello my friends i came across this riddle but i can't solve it The riddle is Usually they are in bed but this time it’s different” Riddle related to Sloths

riddle

3 hours later…

9:53 PM

@Stiv tome (a book) = Tomé, a Barcelona player

10:20 PM

@msh210 Not the intention, I'm afraid. I figured this 'possibly a bit too short and sweet' type clue would probably generate some false trails, but I can say that there is no accent mark clash in the intended solution.

(Also I'd say the person in your link would be a bit too obscure for one of my clues...)

@Stiv (yeah, I was worried about that)

Actually, I figured the answer is likely tome, and that there's likely a Barcelona player by that name, and then I searched for the latter.

It's a sound logic, but it's not 'tome'...

Hm. Sonia Edwards wrote a book Gavi, and there's a Barcelona player named Gavi, but that book is probably also (much) too obscure.

Anything cultural used in this clue is - arguably - well known :)