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Sphinx
Sphinx
02:56
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Q: What is the shortest chess game with 30 distinct captures (PxP, PxN, PxR, etc...)?

stewartIMIn chess, there are 6 types of pieces that can capture other pieces, and there are 5 types of pieces that can be captured. Ignoring piece color, this means that there are thirty distinct possible types of captures: PxP PxR PxN PxB PxQ RxP RxR RxN RxB RxQ NxP NxR NxN NxB NxQ BxP...

optimization chess
 
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Jafe
Jafe
04:50
CCCC: Artist whose previous recordings have been hip hop is going to work with metal (4,5)
 
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oAlt
oAlt
06:24
@Jafe WILL (is going to) SMITH (work with metal)
Jafe
Jafe
@oAlt that's right
oAlt
oAlt
06:49
Tryna find another title to incorporate into a cryptic clue lol
oAlt
oAlt
07:34
I give up
CCCC: Start of career: Kline is confused with metal (6)
Alconja
Alconja
@oAlt Nickel - (C(areer) + KLINE)* = metal
oAlt
oAlt
@Alconja yup!
Jafe
Jafe
08:27
how bad was the storm last night @oAlt? is everyone okay
Alconja
Alconja
CCCC: Metal singer offends extremes - bit off heads and burned insides (8)
Also, I've been absent for a while, so it's awesome to see the C4 is still going strong. Never imagined it would last this long when I kicked it off nearly six(!) years ago. That's one long, unbroken chain! :)
Jafe
Jafe
6 years? holy cow
nice to see you back here!
@Alconja this is O_S + B_+O_ + (-b)URNE(-d), a metal singer!
oAlt
oAlt
08:45
@Jafe It continuously rained during midnight. :0 I and others here are fine, but I'm not sure about the other people (developing country moment... some have unstable shelters and some don't even have shelters).
@Alconja I wasn't going to say this since we didn't really interact much, but since Jafe initiated, I'll also say: welcome back :)) thanks for inspiring me to edit the C4 archives. :P always nice to see a familiar face make a comeback
Alconja
Alconja
@Jafe That's the one.
And good to be back. I got a bit distracted by other things, but rediscovered an overly ambitious 80% draft of a puzzle in my google drive and it made me want to make a return and get it finished... (no promises - I already feel guilty that I implied it was coming "soon" before disappearing last time)
Jafe
Jafe
09:00
sounds exciting
CCCC: Metal singer, god in Mexico, in need of backing in Honduras (3)
ugh, missed the opportunity to use "Metal singer (7)"... oh well
oAlt
oAlt
09:24
wait just three letters
Jafe
Jafe
yeah
Alconja
Alconja
09:40
I feel like I know what it is, but not getting the Honduras bit...
Alconja
Alconja
09:50
Unless I'm over thinking...
@Jafe Is it DIO (metal singer) = DIOS (god in Mexico/Spanish), but without (in need of) S (backing in honduraS)
@Jafe and this one is (Freddie) Mercury :)
Jafe
Jafe
right and right :)
oAlt
oAlt
10:16
ahhhh i should have realized that trick sooner
i even went down the rabbit hole of aztec deities and wondered why none of them had an S
Alconja
Alconja
CCCC: Trumpets thrown at metal concert (5)
 
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Gareth McCaughan
Gareth McCaughan
12:01
@Jafe I claim this one would be even better as "Heavy metal singer".
 
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Sphinx
Sphinx
13:12
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Q: A Two Part Puzzle

RogerAPart of me is injured, but there is no drop of blood. The other part is mushy, but there is no sign of mud This is my new address, because I belong here. Place I came from, now no one lives there You can’t tell what happened, after you are done with me. This could happen again too, and that my fr...

word rhyme
oAlt
oAlt
13:34
I'm puzzled as to what "thrown" does in the clue
Chris Cudmore
Chris Cudmore
Yeah. Looks like an anagram indicator, but no obvious fodder.
Sphinx
Sphinx
14:29
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Q: What is this solution to this logic grid puzzle?

user5507535I would like to know what's the solution to this raven's advanced progressive matrices logic puzzle and why.

logic-grid
Chris Cudmore
Chris Cudmore
14:57
Today being Rosh Hashanah, I want Trumpets to refer to a Ram's horn or Shofar.
But it's not leading anywhere.
 
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Sphinx
Sphinx
16:38
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Q: A Crossweb Puzzle for Herb

AmozI brought my buddy Herb my new Crossweb puzzle to try, and he wrinkled his nose. "No way. Far too difficult. Besides, there's only one type of Crossword puzzle I like and this is NOT it." What is Herb's favorite type of Crossword puzzle? (2 words) To find out, solve the Crossweb. Crossweb rules: ...

word pattern english crosswords
 
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AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
20:22
@Alconja HORNS 🤘🎺
@ChrisCudmore thanks for the assist
juicifer
juicifer
20:36
oh duh
Chris Cudmore
Chris Cudmore
21:12
@AncientSwordRage Completely missed that split.
juicifer
juicifer
I was convinced that "thrown" (or maybe even "trumpets") was a homophone indicator
Chris Cudmore
Chris Cudmore
It kept coming to me as "Trumpets thrown | at metal concert" or "Trumpets thrown at metal | concert"
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
21:24
@ChrisCudmore I was initially thinking how does ~throne fit a metal concert venue I checked the enumeration
Sphinx
Sphinx
21:45
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Q: Sergeant Sequence leads the way

StivSergeant Sequence entered the Chief Investigator's office to find his boss in some agitation. "Patrick Terne is on the move again, Sequence," sighed the Chief, "and once more I find myself completely clueless as to where he might be heading next. Well, 'clueless' might not be the right word. One ...

knowledge pattern geography crosswords sequence
Stiv
Stiv
I was stuck for ages on BRASS, wondering if 'BRAS' was being used in the wordplay - but that would be far more likely at a Tom Jones performance than a metal concert per se...
Chris Cudmore
Chris Cudmore
22:45
Dammit Stiv! I thought I had it. But no.
My original idea - Letters from crossword - letters from Capital Cities = Anagram of the solution. And it looked good on a quick scan, but the crossword has no I's. Stymied at Cairo.
Alconja
Alconja
23:41
@AncientSwordRage Yep. Love the emoji solution notation. :)
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@Alconja thanks!
CCCC: Peace and calm heart in mosh pit (6)

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