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juicifer
juicifer
03:30
@Stiv yup!
and thanks to both of you on the compliments
 
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Sphinx
Sphinx
05:22
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Q: Strange Glyphs From Another Time

ExecutionByForkThe following glyphs were recently uncovered at a dig site, which have stumped cryptographers and linguists alike. These symbols are guessed to be some sort of ancient language, but nothing is yet known. Photos of these glyphs have been distributed to news sites, newspapers, and magazines in hope...

enigmatic-puzzle cipher language english symbols
Stiv
Stiv
06:18
CCCC: Let go of rising anxiety about not attending lecture - it's a matter of opinion! (7,2,6)
 
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msh210
msh210
11:25
@Stiv freedom of speech ddef (sorta)?
Stiv
Stiv
@msh210 It's the right answer, but it's not a ddef. I'd argue there's a wordplay half (which I'd need to see explained) and a cdef...
msh210
msh210
@Stiv oh I see… rising anxiety about not attending = omof<
and let go of is the past participle, or whatever you call it
Which is much better than my first solution.
Stiv
Stiv
You're there. Can you express the wordplay in a single summary line?
msh210
msh210
Um… probably
Stiv
Stiv
(Just thinking for oAlt's benefit in a year's time...!)
msh210
msh210
11:31
freed omof< speech = a matter of opinion
Stiv
Stiv
@msh210 That's the one :) Well done for finding it
msh210
msh210
Well, I had some help from the setter.
Stiv
Stiv
Equivalent of letters in the grid in an actual cryptic crossword... Nothing wrong with that :)
 
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Gareth McCaughan
Gareth McCaughan
12:42
Signal boost for this Meta question puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7396/… about the possibility of making the "MathJax help" link on PSE's version of the formatting help page go to something more useful than what it currently links to. If you have Opinions on that, please take a look and cast your votes.
oAlt
oAlt
12:56
@Stiv hehe
 
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msh210
msh210
14:53
Sorry for the C4 delay. I don't have one prepared, and haven't had a chance to write one.
 
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Sphinx
Sphinx
16:25
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Q: logical deduction - Persian Rugs - A Zebra Puzzle (Einstein's Riddle) Variation

hampterYou can play this Zebra Puzzle here: https://www.brainzilla.com/logic/zebra/persian-rugs/ Client #1 Client #2 Client #3 Client #4 Client #5 color name type symbols price place Five men, who just bought Persian rugs, are side by side. Each one b...

logical-deduction logic-grid
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@msh210 no worries!
I wonder if anyone has spotted a pattern in some of my C4s?
juicifer
juicifer
Aug 6 at 1:06, by juicifer
wait you're not stiv :P
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
16:44
@juicifer good observation
 
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juicifer
juicifer
18:08
@AncientSwordRage so I see NORTHUMBERLAND, BOURNEMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLE, and TYNE AND WEAR recently
not sure if that's all there is to it or if that's even the pattern
Stiv
Stiv
The last seven clues in sequence are HANDRAILS, BOURNEMOUTH CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLE, KISSES, BEAT A HASTY RETREAT, MIRACULOUS, TYNE AND WEAR, and SHALOM...
I'm seeing a few body parts: nor[THUMB]erland, [HAND]rails, bourne[MOUTH]..., kisses, beat a hasty retreat, miraculous, tyne and w[EAR], s[HALO]m (for a saint, anyway!)
Certainly all the place name clues contain body parts
juicifer
juicifer
18:26
I'm seeing kISSes and sHALOm but I'm not getting anywhere else with that
ah wait you also have MIRaculous
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
18:49
Not all of my CCCCs fit the pattern and the pattern isn't limited to the answers...
Stiv
Stiv
19:22
Are you saying that neither of these patterns is intended?
The body parts and the space stations?
M Oehm
M Oehm
I guess the pattern extends to the clues.
(Timestamps of the posts where the hands on a 12-hour clock must be read as semaphore, no doubt.)
Stiv
Stiv
Also, correction: It was BEAT A SPEEDY RETREAT (not 'hasty')
 
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AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
20:31
@Stiv neither
@juicifer that's part of it
Perhaps the second half is too loose to be a pattern and is more a theme
Stiv
Stiv
@AncientSwordRage Really?! That is a hefty coincidence then...!
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
21:02
@Stiv it really is!

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