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Sphinx

01:05

I was trying to solve one problem i've found from this link: https://www.williamflew.com/omni34c.html. The problem I am referring to is question number 3, and I have tried to find a pattern within the prices and letters but seemingly cannot land on anything decisive. Thanks for your help.

pattern

3 hours later…

msh210

04:22

C4 hint 3: The fifth letter is D.

Jafe

04:36

aha, it's STEP DOWN (leave) = S TOWN containing PD (force) after _E

somehow thinking of LAPD was not enough to think of PD as a possibility

oAlt

05:00

@Jafe nice find. So "city" stood for a common noun after all

msh210

05:27

@Jafe yep; nicely found

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Jafe

07:58

CCCC: Dance (left GOT too soon, ultimately) (7)

thanks

5 hours later…

oAlt

12:43

Assuming that dance is the definition, which it has to be, I still haven't found what it is

juicifer

I've been assuming that "left" clues STEPPED DOWN

but that hasn't gotten me anywhere

oAlt

13:42

Left can mean gave, and there's a dance called gavotte and GOT can just be... got, a containment indicator disguised in all caps, but OTT for "too soon ultimately" is unlikely

msh210

13:55

@oAlt well, if "ultimately" means "in death", then "too soon ultimately" can refer to Mel Ott, who died at the age of 49 #GreatC4Solutions

juicifer

only 49? that is too soon. mel ott to have lived longer than that

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Sphinx

18:55

Q: Floor arrangement Based Puzzle

There is a building in which total of ten rooms are present in which odd numbered floor has one room and even numbered floor have two rooms. Each room is given a different number and different alphabet based on the given conditions. Arrangement 1: The number will be allotted to each room based on...