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@RyanM not what I was going for, unfortunately
 
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TIL "hover" isn't pronounced the same as "over"... I mean I have certainly heard of the standard pronunciation but I just often pronounce it the same as "over"
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Q: T-shirt cryptarithm

user1134699I had received the below t-shirt as part of a summer camp a few years ago. I finally actually looked at what it said and wondered if the question actually had a solution or it was just a trick. Does anyone have any ideas? (If the image does not load, it basically says, if we have what I believe i...

03:06
@juicifer LEAD? (double definition, "be first" & "line")
03:41
@RyanM why is lead=line?
03:56
@Ankoganit in the sense of "train a dog to walk on a lead" (example via Merriam-Webster)
(which is "a length of cord or cord-like material", AKA a line)
Ah, I see
@RyanM that's correct! nicely done
Whoo, finally got one ^_^
CCCC: Attractive country is a recent hit (3, 2, 2)
04:16
@RyanM hot togo :)
Indeed :)
CCCC: A Pixar flick you can enjoy with popcorn and a hot beverage (5)
04:34
@RyanM Ohhh I'd forgoteen about that!
05:10
@juicifer COCO+A
@Ankoganit absolutely
great movie, btw
A is popcorn?
Or Coco is "a pixar flick you can enjoy with popcorn?"
@PrinceNorthLæraðr this
"and a"
Yeah
"with popcorn" was more for the surface
@PrinceNorthLæraðr I think so too
05:20
@PrinceNorthLæraðr 100%
CCCC: Insignificant person with no money in Iran takes over transportation company belonging to a governor (13)
> Insignificant person with no money
Hey that's me!
I hope this inspires you to take over a transport company some day
I just have to move to Iran first I guess
@Ankoganit All the busses will be owned by me insert evil Doofenshmirtz laugh
can't wait till all busses are north-bound, the current system is too confusing
05:35
They will only go North, nowhere else
@Ankoganit gnat 0 rial takes over Uber = gubernatorial
wow i definitely learned a new word today
@oAlt correct!
Gubernatorial is such a silly sounding word for such a formal word
It's a guber guys
So true
05:41
Imagine unironically using that in a sentence. I would die
It's like a formal litigation paper and you just "gubernatorial"
would you believe I read this in an article about the current election cycle
HAHAHA
That's insane
CCCC: Book about random hikes in capital (7)
@PrinceNorthLæraðr I have no idea why it's not just spelled governatorial instead
That... would make so much more sense
No, gubernatorial
So I can call any governor a guber
Guber Tim Walz is the running mate to Vice President Kamala Harris
Hahahah
05:45
@oAlt B(ISHKE)*K
@PrinceNorthLæraðr you can do that regardless, it's your constitutional right
@Ankoganit yes
That's true
Goobernatorial
people need to call governors goober more often, keeps democracy healthy
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CCCC: False alarm: clue is nonsense (8)
05:59
@Ankoganit malar* key
@oAlt indeed
CCCC: Very small without clue that's nonsense (9)
@oAlt MINUS+CULE*
06:15
@Ankoganit yep!
CCCC: Low-budget publication probes vulgar insanity (9)
07:00
@Ankoganit zine probes crass = craziness
@oAlt yep!
CCCC: Shelter for students who are perhaps far away from their home has soldier resting (7)
 
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@oAlt DORM+ANT
10:58
@Ankoganit Yep!
CCCC: French Canadian lot (8)
 
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Q: Enigmatic Puzzle 4: Three Leaf Clover

Stephen SAsking for some help as I've created puzzles for a new book and now am looking for them to be tested (and to get some feedback for improvements). On Sunday, I'll be posting the puzzles I think are the most challenging yet, so stay tuned. Hints provided if you ask:

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Q: Discrete cops and robbers

quaragueThe cop tries to catch the robber. They both move on the plane and they alternate turns. The robber moves in any direction to a new point at distance exactly 2. The cop moves in any direction any distance at most 1. To give the cop a chance to catch the robber both of them are confined to a disk ...

 
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what an interesting surface
15:39
@oAlt me when I finally touch grass
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16:27
@Ankoganit CANOODLE (French) = CAN + OODLE
@Stiv correct!
17:30
@Ankoganit lol
17:57
CCCC: Cancer from badly cut cocaine? No drama. (14)
18:20
@Stiv adenocarcinoma*
 
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@msh210 Yup!
19:40
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Q: They come in twos

Lukas RotterWhich two big ones are missing here? 57,39,36,4,73,77,84,90,30,7,86,73,6,33,71,57,79,89,27,9,4,15,29,35,88,84,31,3,62,69,14,32,49,33,80,59,62,48,76,83,32,46,47,4,5,38,79,100,47,19,76,97,2,32,99,74,20,8,31,3,93,75,61,17,78,56,18,12,85,65,0,23,8,15,46,0,98,80,58,65,100,76,82,80,37,52,0,13,37,2,54,1...

CCCC: It's often composed of rectangular parallelepipeds with a couple of lines (4)

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