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Q: How to swap 2 corners on 4x4x4 cube while keeping the cube's all other pieces intact?

user3719454There's a parity problem that might happen when solving the 4x4 cube when 2 corners should be swapped. In all the videos I saw when ceasing the parity problem they are doing such an algorithm which also changes some edges, but I'd like to know which is not changing anything else, just the 2 corne...

 
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Q: A bunch of grammas

Greg MartinOn a remote Greek island there was a small community, populated completely by twenty-four grandmothers—indeed it was named after the first two grammas (as they called one another) to join. Each gramma had her own collection of characteristics. Five of the grammas were always concerned with when ...

 
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(Early-ish) CCCC Clue: ‘Maybe Logan is number (6)’ would’ve also worked, but I decided against it to be more thorough.
@PolygonPotpourri is this meant to be AMOUNT (number) = A MOUNT (mount logan in canada) without the space?
i doubt it because then the A just comes out of nowhere but i just want to check
@TakingNotes Indeed. Yeah, the ‘A’ seems a bit contrived.
yeah i'm not convinced that you can just pretend that the A exists when there's not a determiner in the clue to mimic it
CCCC: Programme about fighting animals called Kung Fu Panda? Let's go! (7)
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pokemon, homophone of Po c'mon
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@Jafe yep!
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Q: Dissect the given shape into 4 congruent pieces each containing 2 circles and 1 square

Will.Octagon.GibsonWarmup question: Dissect the shape shown below into 4 congruent pieces each containing 2 circles and 1 square. Clarifications: The 4 pieces can be rotated and/or reflected versions of each other. The 4 pieces don’t necessarily have to each contain the same amount of black border from the origina...

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@TakingNotes I'm not fond of it either but afaik there have been a few instances in C4's like that too
But I don't remember the examples
 
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CCCC: King catches virus that causes a burning sensation (6)
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I have something that'd work for
'Peasant almost catches virus causing nervousness (6)',
but that's not it.
 
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I'm not seeing what this is
No idea how to even parse this.
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In case you're curious, the answer to that was SER(-f) catches HIV [nervousness] = SHIVER.
I suppose C(ague)R can sometimes cause a burning sensation….
Gonna make a new spice called Rhivex
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Q: Dance of The Knights puzzle

John HunterHere is a puzzle sold in the late 80s and 90s in shops and market stalls. Now in this digital age, it can easily be shared. Hope you like it! There was a version with more patterns, with symmetry, each of the 4 colours in L shapes, T shapes or horizontal lines so about 10 different puzzles to t...

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@TimSeifert since, as you note, "the real question is… 'Whose turn is it?'", that's what should be in the question post. Communicating badly and then acting smug when you're misunderstood is not cleverness. Nor is this the first time, at all, that you've been misunderstood in this way on your chess puzzles. But you don't seem to learn from experience. — msh210 2 mins ago
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@msh210 Heh. I understood that reference.
What are some short virus names?
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@PolygonPotpourri there are scads of abbreviations on this page
(of course it need not be the name of a natural virus: it could be the name of a computer virus, or some other word clued by "virus")
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Q: a Latin inequality

msh210This is a Futoshiki puzzle. You must put a single digit (1 through 7) in each empty square so that each row and each column has exactly one of each digit, and the inequality signs between adjacent squares are true. The following puzzle is taken directly from Simon Tatham's collection (where he...

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@Sphinx + "One of them was always cross"
 
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@oAlt reminds me of
Aug 25 at 1:58, by juicifer
CCCC: Band from Georgia, perhaps (11)
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Oh right
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@Jafe rex catches flu = reflux, that causes a burning sensation
@oAlt thanks
 
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correct
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CCCC: Extended farm or estate section (4)
 
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Q: Can anyone solve this topographic puzzle? Hint Look at this with a new perspective

user95968I was presented with this topographic puzzle, that I do not know how to solve. I think the answer is a word 0VScDaCY.png

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_m or e_
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@Jafe absolutely
@msh210 Ah, I didn't put two and two together
Np

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