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Q: Chess : White to move, mate in 4 moves

Hemant Agarwal"The problem depicted here was contributed by Dunsany to The Week-End Problems Book, compiled by Hubert Phillips. White is to play and mate in four moves. The position is one that could occur in actual play." Source : I got the above text and the picture from the book, "My best Mathematical and L...

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Q: Four 4s Challenge

RafMake the numbers 1-20 using exactly four 4s each time. You may use the 4s in any way you like and any operations. Source: https://www.gleammath.com/post/the-four-fours

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Q: Tougher than it seems: A bank teller accidentally switched the dollars and cheques when cashing a cheque. What was the original amount?

Hemant Agarwal AN ABSENT-MINDED bank teller switched the dollars and cents when he cashed a check for Mr. Brown, giving him dollars instead of cents, and cents instead of dollars. After buying a five-cent newspaper, Brown discovered that he had left exactly twice as much as his original check. What was the amo...

 
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Q: Math Puzzle - $1\square2\square\cdots\square6=7\square8\square9\square10=37$

RDK$$\Large 1 \square 2 \square 3 \square 4 \square 5 \square 6 = 7 \square 8 \square 9 \square 10 = 37$$ Programming Operations are allowed. (+, -, $\times$(or *), $\div$(or /), ^($x^y$ operation), parantheses) New to this community. Hi everyone!

 
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@TakingNotes Yes, I suppose "Dream" would have worked better, but I was also thinking of dream-y, as in dream-like, which in a sense he certainly is
I had thought "Dreamy" allowed the sentence to read better, but I wasn't the happiest with it myself, still I hope the wordplay was easy enough to get you to the answer without trouble
Anyway, over to you!
 
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CCCC: Handle quiet area on Indian island losing its essence (5, 3)
08:28
@TakingNotes panic bar = p + a + Nic(-o)bar
Although strictly speaking it seems that not one of the islands is named "Andaman" or "Nicobar", but oh well we got there in the end
CCCC: Delicacy made by Malaysians and indigenous Caribbeans/South Americans: chicken, perhaps cold, coated in rice wine (7 5 4)
(enumeration edited)
09:30
@oAlt s(Arawak layer C)ake
(h/t)
nice find (the Arawak/Sarawak connection)
@msh210 yep! Thanks
(I learned about that while making my puzzle about Christmas foods since it said that they can eat that in some holidays including Christmas)
09:54
CCCC: A type of cake served at Christmas to relatives (add nutmeg at the end) (4)
10:34
@msh210 KING = KIN + G_
I mean _G
10:47
@DanielS yes indeed
CCCC: X-men wearing make-up. (4)
@DanielS KISS ddef
(X = a kiss; and the band)
@msh210 That’s the one
11:04
CCCC: Many Gazans are fans of this team captain (by mistake) (6)
11:28
@msh210 t_ + error, referring to Hamas, I'm assuming
@oAlt yes indeed
(That situation is honestly very messy and I just hope truth wins in the end)
CCCC: Air constituent? That's a wrap: vote cast right at the beginning (5 5)
(though according to this poll [question 1 on page 5 of the pdf] — if you trust it, which is a big "if" — actually most Gazans, not just Hamas members, support terror)
@msh210 ah noted
@oAlt WATER VAPO* + R
R_ that is to say
11:38
@DanielS indeed
CCCC: Movie culprit shall rule according to the auditor. (6, 4)
weird, it says the X-men clue is still pinned but I don't see it on the starboard
I’m on my phone, so I can’t see one way or the other.
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Q: Coverable and Non-Coverable?

RDKHandmade Puzzle! 1. Notation Covarable - If a figure A can be covered with figure B, without double(or more)-covered areas, allowing rotations and flips, then A is coverable with B. Non-Coverable - Not coverable. 2. Examples Chessboards(8x8) are coverable with 2x1-sized dominos. (Maybe this co...

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Q: Split and make it fit

Prim3numbahWhat letter should replace the question mark? Explain. 4<• 6<• 9<• 10<• 14<• 15<• E K Q R...

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@DanielS "Movie culprit will come down to the audience"
abg fher vs "pbzr qbja" jbexf nf n ubzbcubar gubhtu
13:10
@msh210 … yes. Do you want to claim it?
13:48
I don't have time to prepare one now, I'm afraid.
 
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okay, now I did
@DanielS PURPLE RAIN (movie) = "perp'll reign"
CCCC: The Revolution singles are played without listening-tour holiday (5,5)
15:36
@msh210 shore leave (holiday) = therevolutionsinglesare* - listeningtour
@oAlt yep yep
CCCC: Bit of electricity is found at a place for recreation (5)
Before I forget, the MD5 hash of the all-lowercase answer is 98f11b7a7880169c3bd62a5a507b3965
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@oAlt SPARK (Bit of electricity) = 'S (is) + PARK (a place for recreation)
MD5 hash checks out so I'll go ahead...
CCCC: Computer better after overhaul (6)
 
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Q: Find 8-letter words by combining four of the 50 US state abbreviations. Extra kudos for not repeating a state!

Richard DonovanFind 8 letter words by combining four US state abbreviations. Extra kudos for not repeating a state! I found GANYMEDE which is a satellite of Jupiter! Just a fun challenge!

 
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Q: At what point will the logicians reach their final answer?

Tim SeifertThis puzzle builds on the bonus question of this recent puzzle with a very similar premise. You happen to have gotten your hands on a jolly group of $n\geq 2$ perfect logicians which are very eager to partake in a (possibly lengthy) round of the following logic quiz: Before the start of the game...


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