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Q: How to solve this Coding Decoding problem within 0.6 minute or 36 seconds?

tonkyponkyQuestion: TYPE 6: CODING BY COMPARISON AND CONTRAST Here two columns of letters are presented consisting of a few rows; letters of column I are given in capitals and that of column-II in small letters. Each small letter in Column II stands for some capital letter in Column I of the same row. H...

 
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@Stiv laptop = top (better, as a verb, apparently) after lap (overhaul = overtake)
06:49
@oAlt That's the one!
CCCC: City in the far south has first automobile with new version – good or bad? (12)
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i remember the discussion here a while back on how you can tell whether a puzzle is good without seeing the answer
thought about that when i came across a HNQ puzzle that ends with the words "by martin gardner"
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Q: From the Coverable Puzzle - Counterexample of those methods?

RDKFrom the puzzle I had uploaded before, here’s deeper question. (Kind of math) Are there some counterexamples that the coloring/numbering method don’t apply?

 
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invercargill (city in the far south) = I CAR containing N VER plus G/ILL
10:05
@Jafe indeed
I think I messed that one up a bit, the "or" was supposed to be "and". Pretend that's what it said all along
 
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Q: Expected number of jigsaw puzzle edge pieces remaining when all four corners have been found

VickyThis is a real life puzzle. I would appreciate both an answer to the question but also an explanation as to WHY that is the answer, since I cannot work it out myself. I enjoy doing 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. These typically are rectangular and 25x40 pieces, so there are 4 corner pieces and 23 + 2...

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CCCC: "Land of Lincoln" = Satan's middle ground! (4,8)
11:48
@Jafe East Midlands anagram, where this Lincoln can be found
As an East Midlander by birth, I rather like this one.
12:10
correct!
CCCC: Partner, with a book and law, left out islands (3 4 3 8)
woulda preferred not using "land" which is in the answer but i think it's fine since land of lincoln is a fixed phrase
S(a)O + tome + princip(-l)e
helpful enumeration hehe
@Jafe Correct! I'm aware of Saotome as well, but that's more obscure so I didn't use that.
And of course one of the "+" is "and"
oops right
CCCC: Nothing "grand" about their ultimately aged, eroded canyon! (5)
@Jafe (G 0)< _r _ge_
12:19
yup!
That monkey series should have a spinoff about a canyon named Curious Gorge
heheh
CCCC: Ace (face down) taken by feller playing Solitaire (8)
13:10
I wonder what the Under unusual daylight puzzle's solution is
i know the c4 is _ce inside feller* for freecell, a solitaire
13:41
@Jafe that's right!
CCCC: Real feeling of revulsion after Mile High City, readily associated with the word 'dirty'! (8)
switching to single quotes because sheets becomes a grumpy toddler when it sees double quotes
Almost there but there is something I can't figure out
@Jafe I'll take a stab at it: this is Limerick, from R ick after Mile*, which gives its name to the limerick verse, which can be dirty (i.e. obscene)
exactly so
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CCCC: Fall stage left with break in jazz song (6 6)
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@oAlt AUTUMN LEAVES = AUTUMN (Fall) + LEAVE (break) + S_
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@Stiv yep that's it
I wanted to do something with fall and drop but drop is leave out, not leave, I think
Also, leave = drop out...
Those darn adverbs in phrasal verbs like "out" and "off" messing with my surfaces
CCCC: Support pet in the pool - "Way to go!" (10)
Bra for support starts "bravissimo" (way to go), but I think it's impossible to justify why "pet in the pool" clues "vissimo"...
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Q: Add 2 matches to make a valid expression - 242+02->2420

RDKThis puzzle is from Korean TV-show, called “Problematic Man(Munjaejeok-Namja)”. Add 2 matches to make a valid expression. (Please see those “stick”s or else as a match… I couldn’t find the match-font. ;[ ) Here’s a hint - 1.

 
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Q: Cat and Mouse Puzzle Part 2

RafThis is a continuation to the puzzle I created in part 1 found here. A cat and mouse are in a square side length 2. The same rules and starting conditions apply as in part 1. If the cat and mouse move optimally, What is the shortest distance the cat will ever get to the mouse? Optimally referring...


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