C4 hint 2: The third letter is D

@PiIsNot3 aaaa it's INDI(-a)+CAT+(-k)ING

@jafe Yes, that's correct!

that was a nice clue

i like the surface and using the repeated phrase as a misdirection was pretty clever

can't break the combo now...

CCCC: Persian king beheaded, having told caliphate's leaders to break out (5)

@jafe I believe that's HATCH, or T_ + C_ in (-s)HAH

@PiIsNot3 yep, that's it

I did a lot of research on kings to create my clue, so the beheaded part was pretty straightforward lol

hehe

Hmm, now it's my turn to find something clever to do with those pesky Persians...

@PiIsNot3 im starting to think that your puzzle actually have something to do with pokemon evolutions???

@OmegaKrypton You think so? Can you figure out the rest of the puzzle then? :)

yay ;)

@PiIsNot3 welp not yet

@OmegaKrypton Heh, take your time, I don't think that bounty's going anywhere soon

@PiIsNot3 looks like the enum is something the two generations have in common (e.g. pikaCHU and raiCHU) and the clue may be pointing to the PIKA/RAI parts or the CHU part)

@OmegaKrypton I'll let you think about this more before giving away any more hints, cause I've already given you an unfair advantage over everyone else who commented on the post

CCCC: Persian kings beheaded twice in European nation (5)

Geez, it's just getting more and more morbid, isn't it?

one beheading just doesn't cut it anymore these days

no pun intended

Not gonna lie, that was a knife one

@PiIsNot3 yeah ofc

@PiIsNot3 could this be FARSI? (-ts)ARS in FI, which is the country code for finland, a european nation?

sounds feasible

that said, i don't think country codes are common knowledge in the same way US state abbreviations are

case in point: i had to look that up, and i live in finland :P

XD

@jafe Yes, that's right, and I wasn't sure how else I could clue FI without the clue sounding strange, so I apologize for that