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Q: Questionable Cipher

Neo1009I have received a rather peculiar cipher and in all my years of crypto, I have never seen a cipher like this. The cipher is Numeric, Uppercase mixed with Lowercase. The only hint I'm given is "Capital Letters Mean Something". Ciphertext as follows: SQr1, IsNp, Nz2SY, rstuy? Io hns LyXL?

 
 
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3:09 AM
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Q: The six letter word

Dannyu NDos I am a family. A member of me is so cute. Drawing my last four over my first two might perish this age. My counterpart makes a letter and a number. What am I?

 
 
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5:53 AM
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Q: Transferring 9 pegs on a 9x9 grid

Dmitry KamenetskyYou are given a 9x9 grid with a set of 9 pegs (red circles) arranged in the corner. A peg can jump over another adjacent peg in any direction (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) as shown in blue, provided that the final destination is empty. A move consists of taking one peg and making one or more...

 
 
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7:06 AM
@msh210 this is a tricky one... it's JAFFA CAKE (= a cookie)
"jar has no end" = JA... "of stuff, at the bottom" = FF
and CAKE as a verb is a synonym of "crust" (meaning "to coat something with some material")
 
7:55 AM
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Q: Cross the pond, but there's a catch!

JMPThere is a square pond, conveniently divided into segments, with coordinate $(0,0)$ in the bottom left and $(10,10)$ is the top right. You have planks length $2$ and $3$. You start at $(0,0)$ and must get to $(10,10)$. Each plank is to be laid either horizontally or vertically, and bottom-left t...

 
8:21 AM
@jafe exactly. well done!
 
i like how none of the groupings you'd first think go together actually do
CCCC: According to Spooner, what is the reason to backup malicious program? (7)
 
SPYWARE (spoonerism of "why spare")
 
@Deusovi yep! that was quick
 
CCCC: Protruding part on Earth's surface! (5)
 
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Q: The Riddle - I Could be Used in Many Ways

Conifers In whole, you may use me in the measuring. With my $1^{st}$ & $2^{nd}$ part, you may use me in the coloring. With my $2^{nd}$ & $3^{rd}$ part, you may use me in the casting. With my $3^{rd}$ & $4^{th}$ part, you may use me in the integrating. With my $4^{th}$ & $...

 
 
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10:01 AM
@Deusovi I really doubt this is it but maybe Andes? A (particular) protruding part is "'and" in Cockney, on top of (for a Down clue) the surface "es" of "Earth's".
 
10:12 AM
@Deusovi i think it's BUTT+E_
 
10:30 AM
@jafe That seems much more likely. :-)
(Though I like the first and last letters for "surface".)
 
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Q: What is the pattern that should appear in the box?

Michael Maythere. I came across a puzzle from a workbook for primary school students who wish to sit in exams for enrolling to selective high schools in Sydney, which asks what is the pattern that should appear in the square box, as is shown in the following picture. I have no idea of what rules are beh...

 
11:20 AM
Yeah, jafe's answer's gotta be correct (I too would like ES or EH better for "Earth's surface", but E is clearly acceptable too).
 
ES? Surely the possessive 's can't be part of the "surface" fodder, no?
 
11:39 AM
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Q: Match the blocks

Sayed Mohd AliThis puzzle is pretty easy but sure and entertaining one. so take your pencil and start matching the columns. don't look into another answer to enjoy it. well, what you need to do is to draw a line from each block example x to the other block x. you need to match all the blocks v, x, y, and z. ...

 
11:59 AM
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Q: A Monochrome Image Sequence

athinInspired by Conifers' Fill the Image Sequence series, :) What will be a suitable image to complete the sequence?

 
@MOehm Yeatm
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Yeah, I think it can: I don't object (much) to "X surface" meaning the surface of X, even without any possessive indicator there, so "Earth's surface" could mean the surface of EARTH'S as well as the surface of EARTH.
(EH would be better than ES, though.)
 
12:19 PM
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Q: Hope You're Happy in This!

Omega KryptonInspired by The Riddle - I Could be Used in Many Ways by Conifers :D My whole is usually shown in a tree. About my $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ parts is fond. About my $2^{nd}$ and $3^{rd}$ parts, PNGs. About my $3^{rd}$ and $4^{th}$ parts, opal. About my $4^{th}$ and $5^{th}$ parts, moot. ...

 
12:39 PM
@MOehm I'll concur with @GarethMcCaughan on this
 
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Q: Find the element that does not fit the pattern

JohnMollisThese 12 elements form a pattern but there is one element that does not fit. Which one is that?

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Q: What is the pattern to appear in the box?

Michael MayI was puzzled by the pattern sequence in the following picture. What is the pattern to show up in the box? This is a question from a primary school workbook for selective high examinations in Sydney. Thank you very much for your help!

 
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Q: Puzzle: Who is the winner of the Great Puzzling Trophy?

AnagramDatagramIt’s the 10th annual award ceremony for the Puzzling StackExchange community! As the host and his attendants are handing out the awards to the best members of the community, they suddenly realize that they have forgotten who the recipient of the Great Puzzling Trophy was! In a hurry, the host ru...

 
@msh210 agreed
 
@OmegaKrypton I mean, he anyway seems like someone to agree with, so it's a safe bet. (At least when it comes to cryptics; I don't really know him otherwise.)
 
1:15 PM
Fair enogh. I'm not super fond of "Earth's" surface as ES, but I'm not going to quibble too much lest I damage my reputation as someone to agree with ...
 
1:32 PM
@MOehm Yeah, it's a tenuous position. I lost it, myself, years ago.
 
 
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4:59 PM
@jafe Yep, that's correct!
(I agree that "Earth's surface' would probably more naturally clue EH, but E works too. I wouldn't like ES nearly as much.)
 
 
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8:12 PM
Hello denizens of puzzling.stackexchange - I am a mod on crypto.stackexchange, and I was wondering if this question would be on-topic for your site?
It appears to be about some sort of online crypto puzzle type of thing
 
8:27 PM
hi @EllaRose questions about active competitions are generally considered off-topic on PSE, so I suspect it would be voted to close fairly quickly. @Deusovi is better-positioned to answer your question though - so I shall defer to him :)
 
Thank you for your input, now I'm glad I asked before migrating it.
 
8:47 PM
@EllaRose Hey! Thanks for asking - we don't allow questions from ongoing competitions. I'm not sure if this is a time-limited event or just a general challenge open at any time, but either way it likely wouldn't be well-received.
"Here's a random string of text, decode it" questions are very poor puzzles (to the point that we have a frequently-referenced meta post about why not to do them, and how to improve them).
 
I don't think this is a "competition", per se. It looks like Security Shepherd is software to train people regarding penetration testing and website security. I doubt that the screenshot came from a publicly-available website.
That being said, I agree with Deusovi that the actual subject matter is uninteresting enough that it would probably be downvoted and/or closed, and thus is not a good candidate for migration.
 
Thanks all!
 
9:47 PM
CCCC: Almost heavenly Tennessee belle (6)
 
 
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11:25 PM
@jafe I think the solution to your CCCC is STELLA (Kowalski), a character in Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and one letter short of STELLAR. Curiously, he seems to have had a thing for six-letter belles. Amanda Wingfield, Blanche Dubois, her sister Stella seen here, Maggie Pollitt. And also ...
... a character actually called Heavenly, whose surname is (of course six letters) Finley, though I think she's not really a belle by the time the play in question begins.
 

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