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12:18 AM

Q: Fortnightly Topic Challenge #52: Polyominoes

This is the twelfth installment of the Fortnightly Topic Challenges Rerun described here and the fifty-second installment of the FTCs overall, with topics suggested and voted on here. This fortnight's topic is "Polyominoes" (suggested by Bubbler) and will span from the 21st of March to the 3rd of...

Jafe

1:03 AM

again after second time could be S+T+OVER which is a real word but that doesn't appear to be the name of a prayer (or a notable person known for praying), as far as i can tell

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samm82

2:35 AM

Conversely, I was thinking about S+T+RAIN (as in a piece of music) which is a very tenuous def of "prayer", but rain != again as far as I can tell

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msh210

4:33 AM

If "after second" could do double duty, we'd have "again after second [letter]" = AIN, after S (and then) T, yielding SAINT, one who prays. But it can't, that I know of.

Oh, oops, it's also too few letters.

Jafe

5:39 AM

maybe it's SEC + RE- + T, which means prayer for some reason?

samm82

Matthew 6:6 could be relevant, but it seems like stretch

Jafe

5:53 AM

aha! secret is a type of prayer!

@Sid ^

samm82

Oh hey! That's lookin' like a lot less of a stretch now lol

Sid

@Jafe Right! You're up.

Jafe

CCCC: "Prayer again after second time" inspired doctor? (2,6)

Sid

6:31 AM

@Jafe Ha!

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Stiv

7:45 AM

@Jafe ST ANDREW = S + T + AN(DR)EW, all meaning 'pray-er'!

Jafe

@Stiv that's it, yep!

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Sphinx

9:41 AM

Q: Hangman: Reverse Edition

Put a P, then Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva will turn a goddess into this. Put a R, You speak it more than writing it. Put a T, I become e-learning. Put a G, then I become a floor. If your new to reverse hangman: The final answer will be a string with one letter blank which can be filled in i...

riddle wordplay language english

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Sphinx

3:58 PM

Q: Decoding a baconian cipher with multiple possible variations

Given the image below - I'm presuming it is based on a Baconian cipher but not sure what the A's should be or the B's. Any suggestions?

cipher

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Sphinx

6:30 PM

Q: Fill the magic 4 x 4 square

Following question is courtesy to Mathex Exam: 1984 Given a [4 x 4] matrix, we need to fill in crosses at 10 out of 16 places such that each row and each column has even number of crosses.