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juicifer

3:51 AM

CCCC hint: the third letter is I

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Jafe

5:41 AM

@juicifer CH + ILIAD

juicifer

@Jafe yup!

msh210

Huh. I Googled that word, and it seemed to be a mountain, so I said Nah.

Jafe

hehe i thought of both ch and iliad before but didn't think of trying them together until the hint

CCCC: Flashy prose writer Fleming is a St. Petersburg native? (9)

msh210

@Jafe florid Ian

Jafe

that's right

that was fast

msh210

5:56 AM

@Jafe Your rep, of using ambiguous city names to mean the less obvious one, precedes you.

CCCC: Gourmet narrative about Russia (eastern front) (7)

Jafe

man, i need new material

@msh210 i think this is EPIC + U + R + E_ but not quite sure why U = about... maybe like u-turn ~ turn about?

or maybe RU backwards for "about, russia"

msh210

6:17 AM

@Jafe yep

Jafe

CCCC: Here stands the Taj Mahal, on top of what remains of Shah's sweetheart (5)

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AncientSwordRage

11:47 AM

@Jafe excellent surface

1 hour later…

Sphinx

1:08 PM

Q: Have you seen this puzzle before?

I bought this puzzle few years ago at a market. I couldn't solve it since. I started to think it was wrongly assembled, therefore can not be solved. Tried to find the solution on the internet/YouTube but no success. Anyone knows this puzzle (see picture) and can help me to solve? Any suggestion a...

enigmatic-puzzle

6 hours later…

Sphinx

7:27 PM

Q: The silhouette of a hand holding a cylindrical glass jar, in the background is the Milky Way

Elsewhere, a game was played. This game was an unusual sort of game, and the results are an unusual sort of curiosity, though I should say no more outside of spoiler tags. I thought it would make for a light but interesting puzzle, so am cross-posting it here with some details hidden. Here are so...

visual odd-one-out

Sphinx

7:53 PM

Q: IQ question - Find the missing picture (geometry

I joined the IQ test online, and got stuck on this question. So I still have no idea how to solve it or the answer. If any one can give me a hint, I really appreciate it. Thanks