The Sphinx's Lair

12:10 AM

CCCC: It measures intelligence found in guides clubs (7)

@Alconja cl(iq)ues

very nice

I like it a lot

@juicifer Yep! thanks. :)

Q: Monthly Topic Challenge #5: On-and-onograms

CCCC: Loud, and just scary (9)

(it's at least still halloween in the americas lol)

Puzzling Meta

12:29 AM

This is the fifth installment of the Monthly Topic Challenges with topics suggested and voted on here. This month's topic is "On-and-onograms" (suggested by Stiv) and will span from the 1st of November to the 30th of November. During this period, we will compile the list of relevant questions and...

12:53 AM

@juicifer I think this is F (loud, forte) and RIGHTFUL (just) = FRIGHTFUL (scary)

@oAlt yup!

1:06 AM

CCCC: Originally fake, askew, unnatural, [Loud, and just scary]... ultimately defective (6)

@oAlt FAULTY = defective; F(ake) A(skew) U(nnatural) L(oud) (and) (jus)T (scar)Y

@Alconja yup!

CCCC: Loud, unclad hearts in love (9)

1:27 AM

@Alconja CLAMOROUS (Loud) = CL (unclad hearts) AMOROUS (in love)

@oAlt That's it.

1:48 AM

CCCC: Loud, unclad hearts surrounding idiot? oAlt's getting tense: "Say what you're having trouble saying!" (3,4,2)

@oAlt (-l)Ou(-d) twit(h) it

Correct! (Am assuming that you know where the it comes from)

@oAlt sweats profusely

Oh no :P

I+t(ense)...?

I've not seen T=tense before

1:58 AM

@AncientSwordRage Yeah

wipes sweat off brow

MW and Collins both show that T can mean tense, with Collins specifically saying that it's used in the context of grammar

~~so don't worry I haven't seen it before either lol~~

CCCC: AncientSwordRage starts mumbling to himself, "This is my soothing voice" (4)

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3:55 AM

Only 4 letters? Interesting

4:06 AM

It's an superunequiliteral clue, where the clue has waaaay more characters than the answer!

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knowledge enigmatic-puzzle visual movies

5:45 AM

Q: Three movie adaptations

The following table is about three different movies which were adapted from three novels. Clues: X and Y are siblings. All three movie titles have a particular word in common. Identify the authors A, B and C. Identify the siblings X and Y.

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6:59 AM

a PURR is a soothing voice and P is "quiet", but all i have for the rest is maybe AncientSwordRage goes "urr..." when he mumbles to himself :P

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msh210

9:05 AM

@Sphinx Not a big fan, because A, B, and C take no part in the puzzle.

also BX<>CY could be the other way around

fun fact: i thought the man pictured was cary grant, but still got the correct film from the get-go because i thought the lead actor in that is cary grant

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

knowledge enigmatic-puzzle

9:34 AM

Q: A little puzzle for you

XXXX XXXXX & GRY (12) ➡️ - - - - - - TIE (34) ➡️ - - - - - - Il (3) ➡️ - - - - - - LA (14) ➡️ - - - - - SH (3) ➡️ - - - - - - - IS (14) ➡️ - - - FO (34) ➡️ - - - - - What six word phrase am I looking for?

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10:37 AM

@Jafe that's wrong but also it's a good lesson for me not to make C4s up on the spot late at night

@Alconja I shamefully corrected the clue (making it slightly more equitable)

@oAlt indeed

C4 hint 0: Hi! I'm pureferret/ASR

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12:12 PM

@AncientSwordRage I feel like this is ASMR ("This is my soothing voice"), with ASR, which somehow includes M (mumbling) incorporated into it ("to himself") somehow; the wordplay is a bit unclear to me

On that note, prove it and show us how good you are at ASMR. :P

12:25 PM

@oAlt Correct!

the wordplay is not great

@oAlt I refuse!

12:58 PM

@AncientSwordRage Lolll

CCCC: "L + c", with respect to curve (7)

A quick one since I'm still busy

1:30 PM

my brain is shouting INDEFINTIE INTEGRAL like Dumbledore interrogating Harry about the goblet of fire

definition of the day, from today's independent by wiglaf:

"What measures I encountered when diving into a foreign sea (7)"

Answer is rot13(NZZRGRE, gur qrs orvat "Jung zrnfherf V", jurer V = ryrpgevp pheerag)

1:53 PM

@AncientSwordRage "dumbledore asked calmly" :P

@Jafe ooh yeah that's really nice

2:21 PM

@juicifer exactly

@Jafe sneaky

Q: Problems from online IQ test with colorful 3x3 grids of squares

2:43 PM

What are the answers to these questions and why?

visual progressive-matrix

3:32 PM

^ a couple of months late there, bud

3:48 PM

@Jafe I don't know what the foreign sea is, but that clue is smooth like butter

"sea" in a foreign language (french in this case, as it often is)

4:01 PM

Ahhh

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Q: Covering a room with 33 carpets

5:14 PM

Q: Phrases from birds

We have two pictures. The top is a bird that promises to ???? The bottom is a poster from a local business that promises to ???? The first is a well-known phrase, the second a variation.

enigmatic-puzzle visual

There are 33 integers less than 100 which are the product of two primes. Can a room be covered precisely (no overlaps, etc.) with the 33 rectangles that have as areas these products?

mathematics tiling primes

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6:49 PM

What were other people's view on me using 'to himself' to clue inclusion

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Q: Kind of like a clock, kind of like a path…

8:37 PM

This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #5: On-and-onograms RULES: The black footpath (marked by black digits) must be contiguous. The answer to this "onogram" is a 7 word phrase. To find the phrase, use only the | and - squares found on the 22 3x2 "clocks". The footpath is only for d...

visual cipher pattern nonogram

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Q: What is the answer to this riddle?

9:53 PM

The world is wide open and dry so I wanna go back to where I come from which is tight and wet. What is the place?

riddle

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