Under Sahara, delicious tuber
Greek cheese, asian sword way
Translucent dead, getting older
Communication device, outdoor shelter
Heawy iron block, Neeson's name
Shining coating, exists forever
Prime prime, standing infinity
Stack gone rong, carbon-based
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3$\begingroup$ Heawy instead of Heavy, gone rong, instead of gone wrong. Typos or intended? $\endgroup$– PL457Commented May 9, 2018 at 13:43
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8$\begingroup$ Definitely not typos ;) $\endgroup$– KeelhaulCommented May 9, 2018 at 13:46
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Thanks to all partial answers and @Riley's comment:
Under Sahara, delicious tuber
SAHEL, POTATO
The Sahel is a region south of the Sahara. Thanks @bandrade.
Greek cheese, asian sword way
FETA, KENDO
Kendo is literally "the way of the sword" in japanese. Thanks to @Teo, and to the OP for the explanation.
Translucent dead, getting older
GHOST, AGEING
Thanks to @Teo.
Communication device, outdoor shelter
PHONE, TENT
Thanks to @Rand al'Thor for PHONE and to @Daniel Baliki for TENT
Heawy iron block, Neeson's name
ANWIL, LIAM
Thanks to @Teo for ANWIL and to @Rand al'Thor for LIAM.
Shining coating, exists forever
LUSTRE, ETERNAL
Thanks to @DanielBaliki for ETERNAL.
Prime prime, standing infinity
2, 8
2 is the first ("prime") prime. 8 is $\infty$ on end. Thanks to @Rand al'Thor.
Stack gone rong, carbon-based
OVERFLO, ORGANIC
Thanks to @Teo
Everything put together:
SAHEL POTATO
FETA KENDO
GHOST AGEING
PHONE TENT
ANWIL LIAM
LUSTRE ETERNAL
2 8
OVERFLO ORGANIC
We get the sentence:
Help taken hostage 110 William Street 28 floor
Explanation
StackExchange has an office at 110 William Street on the 28th floor!
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8$\begingroup$ Thank you! Seing how clever this community is for solving this so quickly, they freed me in fear of retaliation! Hopefully they will learn from their mistake... $\endgroup$– KeelhaulCommented May 9, 2018 at 17:34
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$\begingroup$ @barto Very nice, I was expecting the form to change up and not be entirely the same for the others. $\endgroup$ Commented May 9, 2018 at 17:34
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3$\begingroup$ @theREALyumdub Thanks! I'm new to the site and the answers here are the only I've seen; I'll add more details too. $\endgroup$ Commented May 9, 2018 at 17:40
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Partial answer
Under Sahara, delicious tuber
Something, POTATO?
Greek cheese, asian sword way
FETA, KENDO (thanks @Teo). There are many types of both Greek cheese and Asian sword, but this makes sense for the reason pointed out by @ManyPinkHats.
Translucent dead, getting older
GHOST, AGEING (thanks @Teo).
Communication device, outdoor shelter
PHONE, something (e.g. could be SHED or HUT).
Heawy iron block, Neeson's name
ANWIL (thanks @Teo), LIAM.
Shining coating, exists forever
POLISH (thanks @DanielBaliki), DIAMOND?
Prime prime, standing infinity
TWO (first prime), EIGHT ($\infty$ on end)
Stack gone rong, carbon-based
OVERFLO, ORGANIC (thanks @Teo).
Let's put all that together (bold for ones I'm pretty sure about):
??? POTATO
FETA KENDO
GHOST AGEING
PHONE HUT
ANWIL LIAM
POLISH DIAMOND
TWO EIGHT
OVERFLO ORGANIC
Now look at what's popping out of the 5th and some other lines:
???, TAKEN, HOSTAGE, ???, WILLIAM, ???, WOE, FLOOR
answered May 9, 2018 at 14:31
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2$\begingroup$ Based on @Teo's answer, I see some other things that might be popping: ROT13(Vs gur frpbaq yvar vf SRGN XRAQB, gung pbagnvaf GNXRA. Vs gur guveq yvar vf TUBFG NTRVAT, gung pbagnvaf UBFGNTR. Obgu whzc bhg ng zr fvapr Yvnz Arrfba vf rkcyvpvgyl ersreraprq nyernql.) (EDIT: This actually works with the title, thematically, I think.) $\endgroup$ Commented May 9, 2018 at 14:55
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$\begingroup$ You're absolutely on the right track, please persevere (please...)! Also, as for the time I write this, 2 of your five "unsure" (not bold) words are correct. $\endgroup$– KeelhaulCommented May 9, 2018 at 15:05
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$\begingroup$ @Keelhaul Given the method, LIFE is clearly not correct, and PHONE and HUT can't both be correct. Thanks for the mini logical-deduction puzzle :-P $\endgroup$ Commented May 9, 2018 at 15:07
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$\begingroup$ ROT13: Vs gur ynfg jbeq jrer "betnavp", vg jbhyq fcryy "sybbe"... $\endgroup$– TeoCommented May 9, 2018 at 15:15
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1$\begingroup$ I think the second to last line may be indicating that rot13(Ur vf gnxra ubfgntr ba gur gjragl rvtugu sybbe bs n ohvyqvat) $\endgroup$– RileyCommented May 9, 2018 at 17:02
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It's not much, but I hope it helps:
Under Sahara, delicious tuber
Sahel (transition area, to the South of the Sahara), Potato => HELP
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Adding to Rand al'Thor's reasoning:
Asian sword way
A katana is a sword, not a sword way. I was thinking of BUSHIDO. Or KENDO, or IAIDO... there are lots of possibilities.
Getting older
Aging?
Heawy iron block
ANWIL!
Carbon-based
Could be organic?
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1$\begingroup$ Re heawy iron block - good one!! $\endgroup$ Commented May 9, 2018 at 14:43
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1$\begingroup$ Which, when written before the other word in that row, forms... $\endgroup$– TeoCommented May 9, 2018 at 14:47
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$\begingroup$ Note that rot13(Xraqb vf yvgrenyyl "gur jnl bs gur fjbeq" va wncnarfr) $\endgroup$– KeelhaulCommented May 9, 2018 at 15:11
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I'm not entirely sure for most of these, but here are my partial answers:
Under Sahara, delicious tuber
Water, ???
Greek cheese, asian sword way
Feta, Kendo
Translucent dead, getting older
Ghost, Aging
Communication device, outdoor shelter
Radio, Tent
Heawy iron block, Neeson's name
Anwil, Liam
Shining coating, exists forever
Polish, Eternal
Prime prime, standing infinity
Two, Eight
Stack gone rong, carbon-based
Hayire, Life
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$\begingroup$ Some mistakes, but you got 2 words @RandAl'Thor hasn't got ! $\endgroup$– KeelhaulCommented May 9, 2018 at 15:07