Each of the puzzles below gives a two-word answer. Solve the puzzles and arrange the resulting 16 words into four groups of four, each with a common theme. The resulting group names form a clue for the final answer.
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8$\begingroup$ I did wonder what was going on. $\endgroup$– hexominoMar 29, 2019 at 13:49
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6$\begingroup$ Ooohh, it all makes sense now! :D $\endgroup$– Mr PieMar 29, 2019 at 13:50
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1$\begingroup$ Each puzzle is a stand alone, so I'm ok with it. $\endgroup$– Chris CudmoreMar 29, 2019 at 16:59
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$\begingroup$ @North I see what you mean. I thought about posting one big puzzle, but navigating the partials would have gotten confusing pretty fast... There's already a wiki answer below listing the solutions so far. $\endgroup$– JafeMar 29, 2019 at 17:08
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1$\begingroup$ I like it @jafe. Well done. $\endgroup$– LeppyR64Mar 29, 2019 at 17:20
4 Answers
The four groups are:
1
London: Fire, Marathon, Olympics, Underground
2
Tower: Cell, Devils, Ivory, Water
3
Guard: Coast, National, Old, Security - thanks @arbitrahj for this one
4
Duty: Cycle, Double, Heavy, Line
The answers spell out
London Tower Guard Duty, which seems to be hinting at the Yeomen Warders, whose duty it is to guard the Tower of London.
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Aggregated Answers from the Puzzles:
Written every which way
Ivory Coast
A manager's dilemma
Fire Devils
Keeping you safe
National Security
Coordinated efforts -
Old Olympics
Contours of a clandestine nature
Underground Line
Between two walls
Cell Cycle
Pulling a fast one
Double Marathon
In excess I'm lethal
Heavy Water
Some initial guesses:
1.
Life Line, Cycle, Double, Cell.
2.
Guard Old, National, Security, Coast
3.
Medal(metal) Heavy, Devils, underground, olympics
- ??? Kinda falls apart
red white and blue?? Fire Water, Ivory, marathon
Or
rings fire, olympics, underground, cell
Which moves
Water to life
Leaving
Heavy, devils, ivory, marathon which is still ?????
Possible Groupings [1,2,3,4 contradict with each other, just listing some possible combinations]
1:
Lines/Contours: Coast, Line, Marathon, ?
2:
Sports [unlikely]: Olympics, Marathon, ?, ?
3:
Metal: Devils (devils metal: silver), Heavy (heavy metal), Underground?, ?
4:
Loops: Cycle, Olympics (5 cicles on flag), Underground (System map looks like a loop), ?