$ \color{red}E $
Second time skimming through
Beatles residence
Sandwich way
What do these clues point to? Looking for a single word answer.
This puzzle is a hint for Ah, the old SE puzzlearoo!
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$\begingroup$ In the interest of keeping this hint puzzle free of clutter, I will put any and all hints, rot13 of course, in the comments from now on $\endgroup$– HTMApr 4, 2019 at 20:56
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$\begingroup$ HINT 1: rot13(Gur svefg gjb yvarf pyhr gur jbeq vgfrys, gur ynfg gjb yvarf pyhr fbzrguvat eryngrq gb gung jbeq) $\endgroup$– HTMApr 4, 2019 at 21:07
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Building on previous answers, I think the answer may be
$ \color{red}E $
Red E, italicized $\rightarrow$ Red E, it $\rightarrow$ Reddit
Second time skimming through
"Read it" (past tense) sounds like Reddit.
Beatles residence
As others have said, Yellow submarine $\rightarrow$ sub.
A subreddit is a forum dedicated to a specific topic
Sandwich way
As others have said, Subway
Title
The website Digg is a news aggregator with a curated front page and a competitor of Reddit.
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$\begingroup$ Sounds convincing, but not sure I get the second line. Why "second time"? $\endgroup$– JafeApr 5, 2019 at 13:53
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$\begingroup$ @jafe the intention was that if you’ve skimming through something twice already, then you’ve already rot13(ernq vg) $\endgroup$– HTMApr 5, 2019 at 15:14
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$\begingroup$ @hexomino that’s the right answer! There’s a more cryptographic explanation for the first clue, but besides that it’s all correct $\endgroup$– HTMApr 5, 2019 at 15:15
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Although it fits, this isn't the answer:
I think this is an initial / acronym puzzle and the answer is:
RIDDLES
The Red E:
Red Italic = RI
Second time skimming through
Double Dip = DD
Beatles residence could be:
"L"
57 Green Street in London’s upscale Mayfair neighbourhood has the distinction of being the only home where all four Beatles lived at the same time – all crammed in together in “Flat L.” ref
Although Liverpool or London both work just as well :)
Just thinking Sandwich Way could refer to :
Earl (of Sandwich) and Street for way
giving ES
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$\begingroup$ That’s a great answer, but unfortunately it’s not the right one, nor does it really give a hint for the linked puzzle. +1 for your efforts though! $\endgroup$– HTMApr 4, 2019 at 14:23
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not actual answer, but some thoughts, it may help
$ \color{red}E $ = red E = ready
beatles residence may be London
Sandwich way => subway is a sandwich company. maybe we should combine london and subway to get underground.
beatles residence could also be yellow submarine because we all live in a yellow submarine
as I said, not actual answer, I'm just writing down my thoughts, I may find later ;)
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Thoughts, similar to @Flying_whale but a few different things
red-E = red-e (anagram of read) or potentially (wildly unrelated) something to do with red october?
second time skimming through = re-read?
beatles residence -> something to do with london, perhaps underground/tube or submarine for red october?
sandwich way, must be subway?
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I think it might be:
Subreddit
Because
Italicized Red E = Red E, It = Reddit
Second time skimming through
Read it = Reddit
Beatles residence
Submarine
Sandwich way
Subway
This gives us:
Sub
Which, added to the other answer, gives us
subreddit, which is what reddit calls its sub-forums (like how stackexchange has all their different sites, like puzzling and roll playing etc.)
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$\begingroup$ Thanks for your answer, but hexomino’s answer was the intended solution - read the hint I left in the comments for more info :) $\endgroup$– HTMApr 5, 2019 at 16:12
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$\begingroup$ True, I probably should’ve made it clearer the separation between those clues, and either way they still give a hint to the main puzzle $\endgroup$– HTMApr 5, 2019 at 16:18