New answers tagged wordplay
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Nearly complete answer – need some help with the final answer.
Across
Down
The grid
The shaded cells
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Here are some notes on my own approach:
1. Prep work
I did a lot of prep work ahead of time so that the combinatorial engine could run as efficiently as possible.
For example, I took each word in my word list and shifted it in a circular fashion into all possible positions around the wheel. I stored these results in a lookup array for quick referencing ...
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You are
Taking the first letters, you get
Your nickname:
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Are you a?
I'm found on shoes; though not a lace,
I may be tied in another place.
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I think that you're a
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As it has been 2 weeks and no progress has been posted for 1 week, I am posting the intended solution.
Firstly, it was required to parse the beginning:
My head hurts... I feel like I'm missing something.
"Avoid notes" starts with the left heading, reportedly. Ends firsts, like extremely terrifyingly impressively clearly plainly solved:
After this point, ...
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The Roman Emperor is:
When he 'tilted his head', he:
Thus making him become:
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Because
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I am fairly sure your word is
Don't say one synonym's a type of fish:
It's the same word, not the same meaning.
Don't say one synonym's a type of bird:
That's a different form of the word.
Don't say one synonym's a type of drink:
In fact the sound is the only real link.
"Replace an approximation by a constant to find badness"?
Not a good clue at all! ...
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I'm going to say Grandpa was:
because
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Partial
I think it's something related to
It'$ not ₺he pride before the fall.
It's not 'round mouths in afternoons.
???
You may have heard it said by three:
Do it in meta 'for toil and trouble.
Or if the charge is all done wrong,
It's guaranteed for subtraction!
Ensure the sword's not just a blade,
And within the forest it might be.
???
Hint:
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(I'm really just picking up the pieces left behind by M Oehm here; if you like this, go upvote one of his things.)
If you take the
and find
and interpret them via
then you get
Now
Note:
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I think the answer is
Because
It'$ not ₺he pride before the fall.
It's not 'round mouths in afternoons.
You may have heard it said by three:
Do it in meta 'for toil and trouble.
Or if the charge is all done wrong,
It's guaranteed for subtraction!
Ensure the sword's not just a blade,
And within the forest it might be.
It is relevant to this question ...
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I think the word is
Because
It'$ not ₺he pride before the fall.
It's not 'round mouths in afternoons.
You may have heard it said by three:
Do it in meta 'for toil and trouble.
Or if the charge is all done wrong,
It's guaranteed for subtraction!
Ensure the sword's not just a blade,
And within the forest it might be.
It may be necessary to the ...
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The answer to this puzzle is:
My firsts signify education
My seconds axial examination
My thirds medical location
My fourths denote radiation
My fifths state abbreviation
My whole is blood contamination
My parts each two in variation
My consonants lack reiteration
When I am shaped like my first
Rows from my parts that may burst
Adding flipped to in ...
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I will give a shot at this,
As
'$ not ₺he pride before the fall.
It's not 'round mouths in afternoons.
You may have heard it said by three:
Do it in meta 'for toil and trouble.
Or if the charge is all done wrong,
It's guaranteed for subtraction!
Ensure the sword's not just a blade,
And within the forest it might be.
I will add a justification of ...
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I think you are:
My first twice flies you
My second twice puzzles you
My third twice measures you
My fourth twice tests you
ASCII from my first,
Shaped like my first,
Anchored on my first,
Misses 1 of my first
Catching a loss,
I become my head;
Taking two more,
A triangle instead
When filled as so,
My third row's a scheme;
And then, my end,
A French ...
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Based on TwoBitOperation's answer, I'm guessing its
I can keep you grounded
I can rile you up
I can facilitate your travel
I can discourage you from going
Everything regarding the hints and the forms is laid out in TwoBitOperation's answer, but in summary
Also, for the title
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Is it
Like the answer above, but follows the pattern laid out in the riddle according to the names of your friends.
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Is it...
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This might be the famous artist formerly known as
or
for short.
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I suspect you are
And your successor is
Take a half of me, or my successor,
You might become an addict, Good or bad,
For many it’s a habit.
Take a half of me, or my successor,
You should use it to begone,
"Stop annoying me, and leave me alone."
If halves are all you take,
Usually, liquid will be the state.
All the hints are satisfied. In particular ...
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My position is you are a
I’m an island domain, and where strong drink is found,
Yet I’m baffled by cricket, and silent (no sound).
I’m a person of faith, and devoid of all strife;
I am "the Way”, and one’s stance after life.
I’m a small, weighty rock, and unchanged from the past.
I am not going anywhere fast!
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Perhaps the three words were
The conversation would go thusly:
In Grimmith's view, all she is doing is
But in the Uzbanian soldiers' view, her comment might be misinterpreted as meaning
Previous incorrect attempts:
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I think you are:
I’m an island domain, and where strong drink is found,
Yet I’m baffled by cricket, and silent (no sound).
I’m a person of faith, and devoid of all strife;
I am "the Way”, and one’s stance after life.
I’m a small, weighty rock, and unchanged from the past.
I am not going anywhere fast!
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Taking a shot because the title strongly reminded me of
Reader beware, you're in for a
I can keep you grounded, or I can rile you up.
I can facilitate your travel, or I can discourage you from going.
I have assumed many forms including that of a cyborg, a professor, and a statue.
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Reader Beware, you're in for a
I can keep you grounded, or I can rile you up.
I can facilitate your travel, or I can discourage you from going.
I have assumed many forms including that of a cyborg, a professor, and a statue.
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First incorrect guess was
Second guess:
Are you are a:
I can keep you grounded, or I can rile you up.
I can facilitate your travel, or I can discourage you from going.
a cyborg, a professor, and a statue, schizophrenic mind, and a sled.
Hint: As long as people desire entertainment, my forms are seemingly endless.
EDIT: I feel like I'm basically there,...
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Partial answer, but you might be
I don't have anything for the first 2 lines yet, but:
I have assumed many forms including that of a cyborg, a professor, and a statue.
As long as people desire entertainment, my forms are seemingly endless.
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