This is why we puzzle
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What kind of puzzle solver are you? Let’s map it out!
1
Nail item before each paper item (7)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Encourage bone disease (4)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
2
3
You’re getting close, but you have to get close to finish it off!
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
What’s left over when you get closer? (3)
Hint for 3: (not part of the puzzle)
_____ depression (5)
Generic reptile (6)
Oregon player (4)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
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What kind of puzzle solver are you? Let’s map it out!
1
Nail item before each paper item (7)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Encourage bone disease (4)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
2
3
You’re getting close, but you have to get close to finish it off!
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
What’s left over when you get closer? (3)
Hint for 3: (not part of the puzzle)
_____ depression (5)
Generic reptile (6)
Oregon player (4)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
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We can see that each note has a point or a line. If we split these points and lines where there is a white note, we can obtain .- . ----. -.- .-. -, which is AE9KRT in morse code. I don't know if it is relevant in any mode... Maybe a key?
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@Turvo You are putting clues in comments that everyone can see. Please look in the editing help for spoiler tags.
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– JeffC
Mar 22 at 15:43
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I’ve just realized that I should’ve included better hints for #3, judging by how much everyone was struggling on it. Sorry! Hopefully the edit will make things easier :)
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– PiIsNot3
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What kind of puzzle solver are you? Let’s map it out!
1
Nail item before each paper item (7)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Encourage bone disease (4)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
2
3
You’re getting close, but you have to get close to finish it off!
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
What’s left over when you get closer? (3)
Hint for 3: (not part of the puzzle)
_____ depression (5)
Generic reptile (6)
Oregon player (4)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
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What kind of puzzle solver are you? Let’s map it out!
1
Nail item before each paper item (7)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Encourage bone disease (4)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
2
3
You’re getting close, but you have to get close to finish it off!
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
What’s left over when you get closer? (3)
Hint for 3: (not part of the puzzle)
_____ depression (5)
Generic reptile (6)
Oregon player (4)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
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We can see that each note has a point or a line. If we split these points and lines where there is a white note, we can obtain .- . ----. -.- .-. -, which is AE9KRT in morse code. I don't know if it is relevant in any mode... Maybe a key?
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– Turvo
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@Turvo You are putting clues in comments that everyone can see. Please look in the editing help for spoiler tags.
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– JeffC
Mar 22 at 15:43
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I’ve just realized that I should’ve included better hints for #3, judging by how much everyone was struggling on it. Sorry! Hopefully the edit will make things easier :)
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– PiIsNot3
10 hours ago
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1
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We can see that each note has a point or a line. If we split these points and lines where there is a white note, we can obtain .- . ----. -.- .-. -, which is AE9KRT in morse code. I don't know if it is relevant in any mode... Maybe a key?
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– Turvo
Mar 22 at 10:05
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@Turvo You are putting clues in comments that everyone can see. Please look in the editing help for spoiler tags.
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– JeffC
Mar 22 at 15:43
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I’ve just realized that I should’ve included better hints for #3, judging by how much everyone was struggling on it. Sorry! Hopefully the edit will make things easier :)
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– PiIsNot3
10 hours ago
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We can see that each note has a point or a line. If we split these points and lines where there is a white note, we can obtain .- . ----. -.- .-. -, which is AE9KRT in morse code. I don't know if it is relevant in any mode... Maybe a key?
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– Turvo
Mar 22 at 10:05
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We can see that each note has a point or a line. If we split these points and lines where there is a white note, we can obtain .- . ----. -.- .-. -, which is AE9KRT in morse code. I don't know if it is relevant in any mode... Maybe a key?
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– Turvo
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@Turvo You are putting clues in comments that everyone can see. Please look in the editing help for spoiler tags.
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– JeffC
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@Turvo You are putting clues in comments that everyone can see. Please look in the editing help for spoiler tags.
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– JeffC
Mar 22 at 15:43
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I’ve just realized that I should’ve included better hints for #3, judging by how much everyone was struggling on it. Sorry! Hopefully the edit will make things easier :)
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– PiIsNot3
10 hours ago
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I’ve just realized that I should’ve included better hints for #3, judging by how much everyone was struggling on it. Sorry! Hopefully the edit will make things easier :)
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
CLIPPER = nail item, (paper)CLIP before PER (= each)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
NUGGET = big chunk, GUN< (= shooter) + GET (= receive)
Encourage bone disease (4)
SPUR = encourage, = bone disease
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
BULL = lies, BULLION (gold and silver) - ION (charge)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
HEAT = warmth, hidden in tHEATer
These are all
Singulars of NBA team names.
In #2, the composer's name "Gerri H. Dern"
...anagrams to RED HERRING.
The notes in #2 are
F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab G F, which make up the key of F minor.
The marks above/below the notes
Look like morse code: . -. ---- .-. -.- .-
However, this translates to nothing in particular (EN#RKA, with the # being an invalid letter)...
Still not sure about #3, but I think I get the hint:
_____ depression (5)
MANIC, which is MAGIC with one letter changed
Generic reptile (6)
LIZARD -> WIZARD
Oregon player (4)
DUCK (Oregon Ducks) -> BUCK
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
This could be CAPTOR -> RAPTOR (from LeppyR64 in the comments)
LSD part (3)
Maybe SIA (singer of the band LSD)? Would need to change two letters to get SUN, though.
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PAVE? Again, we'd need two changes to get PACER.
??? (3)
Maybe a question word like HOW? That would become HAWK with two changes, but I'm not convinced...
answered Mar 22 at 9:46
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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Partial answer
The notes
The dots and dashes above and below the notes are
. -. ---- .-. -.- .-. Ths is Morse code, but the letter separations are not in place. The only complete English word that can be made from that is.-. --- -.-. -.- . -, or ROCKET. This follows the theme jafe has spotted: The Houston Rockets are an NBA team.
There are half and quarter notes, fifteen in total. They form a Baconian cipher with I/J and U/V treated as the same letter. The half notes are B, the quarter notes are A. (The ♩=65 is a hint: 65 is the ASCII code of A.) This decodes to NET. (Brooklyn Nets)
The notes are just a scale, but some of them have a flat symbol. Again, jafe has found that these are the notes of the F minor key. That is a literal key: It can be used as a Vigenère key on the title, which yields: "Now You Has Blank". Hm.
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
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Oh! I see ...:)
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Building very slightly on M Oehm's answer, the third word hidden in Part 2 is
JAZZ, because if you take the key (FMINOR) and Vigenère it into the title of the song, you get (literally) "Now You Has Blank", which is a reference to the Cole Porter standard "Now You Has Jazz." And of course JAZZ fits the theme of NBA team names.
For part 3, I'm stumped, but some ideas might include:
"LSD part"
SUN, via extremely obscure song title "Lucid Sun Divine" by some Spotify group named Mary Pranksters (no relation to Mary Prankster). I highly doubt this.
Somehow a reference to either LAKE(?) Shore Drive in Chicago, or pounds/shillings/pence. waves hands vaguely
The list of remaining possible words is still pretty long, even assuming there wouldn't be a twist at the end (which I bet there is). It's probably not going to be a "name the ones that are missing" kind of thing. But for the record:
Atlanta HAWKs
Boston CELTICs
Charlotte BOBCATs
Cleveland CAVALIERs
Dallas MAVERICKs
Detroit PISTONs
Golden State WARRIORs
Indiana PACERs
Los Angeles LAKERs
Memphis GRIZZLY(ie)s
Milwaukee BUCKs
Minnesota TIMBERWOLF(ve)s
New Orleans HORNETs
New York KNICKs
Oklahoma City THUNDER
Orlando MAGIC
Philadelphia SIXERs
Phoenix SUNs
Portland TRAIL BLAZERs
Sacramento KINGs
Toronto RAPTORs
Washington WIZARDs
I am fairly confident that the next step (besides making any headway on Part 3) will be to
"map it out"; that is, map the states or cities identified so far and see whether it makes a suggestive picture. Those cities are:
Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), San Antonio (TX), Chicago (IL), Miami (FL), Houston (TX), Brooklyn (NY), (Salt Lake City) UT.
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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Based on everyone else's findings and the flavourtext let's map it out,
I plotted the locations of the NBA teams for each part and they very likely spell the final answer (??? (3)) of MVP as arbitrahj's answer suggests. The question What kind of puzzle solver are you? supports this.
Part 1
LA, Denver, San Antonio, Chicago, Miami
Part 2
Utah, Houston, Brooklyn
Part 3
No idea, 3 places don't make a recognizable P. I fiddled with the possible solutions based on number of letter clues but nothing really works.
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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Wild partial guesses for #3:
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
WIZARD (magic trick, gotcha?)
LSD part (3)
SUN (Orange Sunshine is one popular type)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PACE (Pacing in angst at "what to do?",pace at which you drive?)
??? (3)
MVP This doesn't line up with my guesses, but the map could spell out M from part 1, V from part 2, and P from part 3, and the final clue could be the authors vote for 2019 NBA MVP and complete the letter P.
answered 2 days ago
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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Here’s my attempt on the first one:
Nail item before each paper item (7)
Stapler
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Reward
Encourage bone disease (4)
Soda (?)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Bond (chemical bonds?)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
Coat
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
CLIPPER = nail item, (paper)CLIP before PER (= each)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
NUGGET = big chunk, GUN< (= shooter) + GET (= receive)
Encourage bone disease (4)
SPUR = encourage, = bone disease
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
BULL = lies, BULLION (gold and silver) - ION (charge)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
HEAT = warmth, hidden in tHEATer
These are all
Singulars of NBA team names.
In #2, the composer's name "Gerri H. Dern"
...anagrams to RED HERRING.
The notes in #2 are
F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab G F, which make up the key of F minor.
The marks above/below the notes
Look like morse code: . -. ---- .-. -.- .-
However, this translates to nothing in particular (EN#RKA, with the # being an invalid letter)...
Still not sure about #3, but I think I get the hint:
_____ depression (5)
MANIC, which is MAGIC with one letter changed
Generic reptile (6)
LIZARD -> WIZARD
Oregon player (4)
DUCK (Oregon Ducks) -> BUCK
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
This could be CAPTOR -> RAPTOR (from LeppyR64 in the comments)
LSD part (3)
Maybe SIA (singer of the band LSD)? Would need to change two letters to get SUN, though.
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PAVE? Again, we'd need two changes to get PACER.
??? (3)
Maybe a question word like HOW? That would become HAWK with two changes, but I'm not convinced...
answered Mar 22 at 9:46
jafejafe
24.1k468237
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
Mar 22 at 10:09
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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11 hours ago
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
CLIPPER = nail item, (paper)CLIP before PER (= each)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
NUGGET = big chunk, GUN< (= shooter) + GET (= receive)
Encourage bone disease (4)
SPUR = encourage, = bone disease
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
BULL = lies, BULLION (gold and silver) - ION (charge)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
HEAT = warmth, hidden in tHEATer
These are all
Singulars of NBA team names.
In #2, the composer's name "Gerri H. Dern"
...anagrams to RED HERRING.
The notes in #2 are
F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab G F, which make up the key of F minor.
The marks above/below the notes
Look like morse code: . -. ---- .-. -.- .-
However, this translates to nothing in particular (EN#RKA, with the # being an invalid letter)...
Still not sure about #3, but I think I get the hint:
_____ depression (5)
MANIC, which is MAGIC with one letter changed
Generic reptile (6)
LIZARD -> WIZARD
Oregon player (4)
DUCK (Oregon Ducks) -> BUCK
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
This could be CAPTOR -> RAPTOR (from LeppyR64 in the comments)
LSD part (3)
Maybe SIA (singer of the band LSD)? Would need to change two letters to get SUN, though.
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PAVE? Again, we'd need two changes to get PACER.
??? (3)
Maybe a question word like HOW? That would become HAWK with two changes, but I'm not convinced...
answered Mar 22 at 9:46
jafejafe
24.1k468237
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
Mar 22 at 10:09
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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– jafe
11 hours ago
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
CLIPPER = nail item, (paper)CLIP before PER (= each)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
NUGGET = big chunk, GUN< (= shooter) + GET (= receive)
Encourage bone disease (4)
SPUR = encourage, = bone disease
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
BULL = lies, BULLION (gold and silver) - ION (charge)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
HEAT = warmth, hidden in tHEATer
These are all
Singulars of NBA team names.
In #2, the composer's name "Gerri H. Dern"
...anagrams to RED HERRING.
The notes in #2 are
F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab G F, which make up the key of F minor.
The marks above/below the notes
Look like morse code: . -. ---- .-. -.- .-
However, this translates to nothing in particular (EN#RKA, with the # being an invalid letter)...
Still not sure about #3, but I think I get the hint:
_____ depression (5)
MANIC, which is MAGIC with one letter changed
Generic reptile (6)
LIZARD -> WIZARD
Oregon player (4)
DUCK (Oregon Ducks) -> BUCK
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
This could be CAPTOR -> RAPTOR (from LeppyR64 in the comments)
LSD part (3)
Maybe SIA (singer of the band LSD)? Would need to change two letters to get SUN, though.
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PAVE? Again, we'd need two changes to get PACER.
??? (3)
Maybe a question word like HOW? That would become HAWK with two changes, but I'm not convinced...
answered Mar 22 at 9:46
jafejafe
24.1k468237
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Nail item before each paper item (7)
CLIPPER = nail item, (paper)CLIP before PER (= each)
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
NUGGET = big chunk, GUN< (= shooter) + GET (= receive)
Encourage bone disease (4)
SPUR = encourage, = bone disease
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
BULL = lies, BULLION (gold and silver) - ION (charge)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
HEAT = warmth, hidden in tHEATer
These are all
Singulars of NBA team names.
In #2, the composer's name "Gerri H. Dern"
...anagrams to RED HERRING.
The notes in #2 are
F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F Eb Db C Bb Ab G F, which make up the key of F minor.
The marks above/below the notes
Look like morse code: . -. ---- .-. -.- .-
However, this translates to nothing in particular (EN#RKA, with the # being an invalid letter)...
Still not sure about #3, but I think I get the hint:
_____ depression (5)
MANIC, which is MAGIC with one letter changed
Generic reptile (6)
LIZARD -> WIZARD
Oregon player (4)
DUCK (Oregon Ducks) -> BUCK
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
This could be CAPTOR -> RAPTOR (from LeppyR64 in the comments)
LSD part (3)
Maybe SIA (singer of the band LSD)? Would need to change two letters to get SUN, though.
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PAVE? Again, we'd need two changes to get PACER.
??? (3)
Maybe a question word like HOW? That would become HAWK with two changes, but I'm not convinced...
answered Mar 22 at 9:46
jafejafe
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edited 11 hours ago
answered Mar 22 at 9:46
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answered Mar 22 at 9:46
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
Mar 22 at 10:09
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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– jafe
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
Mar 22 at 10:09
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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– jafe
11 hours ago
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 9:52
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
Mar 22 at 10:09
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If you split the morse code four dashes you get 'ENMMRKA' which is an anagram of 'MARKMEN' - not sure if that helps (you could also split them to make 'ENTORKA')
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– Smock
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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Captor -> Raptor?
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– LeppyR64
13 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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– jafe
11 hours ago
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@LeppyR64 Makes sense!
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Partial answer
The notes
The dots and dashes above and below the notes are
. -. ---- .-. -.- .-. Ths is Morse code, but the letter separations are not in place. The only complete English word that can be made from that is.-. --- -.-. -.- . -, or ROCKET. This follows the theme jafe has spotted: The Houston Rockets are an NBA team.
There are half and quarter notes, fifteen in total. They form a Baconian cipher with I/J and U/V treated as the same letter. The half notes are B, the quarter notes are A. (The ♩=65 is a hint: 65 is the ASCII code of A.) This decodes to NET. (Brooklyn Nets)
The notes are just a scale, but some of them have a flat symbol. Again, jafe has found that these are the notes of the F minor key. That is a literal key: It can be used as a Vigenère key on the title, which yields: "Now You Has Blank". Hm.
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
38.2k1118176
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Oh! I see ...:)
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– M Oehm
Mar 22 at 11:19
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Partial answer
The notes
The dots and dashes above and below the notes are
. -. ---- .-. -.- .-. Ths is Morse code, but the letter separations are not in place. The only complete English word that can be made from that is.-. --- -.-. -.- . -, or ROCKET. This follows the theme jafe has spotted: The Houston Rockets are an NBA team.
There are half and quarter notes, fifteen in total. They form a Baconian cipher with I/J and U/V treated as the same letter. The half notes are B, the quarter notes are A. (The ♩=65 is a hint: 65 is the ASCII code of A.) This decodes to NET. (Brooklyn Nets)
The notes are just a scale, but some of them have a flat symbol. Again, jafe has found that these are the notes of the F minor key. That is a literal key: It can be used as a Vigenère key on the title, which yields: "Now You Has Blank". Hm.
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
38.2k1118176
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Oh! I see ...:)
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– M Oehm
Mar 22 at 11:19
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Partial answer
The notes
The dots and dashes above and below the notes are
. -. ---- .-. -.- .-. Ths is Morse code, but the letter separations are not in place. The only complete English word that can be made from that is.-. --- -.-. -.- . -, or ROCKET. This follows the theme jafe has spotted: The Houston Rockets are an NBA team.
There are half and quarter notes, fifteen in total. They form a Baconian cipher with I/J and U/V treated as the same letter. The half notes are B, the quarter notes are A. (The ♩=65 is a hint: 65 is the ASCII code of A.) This decodes to NET. (Brooklyn Nets)
The notes are just a scale, but some of them have a flat symbol. Again, jafe has found that these are the notes of the F minor key. That is a literal key: It can be used as a Vigenère key on the title, which yields: "Now You Has Blank". Hm.
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
38.2k1118176
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Partial answer
The notes
The dots and dashes above and below the notes are
. -. ---- .-. -.- .-. Ths is Morse code, but the letter separations are not in place. The only complete English word that can be made from that is.-. --- -.-. -.- . -, or ROCKET. This follows the theme jafe has spotted: The Houston Rockets are an NBA team.
There are half and quarter notes, fifteen in total. They form a Baconian cipher with I/J and U/V treated as the same letter. The half notes are B, the quarter notes are A. (The ♩=65 is a hint: 65 is the ASCII code of A.) This decodes to NET. (Brooklyn Nets)
The notes are just a scale, but some of them have a flat symbol. Again, jafe has found that these are the notes of the F minor key. That is a literal key: It can be used as a Vigenère key on the title, which yields: "Now You Has Blank". Hm.
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
38.2k1118176
edited Mar 22 at 11:24
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
38.2k1118176
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
38.2k1118176
answered Mar 22 at 11:02
M OehmM Oehm
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Oh! I see ...:)
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– M Oehm
Mar 22 at 11:19
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Oh! I see ...:)
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– M Oehm
Mar 22 at 11:19
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Oh! I see ...
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Mar 22 at 11:19
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Oh! I see ...
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Building very slightly on M Oehm's answer, the third word hidden in Part 2 is
JAZZ, because if you take the key (FMINOR) and Vigenère it into the title of the song, you get (literally) "Now You Has Blank", which is a reference to the Cole Porter standard "Now You Has Jazz." And of course JAZZ fits the theme of NBA team names.
For part 3, I'm stumped, but some ideas might include:
"LSD part"
SUN, via extremely obscure song title "Lucid Sun Divine" by some Spotify group named Mary Pranksters (no relation to Mary Prankster). I highly doubt this.
Somehow a reference to either LAKE(?) Shore Drive in Chicago, or pounds/shillings/pence. waves hands vaguely
The list of remaining possible words is still pretty long, even assuming there wouldn't be a twist at the end (which I bet there is). It's probably not going to be a "name the ones that are missing" kind of thing. But for the record:
Atlanta HAWKs
Boston CELTICs
Charlotte BOBCATs
Cleveland CAVALIERs
Dallas MAVERICKs
Detroit PISTONs
Golden State WARRIORs
Indiana PACERs
Los Angeles LAKERs
Memphis GRIZZLY(ie)s
Milwaukee BUCKs
Minnesota TIMBERWOLF(ve)s
New Orleans HORNETs
New York KNICKs
Oklahoma City THUNDER
Orlando MAGIC
Philadelphia SIXERs
Phoenix SUNs
Portland TRAIL BLAZERs
Sacramento KINGs
Toronto RAPTORs
Washington WIZARDs
I am fairly confident that the next step (besides making any headway on Part 3) will be to
"map it out"; that is, map the states or cities identified so far and see whether it makes a suggestive picture. Those cities are:
Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), San Antonio (TX), Chicago (IL), Miami (FL), Houston (TX), Brooklyn (NY), (Salt Lake City) UT.
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
328112
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 21:32
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Building very slightly on M Oehm's answer, the third word hidden in Part 2 is
JAZZ, because if you take the key (FMINOR) and Vigenère it into the title of the song, you get (literally) "Now You Has Blank", which is a reference to the Cole Porter standard "Now You Has Jazz." And of course JAZZ fits the theme of NBA team names.
For part 3, I'm stumped, but some ideas might include:
"LSD part"
SUN, via extremely obscure song title "Lucid Sun Divine" by some Spotify group named Mary Pranksters (no relation to Mary Prankster). I highly doubt this.
Somehow a reference to either LAKE(?) Shore Drive in Chicago, or pounds/shillings/pence. waves hands vaguely
The list of remaining possible words is still pretty long, even assuming there wouldn't be a twist at the end (which I bet there is). It's probably not going to be a "name the ones that are missing" kind of thing. But for the record:
Atlanta HAWKs
Boston CELTICs
Charlotte BOBCATs
Cleveland CAVALIERs
Dallas MAVERICKs
Detroit PISTONs
Golden State WARRIORs
Indiana PACERs
Los Angeles LAKERs
Memphis GRIZZLY(ie)s
Milwaukee BUCKs
Minnesota TIMBERWOLF(ve)s
New Orleans HORNETs
New York KNICKs
Oklahoma City THUNDER
Orlando MAGIC
Philadelphia SIXERs
Phoenix SUNs
Portland TRAIL BLAZERs
Sacramento KINGs
Toronto RAPTORs
Washington WIZARDs
I am fairly confident that the next step (besides making any headway on Part 3) will be to
"map it out"; that is, map the states or cities identified so far and see whether it makes a suggestive picture. Those cities are:
Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), San Antonio (TX), Chicago (IL), Miami (FL), Houston (TX), Brooklyn (NY), (Salt Lake City) UT.
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
328112
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 21:32
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Building very slightly on M Oehm's answer, the third word hidden in Part 2 is
JAZZ, because if you take the key (FMINOR) and Vigenère it into the title of the song, you get (literally) "Now You Has Blank", which is a reference to the Cole Porter standard "Now You Has Jazz." And of course JAZZ fits the theme of NBA team names.
For part 3, I'm stumped, but some ideas might include:
"LSD part"
SUN, via extremely obscure song title "Lucid Sun Divine" by some Spotify group named Mary Pranksters (no relation to Mary Prankster). I highly doubt this.
Somehow a reference to either LAKE(?) Shore Drive in Chicago, or pounds/shillings/pence. waves hands vaguely
The list of remaining possible words is still pretty long, even assuming there wouldn't be a twist at the end (which I bet there is). It's probably not going to be a "name the ones that are missing" kind of thing. But for the record:
Atlanta HAWKs
Boston CELTICs
Charlotte BOBCATs
Cleveland CAVALIERs
Dallas MAVERICKs
Detroit PISTONs
Golden State WARRIORs
Indiana PACERs
Los Angeles LAKERs
Memphis GRIZZLY(ie)s
Milwaukee BUCKs
Minnesota TIMBERWOLF(ve)s
New Orleans HORNETs
New York KNICKs
Oklahoma City THUNDER
Orlando MAGIC
Philadelphia SIXERs
Phoenix SUNs
Portland TRAIL BLAZERs
Sacramento KINGs
Toronto RAPTORs
Washington WIZARDs
I am fairly confident that the next step (besides making any headway on Part 3) will be to
"map it out"; that is, map the states or cities identified so far and see whether it makes a suggestive picture. Those cities are:
Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), San Antonio (TX), Chicago (IL), Miami (FL), Houston (TX), Brooklyn (NY), (Salt Lake City) UT.
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
328112
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Building very slightly on M Oehm's answer, the third word hidden in Part 2 is
JAZZ, because if you take the key (FMINOR) and Vigenère it into the title of the song, you get (literally) "Now You Has Blank", which is a reference to the Cole Porter standard "Now You Has Jazz." And of course JAZZ fits the theme of NBA team names.
For part 3, I'm stumped, but some ideas might include:
"LSD part"
SUN, via extremely obscure song title "Lucid Sun Divine" by some Spotify group named Mary Pranksters (no relation to Mary Prankster). I highly doubt this.
Somehow a reference to either LAKE(?) Shore Drive in Chicago, or pounds/shillings/pence. waves hands vaguely
The list of remaining possible words is still pretty long, even assuming there wouldn't be a twist at the end (which I bet there is). It's probably not going to be a "name the ones that are missing" kind of thing. But for the record:
Atlanta HAWKs
Boston CELTICs
Charlotte BOBCATs
Cleveland CAVALIERs
Dallas MAVERICKs
Detroit PISTONs
Golden State WARRIORs
Indiana PACERs
Los Angeles LAKERs
Memphis GRIZZLY(ie)s
Milwaukee BUCKs
Minnesota TIMBERWOLF(ve)s
New Orleans HORNETs
New York KNICKs
Oklahoma City THUNDER
Orlando MAGIC
Philadelphia SIXERs
Phoenix SUNs
Portland TRAIL BLAZERs
Sacramento KINGs
Toronto RAPTORs
Washington WIZARDs
I am fairly confident that the next step (besides making any headway on Part 3) will be to
"map it out"; that is, map the states or cities identified so far and see whether it makes a suggestive picture. Those cities are:
Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), San Antonio (TX), Chicago (IL), Miami (FL), Houston (TX), Brooklyn (NY), (Salt Lake City) UT.
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
328112
edited Mar 23 at 1:14
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
328112
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
328112
answered Mar 22 at 21:16
QuuxplusoneQuuxplusone
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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– PiIsNot3
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 21:32
1
1
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 21:32
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Last word for #2 is right! And your interpretation of the flavortext is on the right track as well
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– PiIsNot3
Mar 22 at 21:32
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Based on everyone else's findings and the flavourtext let's map it out,
I plotted the locations of the NBA teams for each part and they very likely spell the final answer (??? (3)) of MVP as arbitrahj's answer suggests. The question What kind of puzzle solver are you? supports this.
Part 1
LA, Denver, San Antonio, Chicago, Miami
Part 2
Utah, Houston, Brooklyn
Part 3
No idea, 3 places don't make a recognizable P. I fiddled with the possible solutions based on number of letter clues but nothing really works.
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
yesterday
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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– PiIsNot3
yesterday
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Based on everyone else's findings and the flavourtext let's map it out,
I plotted the locations of the NBA teams for each part and they very likely spell the final answer (??? (3)) of MVP as arbitrahj's answer suggests. The question What kind of puzzle solver are you? supports this.
Part 1
LA, Denver, San Antonio, Chicago, Miami
Part 2
Utah, Houston, Brooklyn
Part 3
No idea, 3 places don't make a recognizable P. I fiddled with the possible solutions based on number of letter clues but nothing really works.
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
1,162223
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
yesterday
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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– PiIsNot3
yesterday
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Based on everyone else's findings and the flavourtext let's map it out,
I plotted the locations of the NBA teams for each part and they very likely spell the final answer (??? (3)) of MVP as arbitrahj's answer suggests. The question What kind of puzzle solver are you? supports this.
Part 1
LA, Denver, San Antonio, Chicago, Miami
Part 2
Utah, Houston, Brooklyn
Part 3
No idea, 3 places don't make a recognizable P. I fiddled with the possible solutions based on number of letter clues but nothing really works.
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
1,162223
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Based on everyone else's findings and the flavourtext let's map it out,
I plotted the locations of the NBA teams for each part and they very likely spell the final answer (??? (3)) of MVP as arbitrahj's answer suggests. The question What kind of puzzle solver are you? supports this.
Part 1
LA, Denver, San Antonio, Chicago, Miami
Part 2
Utah, Houston, Brooklyn
Part 3
No idea, 3 places don't make a recognizable P. I fiddled with the possible solutions based on number of letter clues but nothing really works.
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
1,162223
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
1,162223
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
1,162223
answered yesterday
ZimonzeZimonze
1,162223
1,162223
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
yesterday
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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– PiIsNot3
yesterday
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
yesterday
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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– PiIsNot3
yesterday
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
yesterday
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Well, the numbers of letters restrict the answer, but none of them really fit.
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– Zimonze
yesterday
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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– PiIsNot3
yesterday
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Also I should clarify that the fourth clue in #3 is purely part of that puzzle, not the meta
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Wild partial guesses for #3:
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
WIZARD (magic trick, gotcha?)
LSD part (3)
SUN (Orange Sunshine is one popular type)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PACE (Pacing in angst at "what to do?",pace at which you drive?)
??? (3)
MVP This doesn't line up with my guesses, but the map could spell out M from part 1, V from part 2, and P from part 3, and the final clue could be the authors vote for 2019 NBA MVP and complete the letter P.
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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– PiIsNot3
2 days ago
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Wild partial guesses for #3:
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
WIZARD (magic trick, gotcha?)
LSD part (3)
SUN (Orange Sunshine is one popular type)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PACE (Pacing in angst at "what to do?",pace at which you drive?)
??? (3)
MVP This doesn't line up with my guesses, but the map could spell out M from part 1, V from part 2, and P from part 3, and the final clue could be the authors vote for 2019 NBA MVP and complete the letter P.
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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– PiIsNot3
2 days ago
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Wild partial guesses for #3:
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
WIZARD (magic trick, gotcha?)
LSD part (3)
SUN (Orange Sunshine is one popular type)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PACE (Pacing in angst at "what to do?",pace at which you drive?)
??? (3)
MVP This doesn't line up with my guesses, but the map could spell out M from part 1, V from part 2, and P from part 3, and the final clue could be the authors vote for 2019 NBA MVP and complete the letter P.
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
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Wild partial guesses for #3:
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
WIZARD (magic trick, gotcha?)
LSD part (3)
SUN (Orange Sunshine is one popular type)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
PACE (Pacing in angst at "what to do?",pace at which you drive?)
??? (3)
MVP This doesn't line up with my guesses, but the map could spell out M from part 1, V from part 2, and P from part 3, and the final clue could be the authors vote for 2019 NBA MVP and complete the letter P.
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
answered 2 days ago
arbitrahjarbitrahj
930113
930113
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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– PiIsNot3
2 days ago
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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– PiIsNot3
2 days ago
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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– PiIsNot3
2 days ago
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As for that last bit, rot13(V cersre gb xrrc zl onfxrgonyy bcvavbaf gb zlfrys), but hold on to that thought for later cause it might come in handy :)
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– PiIsNot3
2 days ago
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Here’s my attempt on the first one:
Nail item before each paper item (7)
Stapler
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Reward
Encourage bone disease (4)
Soda (?)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Bond (chemical bonds?)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
Coat
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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– Adib
Mar 22 at 21:21
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Here’s my attempt on the first one:
Nail item before each paper item (7)
Stapler
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Reward
Encourage bone disease (4)
Soda (?)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Bond (chemical bonds?)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
Coat
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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– Adib
Mar 22 at 21:21
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Here’s my attempt on the first one:
Nail item before each paper item (7)
Stapler
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Reward
Encourage bone disease (4)
Soda (?)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Bond (chemical bonds?)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
Coat
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
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Here’s my attempt on the first one:
Nail item before each paper item (7)
Stapler
After shooter’s return, receive big chunk (6)
Reward
Encourage bone disease (4)
Soda (?)
Lost charge of gold and silver - lies! (4)
Bond (chemical bonds?)
Theater costume’s warmth (4)
Coat
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
answered Mar 22 at 9:11
AdibAdib
37728
37728
1
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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– Adib
Mar 22 at 21:21
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1
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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– Adib
Mar 22 at 21:21
1
1
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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The first part is clues in the style of a "cryptic crossword." See telegraph.co.uk/news/0/solve-cryptic-crosswords
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– Quuxplusone
Mar 22 at 20:42
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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– Adib
Mar 22 at 21:21
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@Quuxplusone Thank you for the reference! I'm new to this
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– Adib
Mar 22 at 21:21
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We can see that each note has a point or a line. If we split these points and lines where there is a white note, we can obtain .- . ----. -.- .-. -, which is AE9KRT in morse code. I don't know if it is relevant in any mode... Maybe a key?
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– Turvo
Mar 22 at 10:05
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@Turvo You are putting clues in comments that everyone can see. Please look in the editing help for spoiler tags.
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– JeffC
Mar 22 at 15:43
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I’ve just realized that I should’ve included better hints for #3, judging by how much everyone was struggling on it. Sorry! Hopefully the edit will make things easier :)
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– PiIsNot3
10 hours ago