morbeedo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:55 pmNovel antihero making waves? (2,3,3) Spoiler
Unscramble 'antihero' to get ... which novel?
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Novel in this case means a new version of the word, antihero. Making waves is the second part of the hint and refers to sound waves. The answer is "on the air."
morbeedo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:55 pmNovel antihero making waves? (2,3,3) Spoiler
Unscramble 'antihero' to get ... which novel?
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Novel in this case means a new version of the word, antihero. Making waves is the second part of the hint and refers to sound waves. The answer is "on the air."
Thanks! Another case of me backing into the answer without fully understanding why, but I'm getting the hang of it. I haven't looked at one of these mind-benders in over a year
morbeedo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:47 pmThey are. But as I start to write a new post, I end up figuring some of them out. I got all these on my own
Thanks for posting a few more. I'm starting to see my problem may be less in figuring the puzzle part, and more in knowing the actual solution. Let me try these.
Home to millions in Citadel Hill (5)
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I want to take "home to millions" literally, looking for a large city, or perhaps something like an insect colony.
"in Citadel Hill" - I have two ideas.
One is to simply use the letters of Citadel Hill to come up with the answer.
For the other, I'm running through my mental thesarus for citadel and hill, coming up with things like castle, fortress, and mount or tell. Then I'd use selected letters to come up with the answer.
My problem is in coming up with 5 letter cities that fit the available letters. Paris? no P. Cairo? Can't get both a C and R. Hives (like bee hives). No v.
Hoofer pranced at burlesque (3,6)
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Some dancer, I suspect. But I've got no idea what to do other than guess at dancers with the right number of letters in their name? Tim Burton?
Might it be routed differently? (6) - though I'm not sure I fully get it
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Hmmm. "Routed differently" leads me to detour (anagramming routed). But I don't get the "might it be" part.
Supermarket section is flanked by beer (5) - I thought this one was easy
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"is flanked by beer" Beer = ale. "Is" flanked by - put "is" in the middle of "ale". Aisle. But I'm not sure I'd call an aisle a section of a supermarket. More like a feature or a component or "supermarket organization". Then again, I tend to be a bit literal.
Supreme Court agitated someone on a Mac (8,4) - also easy
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Let's see. Anagram "supreme court". Someone on a Mac gets me to "user" for the 4 letter word. Pull the letters for "user" out. Aha! computer user
Peter the accountant wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:27 pm
Thanks for posting a few more. I'm starting to see my problem may be less in figuring the puzzle part, and more in knowing the actual solution. Let me try these.
Home to millions in Citadel Hill (5)
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The answer is a world city spelled out left to right in "Citadel Hill". See it now?
Hoofer pranced at burlesque (3,6)
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burlesque indicates an anagram of "pranced at" - what kind of dancer? only 3 letters leftover
Peter the accountant wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:27 pm
Thanks for posting a few more. I'm starting to see my problem may be less in figuring the puzzle part, and more in knowing the actual solution. Let me try these.
Home to millions in Citadel Hill (5)
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The answer is a world city spelled out left to right in "Citadel Hill". See it now?
Hoofer pranced at burlesque (3,6)
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burlesque indicates an anagram of "pranced at" - what kind of dancer? only 3 letters leftover
Got it, and got it.
I was on the right track for the first one, just couldn't see the station.
As to the second, I learned that burlesque is yet another code for an anagram. Like I tapped on the keyboard earlier, sometimes I take things too literally.
My word, are these things for people who can solve a Sunday NYT crossword blindfolded? These seem incredibly difficult! Kudos to all y’all for making short work of them (and morbeedo for trying them for what I think he said was his first time). I know if I got one the first clue would have me crying in a fetal position in the corner.
"Jeopardy! is two parts luck and one part luck" - Me
"The way to win on Jeopardy is to be a rabidly curious, information-omnivorous person your entire life." - Ken Jennings
dhkendall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:19 am
My word, are these things for people who can solve a Sunday NYT crossword blindfolded? These seem incredibly difficult! Kudos to all y’all for making short work of them (and morbeedo for trying them for what I think he said was his first time). I know if I got one the first clue would have me crying in a fetal position in the corner.
When I first started the NY Times crossword, I would get so frustrated that you could see smoke coming out of my ears. Now I can pretty much do the Sunday puzzle semi-blindfolded
I figure it's the same with the cryptics - you gotta learn the shorthand first
OTOH, I'm really weak on anagrams and hidden word categories on Jeopardy! Most times I just can't see what's right in front of me