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
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
??? (3)
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
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
??? (3)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
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PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
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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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1 hour ago
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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
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
??? (3)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
asked 6 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
$endgroup$
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
“Gotcha!” guy (6)
LSD part (3)
What to do with a dirt road (4)
??? (3)
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
enigmatic-puzzle metapuzzles
asked 6 hours ago
PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
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PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
edited 2 hours ago
PiIsNot3
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PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
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PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
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PiIsNot3PiIsNot3
1488
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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
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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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?
$endgroup$
– Turvo
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
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?
$endgroup$
– Turvo
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
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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Partial for #1
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)...
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
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– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
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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
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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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 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
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You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
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– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
1
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Oh! I see ...:)
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– M Oehm
16 mins ago
add a comment |
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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 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
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add a comment |
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$begingroup$
Partial for #1
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)...
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
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$begingroup$
The solutions to #1 are all correct!
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
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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')
$endgroup$
– Smock
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Partial for #1
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)...
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
The solutions to #1 are all correct!
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
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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')
$endgroup$
– Smock
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Partial for #1
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)...
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
$endgroup$
Partial for #1
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)...
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
edited 1 hour ago
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
answered 1 hour ago
jafejafe
23.9k467234
23.9k467234
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The solutions to #1 are all correct!
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
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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')
$endgroup$
– Smock
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The solutions to #1 are all correct!
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
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')
$endgroup$
– Smock
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
The solutions to #1 are all correct!
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
The solutions to #1 are all correct!
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
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')
$endgroup$
– Smock
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
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')
$endgroup$
– Smock
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
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 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
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You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
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– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
1
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Oh! I see ...:)
$endgroup$
– M Oehm
16 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
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 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
$endgroup$
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You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
Oh! I see ...:)
$endgroup$
– M Oehm
16 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
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 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
$endgroup$
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 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
edited 11 mins ago
answered 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
answered 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
answered 34 mins ago
M OehmM Oehm
38.1k1118175
38.1k1118175
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You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
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– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
1
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Oh! I see ...:)
$endgroup$
– M Oehm
16 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
1
$begingroup$
Oh! I see ...:)
$endgroup$
– M Oehm
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
$begingroup$
You got two of the three! For the last one, I’d suggest looking more closely at the lyrics
$endgroup$
– PiIsNot3
21 mins ago
1
1
$begingroup$
Oh! I see ...
:)$endgroup$
– M Oehm
16 mins ago
$begingroup$
Oh! I see ...
:)$endgroup$
– M Oehm
16 mins ago
add a comment |
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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 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
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 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
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 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
$endgroup$
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 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
answered 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
answered 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
answered 2 hours ago
AdibAdib
35928
35928
add a comment |
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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?
$endgroup$
– Turvo
1 hour ago