For me it was "light." I never would have gotten "light entertainment" or "light relief," I've never even heard the latter term. Nor do I know what a "pig iron" is.
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For me it was "light." I never would have gotten "light entertainment" or "light relief," I've never even heard the latter term. Nor do I know what a "pig iron" is.
OK, same type of puzzle that Mark did: These words can be grouped together (based on a shared connection to some other term, that you must discover for each group) in three groups of four, and one group of three.
We'll begin by looking for the group of three, and see who finds it first.
way, right, record, reverse
rain, wide, change, new
level, under, birth, real
log, camera, sesame
(NOTE: I've never made one of these before. Don't know about pitfalls, or what might be too hard... Is it really easy to make them near-impossible/unfair? Because I was shooting for something pretty difficult.)
Brain's foggy because it's late, but I see "open sesame" and "open wide" (or "wide open") for starters.
I suspect it is us Brits' turn to be bamboozled.
I have 3 groups of 3 so far.
...Sea?
No, sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
(Well, it isn't what I had in mind, that is--I guess, if you could come up with good candidates for the three groups of four to go along with it, you could go ahead and provide those as well. I think it would be a pretty amazing coincidence, though--more likely there'd be trouble finding good fits...)
It's the weekend. I'm hesitant to provide any clues just yet, since people might only barely have started. However, if one or two of you are really working on it, but having no luck, I could maybe give a clue. Just take a few wild guess or something...
Otherwise, I'll consider going the clue route no sooner than Monday, maybe Tuesday (in the U.S.)--if it turns out people really aren't making any progress.
How about "deal" for the three?
Other wild guesses to follow.
"deal"?
Intriguing.... but no.
My wild guess is...water.
ooooh! Y-
No, I'm sorry.
I repeat--this is NOT the group of three, but a great guess, nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
Live?
Time?
I have water as a four, I also have a couple of other "groups", but until you get them all you know they're probably not quite right.
Sorry, Juniper and iamnobody!
perhaps "angle" is a three (though it could be a four if wide goes with...)
not a three!Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
OK, HERE IS A LAME HINT, NOT REALLY A HINT EVEN, JUST CLEANING UP AND CLARIFYING:
No one has guessed the "group of three", however two of the "groups of four" have been discovered. Mark was wrong about "sea", but iamnobody (confirmed by Mick) was right about "water". Mick got the one I thought would be toughest: "angle".
Ok another guess, "World" but that would leave a very dispirate last group.
OH! So very close, but... No, I'm sorry, Mick--not a three!
Was he REALLY close, or are you just saying that to give us false hope?
"Star Wars--A New Hope"... Is that the sort of clue you are looking for, Juniper? Then, yes, it was that close when he guessed "world".
Ok time to share I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
WATER. way, level, birth, under.
ANGLE. right, reverse, wide, camera.
perhaps someone has different groups?
then, WORLD, (wrong but close) real, new, record,
That leaves. sesame, rain, change, and log. HOWEVER - my groups obviously have mistakes in them, so what has anybody else got?
Am I right in thinking "Sesame" can only have - open, close, bun, street or seed.
And "Log" can't have too many connections either -jam, captain's, pine, split, book, ship's, yule, before we delve in to the scatalogical.
EDIT of course. RAIN water I'm an idiot!
I was pretty sure about 'world' too.
Incidentally, 'log' could be part of the 'water' group, which would free up one of those. I'd take 'birth' out.
And, while I'm at it, I've got a two-er - sesame oil, oil change. If I knew more about cars, I could convince myself that what a dipstick does is check the oil level. Which, if 'log' went with 'water' would give
oil sesame, change, level
angle camera reverse right wide
water log rain, under, birth
and a remaining four of:
way, record, new, real
which brings us back to 'world', if we can offload 'way' into the probably-not-oil group.
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Wow, Mark--I got lost in the edits there, and just checked back to see that you almost immediately came up with a lot of further ideas. This thing is VERY close to being solved.
Is the group of three connection not "oil," then?
That's right--OIL along with WATER, ANGLE and WORLD.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Who wins?
I think it'd be Mark, he's the one who identified the group of three.
So it's 'underworld' and 'waterway'?
I'm sure you phrased it carefully*, and I should go back and look, but I definitely got the impression that 'world' was wrong.
*Yeah - you said 'not a three'. Which it isn't.
These places have something in common. It's not something you have to be British to know. You don't even have to know where the places are.
I want you to give me another place that could make the list - there are five or six candidates... But don't say why you think it qualifies, because then we can keep it going, by adding your right answer to the list. If you're wrong, I'll say so and then you can say what the thought process was, which'll be informative in itself.
Bishopsgate
Ukraine
Tucson
Gibraltar
The Isle of Wight
??????????
Blackburn.
God, I hate you.
So now we have....
Bishopsgate
Ukraine
Tucson
Gibraltar
The Isle of Wight
Blackburn
Anyone else like to add one, although Mick has won, obviously? I just thought this was too good a puzzle to kill as soon as someone (my money was indeed on Mick) got it right.
I can see how the thrill might be gone, now Mick's won, so I'll give a bit of context for each place to help things along, and if no-one's showing any interest by the weekend, I'll kill it.
Bishopsgate - the scene of spectacular world-challenging feats
Ukraine - where the women are far superior to their Occidental equivalents
Tucson - hometown of a traveller bound for greener pastures
Gibraltar - convenient because of its proximity to Spain
The Isle of Wight - good place for a self-catering holiday
Blackburn - subject of a void survey
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...de-solved.html
Meanwhile, MI5 could be approaching us litnet puzzlers very soon.
The Black Hills of Dakota.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
For some reason, I needed Mick's contribution in order to make the connection. I'm very annoyed at myself for not solving it from the original list.
I'm rather glad you're annoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
But - yes - the Black something Hills of Dakota qualify. We could get picky about what's precisely the right phrase.
The celebrated Mr K performs his feats on Saturday at Bishopsgate.
The Ukraine girls really knock me out - they leave the West behind.
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass.
You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain.
Every summer we could rent a cottage in the The Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear.
...ten thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Mick's go.
Come and keep your comrade warm!!
... d'oh. Missed it. A little slow. Just like the elementary school counselor predicted.
J
Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
I absolutely SWORE to myself that I would look at this band before doing anything else upon the arrival of a MarkBastable puzzle. Won't get fooled again!