Daily puzzles/problems.

Now, I have a fiendishly simple cypher that is so ridiculous I shall wait till I'm emboldened with drink to post it.

Meanwhile here are some more of those double sounding almost matching rhyming words. I think we should call them "Kasies"

1. Angry pattern 5/5
2. Globe trotters 3/3
3.anyhow, anywhere 5/5
4. sounds very faithful 2/2
5 slippery Richard 6/5
6 A con 5/5
7 hurry up 4/4
8 Gossip 6/6
9 A thin man 4/3
10 Lovely and funny 3/3
11 40's style 4/4
12 Girls top 4/4
13 The best TV 5/4
14 Thankyou ma'm 4/3
15 many flavours 5/6
16 daft william 5/5
17 Lit genre 3/2
18 youngster running free 4/5
19 Get a move on Poppins 4/4
20 card game 5/4
21 An expert 3/4
22 South African tribe 9
23 too soft 7/7
24Scared 4/6
25 I can't I can't I'm sick 4/4
26 Ian dury's brainy man 6/6
27 hand signals 3/3
28 one legged 3/3

This reader has an eye for low hanging fruit. Thank you, public education!

5 tricky dick

15 ample sample

16 wills skill

21 hot shot

5 tricky dicky
7 chop chop
8 tittle tattle
9 slim jim
12 boob tube
14 wham bam
15 tutti frutti
16 silly billy
17 sci fi
20 black jack
22 hottentot
26 clever trevor
27 tic tac

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18 wild child
22 [strike]shaka-zulu[/strike]
28 peg leg

Well, that's shot down most of them!


Mark's are all right

billl and Jack have two each

Oh! Fame at last! How honoured I am, Mick. I'm not joining in, however, as I'm dropping off the edge of the planet on Sunday (a little 'holiday' courtesy of the NHS) and just haven't the time atm.

Good luck with that Kasie, Watch out for those medical students!

1. criss cross ?

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This reader has an eye for low hanging fruit. Thank you, public education!

5 tricky dick

15 ample sample

16 wills skill

21 hot shot

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Hang on a minute Jack, Public Schools are where all the rich kids go in dear old England.


Criss cross is right.

Thanks, Mick - chance would be a fine thing!

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Originally Posted by prendrelemick

Now, I have a fiendishly simple cypher that is so ridiculous I shall wait till I'm emboldened with drink to post it.

Meanwhile here are some more of those double sounding almost matching rhyming words. I think we should call them "Kasies" (Or Kasie-wasies)

1. Angry pattern 5/5 CRISS CROSS
2. Globe trotters' collection of fast planes 3/3 JET SET
3.Bill does it anyhow, anywhere 5/5 WILLY NILLY
4. sounds stratospherecally faithful 2/2
5 slippery Richard 6/5 TRICKY DICKY
6 Con 5/5
7 hurry up 4/4 CHOP CHOP
8 Gossip 6/6 TITTLE TATTLE
9 A thin man 4/3 SLIM JIM
10 Love and laughs genre 3/3 ROM COM
11 Man's 40's style 4/4 ZOOT SUIT
12 Girls top 4/4 BOOB TUBE
13 The best TV horologically speaking. 5/4 PRIME TIME
14 Thankyou ma'm 4/3 WHAM BAM
15 many flavours 5/6 TOOTY FRIUTY
16 daft william 5/5 SILLY BILLY
17 Lit genre 3/2 SCI FI
18 youngster running free 4/5 WILD CHILD
19 quickly Poppins, see the saliva. 4/4 SPIT SPOT
20 card game 5/4 BLACK JACK
21 An expert 3/4 HOT SHOT
22 South African tribe 9 HOTTENTOT
23 too soft, mushy to the touch 7/7
24 Greek goddess is feeling scared 4/6
25 I can't, I can't I'm sick but friuty. 4/4
26 Ian dury's brainy man 6/6 CLEVER TREVOR
27 hand signals 3/3 TIC TAC
28 one legged 3/3 PEG LEG

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Nearly there, I've extended a few clues

11. Zoot suit

2. Dream Team

13. Prime time
19. spit spot

3. Willy Nilly

Yes to all those except Dream Team - which I would've had if I'd've thought of it.


more clue extensions above

2.jet set
10.rom com

Yes. only 4 to go

6. talking up a con, selling it to the Mark. Informal. n. 1. Nonsense; humbug. 2. A deception; a swindle. 4/4
23. Too soft, mushy to the touch. 7/7
24. Sounds like Greek Goddess is feeling a tremor of fear. 6/7 (there is some leeway in the spelling here)
25. I can't, I can't I have a fruity disease. 8 (sorry not 4/4 )

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25. I can't, I can't I have a fruity disease. 8 (sorry not 4/4 )

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I can't find any way to make beriberi work for this.

"Beriberi" Translates from the native language where the disease was first documented (Singhalese) as "I can't I can't". ( According to University Challenge t'other week.)

and it sounds a bit fruity!

I'll claim that then.

23. Ooey gooey?

24. afro-dightey

(=frighty. Hellenic rhyming slang, with allusion to what happens to your hair when you're really terrified)

You see, put the work in and you get the rewards!

Only not in this case. Both wrong.




I think I shall reveal the answers tonight, if no more guesses are forthcoming.

flim flam
squishy squashy
heebe jeebies

Damn, I was going to say squishy squashy.

*edit* now there's a sentence you don't hear very often.

Could 25 be Lemmon Lime? (Lyme disease)

I've tried to come up with something fiendish to get us to Christmas at least. It's so difficult to judge whether one's made it too hard or too easy.

Ready? This might need some lateral thinking, some internet research and some cooperation.

Each of these clues - some of which are straightforward and some of which are a bit cryptic - leads to an answer. The answers form four groups of three, with one over. What is the odd answer?

1. An impromptu gathering to lose the smog.
2. The state of swamp cabbage.
3. Girl told to let her hair down, regardless of her father's occupation.
4. "I’m the hero," he says lassitudinously.
5. She was evilly winked at by a snake of a guy.
6. "Will you be my friend?" is his spirited request.
7. Once tipped on Wilshire and North Vine.
8. Flighty Florence and Myrtle.
9. "Good grief!" he says roundly.
10. His opening line: It was a dark and stormy night...
11. A tempting metaphorical girl heading west.
12. A lopazoo on the coast.
13. A southern girl with two left feet.

Have I made this so difficult that no one knows where to start?

No, no... just savoring the image of swamp cabbage. Which apparently is a real thing and not a rude euphemism.






J

Must clear my mind of trouser snake imagery with number 5. Then I may be able to progress.

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1. An impromptu gathering to lose the smog.
2. The state of swamp cabbage.
3. Girl told to let her hair down, regardless of her father's occupation.
4. "I’m the hero," he says lassitudinously.
5. She was evilly winked at by a snake of a guy.
6. "Will you be my friend?" is his spirited request.
7. Once tipped on Wilshire and North Vine.
8. Flighty Florence and Myrtle.
9. "Good grief!" he says roundly.
10. His opening line: It was a dark and stormy night...
11. A tempting metaphorical girl heading west.
12. A lopazoo on the coast.
13. A southern girl with two left feet.

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3. Rapunzel?

9. Charlie Brown?

10. Snoopy?

I feel there is something about peanuts and Florida in there but no time to google.

Oh lord. Hahahaha


10. Edward Bulwer-Lytton?

This reader has no idea about any of the others, but then again he's pretty stupid. So you've failed to make this puzzle accessible to stupid people.






J



EDIT: Is 'Florida' the state of swamp cabbage?

I don't want to give affirmatives or negatives as you go along, but just to get things started I will say that Scheh is heading in the right direction with a couple of hers.

I'll also say that where the clue is essentially a quote, I tried to rephrase the question in such a way that you couldn't just Google what I'd typed - you'd have to re-cast it if you were going to search on it. So if I wanted you to get to 'Jude', the clue might be He's advised that things'll be made better if he sings a sad song.

Something to do with hurricanes?

In the spirit of sharing we also may have Charleston, Casper, Eve, Bird, Busta Rhymes and many more possabilities

Is the temptress Delilah? = Repunzel = Hair? Who knows its early days

Swamp cabbage (#2) is another term for sabal palmetto, the state tree of both Florida and South Carolina; however, it is South Carolina that is known as "the Palmetto State." Also, as Mick pointed out, #12 is likely to be Charleston, a South Carolinian city. And Florence and Myrtle (#8) are also the names of cities in South Carolina.

I'm guessing #3 isn't Rapunzel, but the name of a girl mentioned in a song. Isn't it a common trope in rock music for a girl to be prevailed upon to lighten up, let her hair down, and have some fun despite the fact her daddy is the local alderman or something? This one has been bugging me all day.

#7 could be Charles Bukowski, which could match up with Charlie Brown (#9), assuming they are both correct. If #10 is Snoopy (and not Bulwer-Lytton), then I would be willing to bet that he fits into a different category than Charlie Brown; Mark would never have put those two clues consecutively like that if they were to be grouped together.

I was thinking Sth Carolina too, but "Flighty" steered me away as Florence and Myrtle are also the names of American Birds. But I didn't know the Swamp Cabbage - Carolina connection then.

If #1 was a crossword clue it would be "clear the air" if that helps anyone.

The Cult wanted an indian girl to let her hair down, but no daddy mentioned.
So did Slade

I'll give a few pointers to keep this going.


1. An impromptu gathering to lose the smog. (You're looking for a song.)
2. The state of swamp cabbage.
3. Girl told to let her hair down, regardless of her father's occupation. (You're looking for a song.)
4. "I’m the hero," he says lassitudinously.
5. She was evilly winked at by a snake of a guy. (You're looking for a song.)
6. "Will you be my friend?" is his spirited request.
7. Once tipped on Wilshire and North Vine.
8. Flighty Florence and Myrtle.
9. "Good grief!" he says roundly.
10. His opening line: It was a dark and stormy night...
11. A tempting metaphorical girl heading west. (You're looking for a song.)
12. A lopazoo on the coast.
13. A southern girl with two left feet. (You're looking for a song.)

I'm pretty sure 3 is Sloopy, of Hang on Sloopy.