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Yeah... full answers should not be disclosed but hints should be shared I believe. That way we avoid exactly the fact that you have the answers and no-one else does. I withdraw but am keen to see the result. The solution could be quite ingenious (hopefully )

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Okay, I guess he isn't coming to post the answer so I'll post it in parts.

First of all, the correct answers to the clues:













If someone else wants to post a puzzle, they can do so. Otherwise, I have more.

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Sorry--I figured, I could post an answer, but TripleM seemed to be making progress, so.

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Here's another one for you guys. Also posted on the Grey Labyrinth boards:

A Tiny Puzzle

A wise man once lived by this simple rule: "No matter how small you are, there's someone out there just a bit smaller."

Who was he?
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Custer Massacre location
A sculpture of her resides in Copenhagen Harbor
Bomb responsible for an estimated 140,000 casualties
Pizza company among the first to use the Rotary Air Impingement Oven
Children's literature publisher famous for "The Poky Little Puppy" (2 wds)
Early versions of this toy line included the Safety School Bus
He's cruisin' every pad with a little surprise (2 wds)
'69 hit song by Bobby Sherman
Translated French term for an orgasm
A Comic Relief special episode of this show guest starred Elton John
He's under the haystack, fast asleep (2 wds)
Tony's nickname for his weapon in Scarface, perhaps
Birthplace of the rock band Evanescence
Ovine misplacer? (2 wds)
Novel set partly on Asteroid B612 (with The)
Film with Chris Sarandon as Fritz Bhaer
His debut album is listed as the 50th greatest album of all time in a November '03 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine
Film with tag line "Big Things Come in Small Packages"
Rogue supposedly born and buried in Hathersage, Derbyshire
Series of 220 short films produced by Hal Roach (with The)

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Well, OK, so (with a little internet research, I admit) I got



Anyone got a thought on what to do next?

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Woah. For some reason, when I read that puzzle two weeks ago, I auto-skipped the 'signature' at the bottom of the message. Man, that was stupid.
Anyway, I haven't gotten anything else yet, but I'm looking By the way,

edit (added one more tiny correction )

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I'll try the reverse approach - hazard an answer first, and then try to tailor the clues to the solution.

The man was a professional jockey. The clues are maybe names of racehorses?

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Tahnan's answers, with TripleM's corrections, are all correct.

So you've found the "little" things. Now where would you find the things that are "just a bit smaller"?

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I've already been trying all the usual methods, removing one letter and anagramming, etc. Still no luck yet, so I guess I need to think up some other ideas.

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TripleM wrote:
I've already been trying all the usual methods, removing one letter and anagramming, etc. Still no luck yet, so I guess I need to think up some other ideas.

No anagramming. Actually, the answers themselves are almost completely irrelevant. Almost.

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LordKinbote wrote:
Tahnan's answers, with TripleM's corrections, are all correct.

So you've found the "little" things. Now where would you find the things that are "just a bit smaller"?

By deleting a letter to form a new word. Doesn't work so well for "mermaid", or most other words in there. So I've generally got, er, nothing.

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Tahnan wrote:
By deleting a letter to form a new word. Doesn't work so well for "mermaid", or most other words in there. So I've generally got, er, nothing.

Hmm.. to further that idea, what about dropping one or more letters to form new words. Even allowing for "oy" and "jo" (baby kangaroo), still no clue as to who "the man" was. Some seem like they could be clues, but ass and oy don't really fit.

bighorn --> horn
mermaid --> maid
boy --> oy
caesars --> csars
goldenbooks --> gold
people --> pope
saintnick --> saint
woman --> man
death --> eat
britain --> it
boyblue --> blue
friend --> end
rock --> roc
bopeep --> peep
prince --> price
men --> me
richard --> hard
man --> an
john --> jo
rascals --> ass

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Big hint:

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Ahhh. Then the answer is



Method:

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Good job. Don't know how that mistake ended up in there.

Let's change that to "Tony's nickname for his weapon in Scarface, perhaps"

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I sure could go for some doughnuts, eh? Can anybody read my mind and tell me what I'm craving?

Direct
Protection
Billiards place
Work
Focal point
Response to stimuli
Shady spot
Heresay
Enjoy the taste

I'm not too sure about what level of difficulty this puzzle might be. You guys get to be my test crew.

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RoboBob3000 wrote:
I sure could go for some doughnuts, eh? Can anybody read my mind and tell me what I'm craving?

Doughnuts? (duh)

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Hm, I think I'm on the right track, but theres several I can't find any reasonable words which match those definitions. I'm wondering if my definition of 'right track' is too specific, but since I can do about half of them.. hm.
The first letters of the ones I've come up with, if you feel like giving me some confirmation that I'm on the right track, are:
?apl???rs.

[edit]
I've got a few more, so I'm going to guess at a final answer.

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Your final answer is wrong, but all of the letters you came up with before the guess were correct.

It might help your guessing if you know that the letters form a two-word answer. Also, I'm willing to accept blame for crummy clues, as I was intentionally making them vague (so one could solve them after the realization). But yeah, you've definately figured out what this puzzle is aboot.



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To be honest, I'd gotten a number of the words an only spotted a kind of semi-theme until I read that last post of RoboBob's. And, having gotten the apparent theme, I still can't fill in all the words.



(By the way: "Hearsay", not "Heresay".)

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The answer is:


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Never heard of 'em, but I'll believe you. (Meanwhile, still can't get two of the last three, even knowing their first letters, but I did find that "Work" could be "endeavor". I did get "response to stimuli" though.)

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Can't really be sure, but as I see it:


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Yes, Maurog got it, as well as the additional clues. The theme was not just words that could take an optional U, but words with alternate spellings in American and Canadian English. I didn't realize my over-reliance on U-words until you all pointed it out. And I see now that this puzzle could use better flavor text, as well as clues. It's difficult to decide when a clue is vague, but still useful enough.

And my thoughts on the answer:

Maple- Trait on Canadian flag
Bars- Trait on American flag

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RoboBob3000 wrote:The theme was not just words that could take an optional U, but words with alternate spellings in American and Canadian English.

I thought it might be; though I wasn't per se coming up with them anyway. There's a fine line between "coincidence" and "pattern"; if you happen to use a bunch of "-our" words, well and good, but when it's seven out of nine in a puzzle, it looks like it's the pattern, and not just a happenstance.

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I guess I'm next then. Here you go, something easy:



What is X?

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Yup. Told you it was easy.

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Can somebody enlighten me on this one?
How can X possibly be 3.333.. and 5.5 at once?

-Insane

EDIT. I discovered something.

E is the fifth letter of the alphabet, leading to the suspiciousness of 5.5.

Although, it would make more sense if the other were 2.2 for the second vowel.
I still don't get it.

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Insane wrote:
Can somebody enlighten me on this one?
How can X possibly be 3.333.. and 5.5 at once?

Did you see TripleM's solution?