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Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 12:20
by chinatyke
Answer is not a word.... even weirder!
Not a word could mean not one but many WORDS? I'm trying to make my answer fit!
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 13:03
by PanBiker
You are all trying too hard, don't read anything into that!
The first Sun is a word the second isn't. If that's the case what's missing? You need the third line of the song for a massive clue. There are no hints at all for this one in the GCHQ book.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 14:33
by chinatyke
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
And let me see what spring is like
On a, Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me
2nd SUN could be Saturn Uranus Neptune?
So 5 missing letters would be MVEMJ
Penny has dropped but not without a lot of hints! I guess I'm not cut out to be a code cracker!
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 15:13
by PanBiker
OK so it was line four, sorry. I thought three and four were one line.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 18:35
by plaques
Still don't understand the answer. How does the initials of some of the planets become related to the sun? If we are talking multiple suns then this must include all the stars in our galaxy and all the unnamed planets. . . I like my idea best.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 18:58
by Tripps
Even I understand it now. The 'clue' was no help at all.
Sun - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars -Jupiter -
Saturn -
Uranus -
Neptune
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 22:18
by PanBiker
In a nutshell our solar system, planets in order radiating outwards from the sun.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 05 Jan 2019, 22:45
by plaques
Puzzle No 64
Picked this one up without actually doing it first. But looks relatively doable. .
Imagine five sign post on a single pole pointing at slightly different angles to give directions.
AMON 13
THOTH ?
HATHOR 10
SET 1
PTAH 8
How far is THOTH
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 06 Jan 2019, 02:18
by chinatyke
12
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 06 Jan 2019, 13:05
by plaques
Puzzle No 64
That's what I've got China. I will have a look at the answers this evening . If anyone has the logic please post it for the others to see.
The official answer is ..
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The number of letters between the alphanumeric position of each of the first an last letters of each name.
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You can get the same answer by summating each distance between subsequent letters with directions A to Z (+) and Z to A (-) ignore any final negative signs.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 07 Jan 2019, 21:43
by plaques
Puzzle No 33
Some letters are missing from this alphabet. Rearrange the missing letters to form the name of a river.
JCLFV WIRDQ OBMU SKPXH.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 08 Jan 2019, 12:15
by chinatyke
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 08 Jan 2019, 12:29
by plaques
Spot on China. As soon as I saw the missing letters I thought China will get this straight away. You didn't let me down.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 08 Jan 2019, 15:14
by PanBiker
What comes first in each case and why?
? E L N D J J R 1 ...
? H L B B C N O F ...
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 08 Jan 2019, 21:41
by plaques
What comes first and why.
No 1.
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The letter G From Genesis. The books of the old testament. But there is the letter R (Ruth) missing.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 08 Jan 2019, 22:06
by PanBiker
Well done, my mistake, now edited.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 12:39
by plaques
What comes first and why.
No 2
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The letter H, Hydrogen. The series is from the periodic elements table by atomic weight.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 13:24
by PanBiker
Well done.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 21:42
by plaques
Puzzle No 43.
If Mercury is linked with Fillmore. Jupiter with Carter. Saturn with Ford and Uranus with Arthur, which of the presidents would be linked with Charon?
LINCOLN.
ADAMS.
MONROE.
BUCHANAN.
HOOVER.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 10:23
by plaques
Puzzle 43.
Wake up at there back there. I suspect you are trying too hard, this is not an out of the box puzzle, in truth it would probably just make it into the 11+.
This comment does not hold any clues just a statement of encouragement.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 13:52
by chinatyke
BUCHANON?
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 17:55
by plaques
I take it China that you were having a cup of tea when you can up with this gem. Sorry wrong, but you've used up more brain cells than the real answer.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 19:46
by PanBiker
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Monroe - Charon is a moon not a planet
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 21:38
by plaques
Correct linking (Monroe) but being pedantic what was the linkage between all the others? China was on the right track but used too many letters.
Re: PUZZLES - CRYPTIC CLUES AND ANSWERS
Posted: 11 Jan 2019, 21:47
by Tripps
Fascinating - but it's got me beat. I think
Mornington Crescent is much easier.