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[tiger_lily111]

Ouch. That's 0 for 4.

Hardly the 1st time, certainly not the last.

[bonanova]

Clue.

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1. Right here, present location 3
2. But, logically 3
3. Pre-zzzzz's 3
4. Perfected 4
5. Twice bisected, but not quartered. 4
6. Right now, present occasion 5
7. Pyramid, of sorts 4
8. Rule, for obfuscation 4
9. Interior layout 5
10. Correct a mistake 4
11. Signal to cease 3
12. 100 ergs/gram, or, 57.295 3
13. Enticement to purchase 2
14. Small[est] article1
15. Exclamation1

[WitchOfSecrets]

First three guesses, to get us started:

Spoiler for hmm

DEN
AND (X is true, but Y is true as well)
NAP?

[bonanova]

First three guesses, to get us started:

Spoiler for hmm

DEN
AND (X is true, but Y is true as well)
NAP?

First two are correct.
The third is close, and it fits, but it will lead to dead end with the following clues.

Progress, tho: only 5 and 6 have not been identified.

[Yoruichi-san]

Spoiler for Ohhh...

So that's how you go from 'den' to 'nod'. Doh. As for 5 and 6, the numbers definitely help . With the help of an anagrammer and trying all the letters with 'cone' starting with a....6 should be 'nonce' (I might have heard of word somewhere...maybe...but I definitely would not have recalled it). So that leaves 5 as logically either an anagram of 'none' or 'once'. Not many good choices. I'm going to guess 'none' due to the bonanova's hint about the contradictory nature of the clue?

[bonanova]

Spoiler for Ohhh...

So that's how you go from 'den' to 'nod'. Doh. As for 5 and 6, the numbers definitely help . With the help of an anagrammer and trying all the letters with 'cone' starting with a....6 should be 'nonce' (I might have heard of word somewhere...maybe...but I definitely would not have recalled it). So that leaves 5 as logically either an anagram of 'none' or 'once'. Not many good choices. I'm going to guess 'none' due to the bonanova's hint about the contradictory nature of the clue?

Spoiler for almost there

6 is correct. I've heard the phrase "for the nonce" to mean "for now".
You have 5 [it's not "none"] if one of a word's anagrams is the word itself.

[Yoruichi-san]

Spoiler for almost there

6 is correct. I've heard the phrase "for the nonce" to mean "for now".
You have 5 [it's not "none"] if one of a word's anagrams is the word itself.

Spoiler for OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH....

Haha, I get it...finally...the word 'twice' bisected...nice ;P
And here I was considering non-euclidean geometries...

So the phrase is "Once is half overdone"?

[bonanova]

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Haha, I get it...finally...the word 'twice' bisected...nice ;P
And here I was considering non-euclidean geometries...

So the phrase is "Once is half overdone"?

"But not" was meant to nudge your thinking away from geometry and just bisect "twice.'

The actual phrase I had heard was "Once effective, twice overdone." which applies variously to different situations,

The original clue of "half overdone" was flawed anyway, as I think about it now.
According to that phrase, half overdone would be a clue for effective, not for once.

Nice going.

[Yoruichi-san]

"But not" was meant to nudge your thinking away from geometry and just bisect "twice.'

The actual phrase I had heard was "Once effective, twice overdone." which applies variously to different situations,

The original clue of "half overdone" was flawed anyway, as I think about it now.
According to that phrase, half overdone would be a clue for effective, not for once.

Nice going.

Don't be silly...some of us never get away from math in our thinking...;P

Thanks for the exercise, it was fun.