CaptainEd Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 All related to CATs. Some may make you yawn and stretch, like Mickey, who slept through my last one, but maybe you'll pounce on them. 1) The cartridge supports the French flag, like a carapace 2) Stab by night, curl up by day 3) He who grew shallow crystals has a deep spot 4) Rise fluffy from a nap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 All related to CATs. Some may make you yawn and stretch, like Mickey, who slept through my last one, but maybe you'll pounce on them. 1) The cartridge supports the French flag, like a carapace 2) Stab by night, curl up by day 3) He who grew shallow crystals has a deep spot 4) Rise fluffy from a nap stumped about it. but i think... for #4: is it the sun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 stumped about it. but i think... for #4: is it the sun? No, (what a lovely image from an ugly house!). Actually, all the answers are related to cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 im not sure what im supposed to think but 2) Stab by night, curl up by day -- makes me think of a cat's claw, retracted when they sleep (all day) and exposed when the cat is hunting (night) 3) He who grew shallow crystals has a deep spot. -- I thought of tears, salt crystals dissovled in a small (shallow) amount of water, and it shows a "deeper" side to people I also thought that maybe these dont have to do with felines, but CATERPILLAR construction/farming equipment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 No, (what a lovely image from an ugly house!). Actually, all the answers are related to cats. oh, i thought the riddles themselvs were related to cats. umm... well, i'm still stumped, but... #2 reminds me of a superhero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 1) The cartridge supports the French flag, like a carapace what is a carapace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 oh, i thought the riddles themselvs were related to cats. umm... well, i'm still stumped, but... #2 reminds me of a superhero. im not sure what im supposed to think but 2) Stab by night, curl up by day -- makes me think of a cat's claw, retracted when they sleep (all day) and exposed when the cat is hunting (night) 3) He who grew shallow crystals has a deep spot. -- I thought of tears, salt crystals dissovled in a small (shallow) amount of water, and it shows a "deeper" side to people I also thought that maybe these dont have to do with felines, but CATERPILLAR construction/farming equipment Ugg, not superhero Dan, my answers are much more compact--I do appreciate that you gave explanations and not just answer attempts. Yes, I can see that I should have stated that all the answers relate to cats (as opposed to a wider range, like catalogs, catastrophes, caterpillars, etc.). So.... All the answers relate to cats (felines). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) what is a carapace? Leibniz was the last person to know everything. What I don't know, I google. Feel free to use your own devices... (I guess to quote exactly, "Leibniz was the last man who knew everything." The last woman who knew everything hasn't yet answered this riddle) Edited March 13, 2009 by CaptainEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hints: One is an anagram (rearrange letters of some of the clue words to make the answer word) One is a run-on (the answer word is in plaintext, all letters in sequence) One is a charade (some clue words have synonyms which you string together to make the answer word) One is more impressionistic, with two approaches--one clue word is a synonym of a synonym of the answer word, another two words are related (ambiguously...) to a key semantic fact about the answer word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 tortoiseshell? tabby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 tabbytortoiseshell? Yes on #2 Close enough on #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 found this one by our illustrious CaptainEd still unsolved. abyss (a deep spot) in (has) Ian (Hunter's "Shallow Crystals") --> abyssinian have a good idea re 4. but still need to fully justify... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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All related to CATs. Some may make you yawn and stretch, like Mickey, who slept through my last one, but maybe you'll pounce on them.
1) The cartridge supports the French flag, like a carapace
2) Stab by night, curl up by day
3) He who grew shallow crystals has a deep spot
4) Rise fluffy from a nap
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