bonanova Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Carrying on the Single-letter exchanges:Right here, present location But, logically Pre-zzzzz's Perfected Half overdone Twice bisected, but not quartered. Right now, present occasion Pyramid, of sorts Rule, for obfuscation Interior layout Correct a mistake Signal to cease 100 ergs/gram, or, 57.295Enticement to purchase Small article Exclamation Edit:I omitted number 12. Now it's all much easier. Letters do not stay in same order, necessarily.Clue 5 fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 1. now 2. not 3. note ... The rest, I can't tell... Hi bonanova...good one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 1. now 2. not 3. note ... The rest, I can't tell... Hi bonanova...good one... Not quite, but good try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Again I should be asleep... 8. Record? 9. Decor 10. Redo 11. Red 12. Rad 13. Ad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 7. Cone 8. Code I was thinking 'cone' for "pyramid" but couldn't get it to fit. Code for obfuscation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Good job. 7-13 are the words I had in mind. Clue 5 needs to be fixed. Unfortunately I had in mind a saying that I heard as a child and I erroneously thought was common parlance. I googled every possible reference to it and came up empty. It must have been colloquial to a very small region and then disused over time. So ... A new Clue 5: 5. Twice bisected, but not quartered. I will edit the OP to reflect the change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 1. One 2. Not 3. Nod 4. Done ... 14. A/an 15. Ah!!! (for why can't I figure out 5 and 6?), even though I wish it were Ha! (for I've got it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 1. One 2. Not 3. Nod 4. Done ... 14. A/an 15. Ah!!! (for why can't I figure out 5 and 6?), even though I wish it were Ha! (for I've got it ) 3 and 4 are correct; 1 and 2 don't fit. If 5 seems a contradiction, apply my sig to it. 6 might be a bit obscure or archaic although I occasionally say it. First of your 14 words is the one I had in mind - meant to say smallest in the clue. 15 is also OK. It fits the clue; I had another word in mind. So, 1, 2, 5 and 6 to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 1. dot 2. not 5. zone 6. aeon Otherwise I've got nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 1. dot 2. not 5. zone 6. aeon Otherwise I've got nothing. Ouch. That's 0 for 4. 2 isn't that hard if you think about it. But it is a bit surprising if you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Ouch. That's 0 for 4. Hardly the 1st time, certainly not the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Clue. 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfSecrets Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 First three guesses, to get us started: DEN AND (X is true, but Y is true as well) NAP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 First three guesses, to get us started: 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 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? 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 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. 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"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yoruichi-san Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 "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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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