W6A5 AR4 56414?

[Snail]

The numerals in these clues represent the letters (and their positions) of their answers. All answers are 9 letters. Try them without a crossword solver.

1.
35PI95L 5ND L56G789 3I9Y OF 6OM5NI5

2.
12 7ROT2 T12 SU5 8LSO R4S2S

3.
15345W R937D9N8

4.
839 G5669SS 5F L5V9 1N6 B91U8Y

5.
87395D7 85 697T6R5 2C69589

[CrystyB]

OW! You mean represent the letters BY their positions!

Like if the answer is SNAIL and the question REPTILE, i'd get REPT45E?

4. the GoddeSS oF LoVe aNd BeaUtY - APHRODITE

HEY! What gives??? 1. caPItaL aND LarGest cItY OF rOMaNIa - BUCHAREST

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 04-02-2002 08:00 PM).]

[mikegoo]

So now I'm really confused...I don't get snail or crystyb's explanations...either one like to explain?

[makemeok]

2. HE WROTE THE SUN ALSO RISES - HEMINGWAY

[This message has been edited by makemeok (edited 04-02-2002 08:10 PM).]

[CrystyB]

5. islanDs in easTeRn oCeania - pOLiNeSIA

PS I LOVE THESE. BTW, hod' you come up with 1???

[Snail]

Good solving CrystyB & makemeok, here are some more...

6.
9ODER5 7S64518L

7.
PI5G9I1 42TH89S S2I58D 6N H89

8.
36T LO12T6ON

9.
2AV32 96M1 WAS 5O74 9171

10.
328G9S4 C54Y 5N 628Y32ND

CrystyB, I don't know how I came up with number 1.

[Zealot]

mikegoo:
The clue hints toward a specific answer. Like "RELIGIOUS NUT" might clue toward Zealot. If the answer is "ZEALOT", then any time any of those letters - Z, E, A, L, O, or T, appears in the clue, it is replaced by a number. The number is the position of that letter in the answer. Example: the letter T in "RELIGIOUS NUT" would now be a 6, because T is the sixth letter in "ZEALOT"

That help any?

[mikegoo]

10: larGest CitY iN marYlaND: Baltimore

Thanks Zealot...I'd figured it out after looking at a couple of answers...long day.

Edit to make invis invis not bold

[This message has been edited by mikegoo (edited 04-02-2002 09:24 PM).]

[Zealot]

<-- Didn't even realize your other post was already hours old

[makemeok]

7. PILGRIM FATHERS SAILED ON HER - MAYFLOWER

9. DAVID HUME WAS BORN HERE - EDINBURGH

[Suspence]

3. Warsaw resident - Warsawite????

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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature

[mikegoo]

3. Moscow resident: Muscovite?

[Cadmium]

Yeah, I finally got one!

6: modern Istanbul - Byzantium

[edit]Title: What are these? - Something[/edit]

[This message has been edited by Cadmium (edited 04-03-2002 04:05 AM).]

[Werebear]

5) islanDs in easTeRn oCeania - POLYNESIA

Werebear

[CrystyB]

Point taken WereBear, you're right!

8. miT LOcaTiON - CAM..I... ??? I can't be Cambridge, can it?

[Cadmium]

The only two possibilities I came up with, were either Cambridge of Carolina since it must be location, but none of them make sense (mit or rit).

[edit]
Here's a new one: 11: 7321243 4F 6GY75
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[This message has been edited by Cadmium (edited 04-03-2002 09:41 AM).]

[Werebear]

11) Pharaoh of Egypt - Rahotep. Not nine letters, but valid.



Werebear

[Werebear]

12) M13H 93UD4239 H734 3H494

Werebear

[Cadmium]

12: math students hate these: antedates

I guess the 7 should be a 6 then .

[Werebear]

Bah, you're right, but you're wrong. It SHOULD have been:

M73H 93UD4239 H734 3H494.

...not M13H. Apologies...

Werebear

[CrystyB]

Actually, the ANSWER must not have a repeated letter, like A in this case...

[Werebear]

the correct answer doesn't have repeated letters, apologies again for not proofreading enough. To make up for it...

13) 54K789 O321, O1 U6914D789

Werebear

[edit] yes, the O is the letter, not a zero. *grin*[/edit]

[This message has been edited by Werebear (edited 04-03-2002 10:29 AM).]

[Cadmium]

Hehehe, you could read my mind

13: making over, or upgrading - revamping

I've never even heard of the word . Oh well, it's not my main language.

[CrystyB]

making o32r, or upgrading
r..amping

[Quailman]

I don't know if you've resolved it yet, but Massachusetts Institute of Technology is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Boston.

[Werebear]

You know, I'm supposed to be working, not making up difficult puzzles. Oh well!

14) 14996V25Y 54R32 97ON29

Werebear

[Quailman]

14:massiVelY laRge stONes: MEGALITHS

[mathgrant]

15: 578E6-F4G984NG 8Y1E 8978'S 6E378ED 82 123459463

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Sometimes life gives you a deck without any aces. Deal with it.

[Werebear]

*grin* and I'm not a pokemon fan.

WATER-FIGHTING TYPE THAT'S RELATED TO POLIWHIRL - POLIWRATH.

(The word "type" was the key)

Werebear

[Werebear]

I've run out of 9-character words... should we continue with 7-8 letter words?

Werebear

[CrystyB]

Any length, but preferrably KNOWN and longer=better.

[Cadmium]

16: 7I6H3 4MI334D 12345 54M8V17 82 S8U5C4
17: P76P274NG 5625 2N472LS
18: IF 35U L551 85WN, 35U 922 5N2
19: 79T2962 A3216789
20: A 14A5R 6FT87 53 T453


If you know number 19, you're the man (or woman) .

[makemeok]

sounds like a challenge!

19. INTENSE AVERSION - REVULSION

btw, should that 7 in the last word of 17 be an 8?

[This message has been edited by makemeok (edited 04-04-2002 05:36 AM).]

[IT 3]

16 LIGHT EMITTED AFTER REMOVAL OF SOURCE - AFTERGLOW
17 makes no sense - the last word must be animals which makes the first word PM6PAMING????
18 IF YOU LOOK DOWN YOU SEE ONE - KEYBOARDS
19 INTENSE REVULSION - AVERSION
20 A CHAIR OFTEN IS THIS - CUSHIONED

[IT 3]

Dammit ... I'm too slow to be the man!

[makemeok]

that's okay. your current puzzle's got me totally stumped, Mr. IT.

[Cadmium]

apologies, the 7 in the last word of 17 should be an 8 indeed, Makemeok!!

Oh, and It 3, just for this once you're the man too . Damn, you guys are fast!

[IT 3]

I added a new clue earlier today.

21. P443 128M61A3 (only 8 letters)

[Cadmium]

21: pool chemical - chloride


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There are three kinds of people, those who can count and those who cannot.

[Cadmium]

22: 54884r 23 316784d

Also eight letters!

[edit]I'm not that awake today, I put the answer of this one in the post too ! For those of you who didn't see it, you can try now.[/edit]

[This message has been edited by Cadmium (edited 04-04-2002 10:17 AM).]