Thursday, June 5, 2008

The monotony of monotony

I can set a thousand more such puzzles. But is it fun doing more of the same? Isn't it better to pull the plug when you feel like it? So, see ya folks. Some other place. Some other time. With some other game.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Puzzle # 16 - Unsolved



Blank Anagram Clue: Jargonize unvoice verb.

Coined Word Clue: In.

Identify the sportsman, brand & vegetable.

Puzzle # 15 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Doomsday Zion Bin.

Container Word Clue: As.

Identify the font, moon and poem.

Priya bags 3 fillers.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Puzzle # 14 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Rail Riot Jamboree.

Container Word Clue: It

Identify the pseudonym, country & movie.

Priya closes in with 3 more fillers.

Puzzle # 13 - Unsolved



Blank Anagram Clue: Beautify Sprawl Puff

Container Word Clue: Us.

Identify the mythological character, book and defense organization.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Puzzle # 12 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Mind Diva's Pranks.

Container Word Clue: In.

Identify the newspaper, state & actress.

THE SOLUTION



Ganz takes 3 more fillers.

Puzzle # 11 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Persuaded Unpatriotic.

Coined Word Clue: An.

Identify the gemstone, philosopher & unit.

THE SOLUTION



Bob's back with a bang. Gets 3 fillers.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Puzzle # 10 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Hot Muslim Hertz Mum.

Container Word Clue: Is.

Identify the film, king & brand.

This is the last puzzle for the day. Those who take a shot at more than two puzzles will be deducted 3 fillers.

Ganz opens his account with 3 fillers.

Puzzle # 9 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Bouncy Parsi Affair.

Container Word Clue: As.

Identify the drug, lake & ad agency.

Priya gets 3 fillers.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Puzzle # 8 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Nitrogenous Object.

Container Word Clue: To.

Identify the emperor, language & explosive.

THE SOLUTION



Bob takes 1 for the day.

The Fairplay Rule

Some of you have access to a comp for 24 hours. Some of you don't. To provide a level playing field for all, I am introducing a new rule. No one can participate in more than 2 puzzles a day. So that way, everyone gets a chance. This rule will be in place from tomorrow.

Puzzle # 7 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue
: Wham Nebular Saviour.

Container Word Clue: War.

Identify the airport, state & brand.

THE SOLUTION



Bob earns 3 more fillers.

Friday, May 30, 2008

Puzzle # 6 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Ambulant Calibrators.

Container Word Clue: Lob.

Identify the satellite, politician & mineral.

THE SOLUTION



Bobfactory gets 3 fillers.

Puzzle # 5 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Unionist Base Six.

Container Word Clue: In.

Identify the particle, band & bank.

THE SOLUTION



Catcharun encashes Anantha's largesse.

Puzzle # 4 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Draft Choked Folk.

Container Word Clue: Add.

Identify the comic character, writer and airline.

THE SOLUTION



Catcharun gets 3 fillers. And a pat for pointing an error.

Puzzle # 3 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Mend Drawn Hatch.

Container Word Clue: Pan.

Identify the painter, animal and country.

THE SOLUTION



Priya gets 3 fillers.

Puzzle # 2 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue
: Grip Royal Alkali

Container Word Clue: Ill

Identify the book, actress and bird.

THE SOLUTION



Solved by Chief over phone.

Puzzle # 1 - Solved



Blank Anagram Clue: Aroma Diploma

Concealed Word Clue: Mono

Identify the sportsman, colour & city.

THE SOLUTION



Chief + UK get 3 fillers for cracking this fast.

Sample Puzzle



Blank Anagram Clue: Conceal Bound

Concealed Word Clue: Ace

Identify the movie, brand & currency.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Total number of letters with us: AARE + CONCEAL BOUND

The movie clue is 8-letter word starting with A and ending with A.

The brand clue is a 4-letter word starting with A and ending with R.

The currency clue is a 5-letter word starting with R and ending with E.

The only 5-letter word currencies that start with R and end with E are Rupee & Ruble. If you look at the number of letters with us, obviously p is not there and y is not there, so it can only be RUBLE.

If you remove ruble, we now have 12 letters with us. That is
AAE CONCA OND

Focus on the brand now, it’s a 4-letter word starting with A and ending with R. We can safely drop A from this 12 letters as A has to be starting alphabet of the movie name. That leaves AECONCAOND. One of these A’s should be the starting alphabet of the brand name. That means remaining alphabets is ECONCAOND. If you look at the alphabet fit, AECR, AEER, AEOR, AENR, AEAR, AEDR, ACER, ACCR, ACOR, ACNR, ACAR, ACDR, AOER, AOCR, AONR, AOAR, AODR, ANER, ANCR, ANOR, ANAR, ANDR, ADER, ADCR, ADOR, ADAR are the possible combos. Clearly ACER is the best fit as ACE is the concealed word that has been mentioned as a clue.

When you knock off ACE from AAECONCAOND we get AONCAOND. When you shuffle this, you get ANACONDA.

So the answer can only be: