[Hint] The Long and Short of It

This is the hint for The Long and Short of it, originally posted just last week. In an effort to get back on schedule, you have one more week to solve it using the hint below.

Samuel and his telegraph will help you interpret where your path through the maze intersects the yellow line.

[Puzzle] Missing Vowels – 18 November 2024

The website is starting to get back to normal. The entire archive is still missing, but I will be working on re-uploading that as we go along. The hints for the last two puzzles and the solution to the September-October metapuzzle have now been uploaded. Congratulations to everybody who solved it!

The new puzzle for this week is Missing Vowels, inspired by the least-imitated round from the game show Only Connect.

Please enter your answer below, leaving out all punctuation.

    [Solution] Spatial Relationships

    This metapuzzle consists of the following image, along with the answers to the feeder puzzles: MOZART SYMPHONY, YOU ARE HERE, FIFTH GEN CONSOLE, CANDY BAR, OBERON, TRIDENT, THERMOMETER, and CARNIVOROUS PLANT.

    This image suggests the planets of our solar system, moving outward. Each answer corresponds to one of the planets:

    • Mercury = THERMOMETER (Thermometers are traditionally filled with mercury.)
    • Venus = CARNIVOROUS PLANT (Venus flytrap)
    • Earth = YOU ARE HERE (Unless any aliens are solving these puzzles, in which case, welcome!)
    • Mars = CANDY BAR (Mars bar)
    • Jupiter = MOZART SYMPHONY (Mozart Symphony No. 41 is named Jupiter.)
    • Saturn = FIFTH GEN CONSOLE (the Sega Saturn)
    • Uranus = OBERON (Oberon is a moon of Uranus.)
    • Neptune = TRIDENT (The god Neptune wields a trident.)

    Indexing into each answer by the number written on the planet spells out the solution, MOONSHOT (or MOON SHOT), referring to an ambitious, groundbreaking effort, such as the 1969 moon landing.

    [Hint] Binary Logic

    This is the hint for Binary Logic, originally posted two weeks ago. With all the technical difficulties, you now have one more week to solve it, using the following hint:

    Each item in the list can be preceded by either TRUE (1) or FALSE (0). Once you have done that, you can convert each column into an ASCII letter.

    A Note from Kevin

    The website suffered a fatal WordPress error on Friday, 8 November. I have been working to get it back up, but it seems impossible.

    I am currently rebuilding the website from the old files. This has been a very slow process. I apologize for the inconvenience.

    The puzzle from 3 November is here. You have an extra week to solve it before the hint will be posted.

      The new puzzle for this week is The Long and Short of It, which you may answer below: