Iron Puzzler post: a prelude

[dr4b]

I got home at 6:30pm yesterday and have pretty much been asleep since. Unfortunately, I still feel like crap.

I came up with this in about an hour on Saturday as a prototype for a possible puzzle, and then our team managed to make a much more complex version in the next few hours, and then we ended up not using it anyway in favor of Jeff and Jonobie's crossword (which was the plan all along and worked out much better, we just wanted to have a backup plan). It's not hard, but I was proud of myself for thinking it up on the fly.


The reverend wants to know when you lined the feed.

A mood faker (4):
Rightens the broom (5):
Dot noun (2):
Plate granite (5):
Gran's couch (5):
Pro nice (4):
Cakes the mall (9):
Reaps off the cane (8):
Bitter Harry (5):
Putts the caper (8):

Comments

Pete Nuzzle

[happysteve.livejournal.com]

A mood faker (4): Chef
Rightens the broom (5): Light
Dot noun (2): Up
Plate granite (5): Earth
Gran's couch (5): Oscar
Pro nice (4): Free
Cakes the mall (9): Telephone
Reaps off the cane (8): Umbrella
Bitter Harry (5): Bonds
Putts the caper (8): Scissors

Re: Pete Nuzzle

[dr4b]

Fine, but what's the overall solution?

Re: Pete Nuzzle

[happysteve.livejournal.com]

Ha ha... hadn't noticed that at first. Nice.
Is THIS your card?

Re: Pete Nuzzle

[dr4b]

Yeah, that's the idea. These things always have at least two layers to them.

(when we finished with it, it had like four layers to it)

[ubiquity.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was cool.

[garzahd.livejournal.com]

Cute puzzle. Reminds me of the Capitol Steps guys:
http://www.capsteps.com/sounds/lirty-spaceball.mp3
http://www.capsteps.com/sounds/lirty-saddam.mp3

[dr4b]

(can't listen to soundfiles at work but will listen later)

You'd have liked this event, which I will write more about later. "Spoon" was one of the secret ingredients, which is how I came up with this puzzle idea. I think we're counting on you to be out here for Puzzle Hunt in a few months, btw...

[dr4b]

You're not familiar with Reverend Spooner?

http://www.fun-with-words.com/spoon_history.html

It was a double-entendre of the clue on the instructions for the puzzle (once you've done the spoonerism, use the first letter of each word that's being clued) and the answer itself (which is the card you lead in the game Hearts). Amazingly, it even worked in the four-layer version.

Unfortunately, since like five other teams made spoonerism puzzles AND used some form of "the reverend blah blah blah" as a clue, it's just as well.