How does the PF Username Game work?

[Gokul43201]

For 10 across:

30. Meh ... cooties is gone, somehow.

MEH ... COOTIES with "IS" gone is MEH...COOTE
rearranged (somehow) yields OM CHEETO

I knew that 4 down was PROTONSOUP and that's what helped me figure it out.

Nice! Both developments noted.

I'd like to solve the puzzle:
(DON'T LOOK AT THIS IF YOU STILL WANT TO SOLVE FOR YOURSELF)

Spoiler

blah bloo blum

Neo, this isn't Wheel...

Others are not going to feel like posting if it might look like they just copied. It would be greatly appreciated if people didn't post answers beyond the posted limit.

Thanks!

 

[NeoDevin]

Gone. Can you at least tell me if I was right on the last one? #19

 

[Math Is Hard]

Yippeee!

 

[Gokul43201]

Gone. Can you at least tell me if I was right on the last one? #19

Don't remember what you had. PM me. I'll tell you.

 

[Redbelly98]

5 down, Redbelly
22 down, ChiMeson

 

[Gokul43201]

Yippeee!

How many of each have you left?


So, were down to one final unsolved clue and I didn't think it would be a difficult one. Who was it with all the high scores in the Literature quizzes in the Trivia Game? Was it Chi? This should be a piece of cake for Chi!

 

[Gokul43201]

5 down, Redbelly
22 down, ChiMeson

Correctomundo.

 

[NeoDevin]

Good Contest Gokul!

It was fun.

 

[Math Is Hard]

How many of each have you left?

I think I have 1 left for solving and 2 left for crossword positions.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Two crazy conjunctions followed by one.

Bump. This isn't part of the contest, but I thought you might like to try it. It's easier than the contest entries.

 

[Gokul43201]

Bump. This isn't part of the contest, but I thought you might like to try it. It's easier than the contest entries.

Ooh! I didn't even make a clue for him this time. Good thing you made this one.

 

[Gokul43201]

I've got to take off in a bit...and I'd like to finish this up. So the rules are all relaxed now. Everyone gets an infinite number of this and a similar number of that.

After a few minutes, I'll probably only get back to this after about 12 hrs.

 

[Math Is Hard]

12 across Berkeman
6 down Hypatia
17 across Artman

 

[Math Is Hard]

and I think 30 across is MathWonk

 

[NeoDevin]

MIH Yes to all 4

 

[NeoDevin]

Gokul, I can let everyone know if they're right or wrong while you're gone.

 

[Gokul43201]

UPDATED GRID:

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3669/grid8ve1.png


Updated list of solved / filled (#) answers (and unsolved clues), with their clue numbers:

1. Berkeman #

2. Moonbear #

3. kurdt #

4. Astronuc #

5. lisab

6. Vanesch #

7. MIH #

8. Zapper

9. Ivan Seeking #

10. Redbelly #

11. mgbphys #

12. Evo #

13. hypatia #

14. Borek #

15. Cristo

16. Hootenanny #  

17. artman #

18. Andre #

[b]19. Antonius, who wanted your aures.[/b]

20. LowlyPion #

21. matthyaouw #

22. Chi Meson #

23. Jimmysnyder #

24. Vanadium

25. Hurkyl #

26. mheslep

27. Edward #

28. Proton Soup #

29. mathwonk #

30. OmCheeto #

31. CaptainQuasar #

32. tiny tim

 

[Gokul43201]

Gokul, I can let everyone know if they're right or wrong while you're gone.

Cool, I'm here for another 10 minutes or so. Then I'm off.

 

[Gokul43201]

I'm off now, but I'll check back in the morning to wrap things up.

Until then I hand over the keys to NeoDevin.

 

[Math Is Hard]

8A mheslep
2D Zapper
20D vandadium
29A tiny tim
27A LisaB
24D Cristo
?

 

[NeoDevin]

Yes to all of them.

Do you know the last clue?

 

[Math Is Hard]

Thanks. No, I can't get the last one.

 

[NeoDevin]

Really? Wikipedia might help.

 

[binzing]

Whats this last clue?

 

[NeoDevin]

19. Antonius, who wanted your aures.

 

[lisab]

Whats this last clue?

If I've been following this correctly , it's "Antonius, who wanted your aures." And it's 15 down - six letters, and the second letter is "a".

 

[Math Is Hard]

ha ha OK, I think I have it.

Marcus, from Marcus Antonius.
Aures = ears? As in "lend me your ears"?

 

[NeoDevin]

Yay!

 

[lisab]

ha ha OK, I think I have it.

Marcus, from Marcus Antonius.
Aures = ears? As in "lend me your ears"?

...omg, MIH, you're brilliant!

 

[Math Is Hard]

I spent too much time trying to think of members named Tony. :)

 

[Borek]

If I've been following this correctly , it's "Antonius, who wanted your aures." And it's 15 down - six letters, and the second letter is "a".

So my version was wrong in one point, I put Zapper as 15D. Missed that it fits 2D as well. But it will be an obvious mistake to correct - Mheslep won't fit the grid with misplaced Zapper.

 

[Borek]

It would be greatly appreciated if people didn't post answers beyond the posted limit.

Problem is, I wasn't able to reliably post anything before doing everything. Then - with the very slow refresh - I wasn't able to check what was already posted

And I was already told by my intenet provider that it will not get any better soon

 

[Gokul43201]

Looks like everything has been completed. Thanks for filling in NeoDevin.

I'll put up the final solutions and credits a little later.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Great game, thanks Gokul!

But permission for the gradual assessment of the membership of elements left out was upset!

(if that worked it was my first ever maths/cryptic attempt at humour )

 

[Gokul43201]

SOLUTIONS :

1. Dangerous brakemen. - solved by neutrino
Answer = Berkeman: anagram of "brakemen"

2. Be a moron, silly! - solved by neutrino
Answer = Moonbear: anagram of "be a moron"

3. Mosul chai. - solved by MIH
Answer = kurdt: Mosul is a town in Kurdistan, chai = tea -> T, kurd + t = kurdt

4. Cut SONAR, then put it back together. - solved by fuzzyfelt
Answer = Astronuc: anagram of "cut sonar"

5. Recall the tropical herb. - solved by neutrino
Answer = lisab: trpoical herb = basil, reverse it to get lisab

6. A weather vane scholar, in hiding - solved by neutrino
Answer = vanesch: hidden clue vane scholar

7. Am I hot inside? - solved by kurdt
Answer = MIH: Am I hot (hidden clue)

8. AP: Prez. screwed up! - solved by neutrino
Answer = Zapper: anagram of "AP Prez"

9. The Terrible ruler of the ocean, we hear. - solved by MIH
Answer = Ivan Seeking: Ivan is from Ivan the Terrible (first Tsar of Russia), and "ruler of the ocean" = sea king, which sounds like (hence, "we hear") Seeking

10. A way hot tum - solved by Borek
Answer = Redbelly: "way hot", as in red hot, and "tum" = tummy = belly ( I know it's kinda lame, but's its part of a set-up)

11. My God! Be physical, but in shorts. - solved by Borek
Answer = mgb phys: "short" forms of "My God", "be" and "physical" are MG (like in OMG), B and phys

12. They whip it good, but not half grand - solved by fuzzyfelt
Answer = Evo: "Whip it" is a single by the band Devo, half grand = D in Roman numerals, Devo - D = Evo

13. Living under the lighthouse, she was a martyr to logic. - solved by fuzzyfelt
Answer = hypatia: direct clue; look up Hypatia (alt. Hyapatia) of Alexandria, if you don't know the story

14. Somehow, Mendeleev's Scandium is lacking an O. - solved by kurdt
Answer = Borek: Mendeleev predicted the existence of the element Scandium, and named it Ekaboron; ekaboron - "an o" = ekbor = Borek, after unscrambling

15. Chromium is too! - solved by cristo
Answer = cristo: Chromium = Cr, so "Cr is too". Is what too? Is lacking an O, naturally. So, cristoo - o = cristo

16. "No, not any!" he rages. - solved by Andre
Answer = hootenanny: anagram of no+not+any+he

17. In part, M and N are the middle letters. - sort of solved by a few people
Answer = artman: hidden clue

18. In longer DNA, he is transcribed backwards. - solved by cristo
Answer = Andre: in "longer dna" is erdna, which reversed, makes andre

19. Antonius, who wanted your aures. - solved by MIH (and NeoDevin)
Answer = Marcus: Mark Antony is Anglicised version of Marcus Antonius, "aures" = ears (Latin), for the speech by Antony in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears...)

20. It is not beneath him to interact like -(1/r)e^-mr - solved by George
Answer = LowlyPion: the expression is the famous Yukawa potential - see wiki, and being lowly, there's not much that's "beneath him"

21. Same clue as 10, strangely - solved by NeoDevin
Answer = matthyaouw: anagram of "a way hot tum", from clue #10

22. Eta prime? - solved by Borek
Answer = Chi Meson: The Eta Prime is a subatomic particle sometimes referred to as the Chi Meson.

23. Is my junior New York Democrat insane? - solved by neutrino
Answer = jimmysnyder: anagram of is+my+jr+NY+dem

24. kcascti crmnfe - solved by chaoseverlasting
Answer = Vanadium: K, Ca, Sc, Ti, [missing] V [/missing], Cr, Mn, Fe are elements of the 4th period, and V is Vanadium

25. Other AZ Sen. follows chariot racer's dad? - solved by NeoDevin
Answer = Hurkyl: Sen. John Kyl of Arizona; Ben Hur's dad = Hur, since ben = son of (Hebrew); actually though, Ben Hur is a scion of the Jewish house of Hur

26. Heels broke in the afternoon - returned. - solved by MIH (who knows a lot about heels)
Answer = mheslep: after noon returned = PM backwards = MP; "heels" broke = hesle; so M hesle P

27. Eetu, for a Fin. - solve by George
Answer = Edward: See wiki -> Edward, in other languages

28. First course at the the atomic cafe? - solved by George
Answer = Proton Soup (self explanatory)

29. μα'θημα: know front to back. - solved by Chi Meson (explanation from George)
Answer = Mathwonk: The Greek μάθημα (máthēma) is the origin of the word math(ematics), and you get wonk if you turn "back" the word "know"

30. Meh ... cooties is gone, somehow. - solven by MIH
Answer = OmCheeto

31. What the lookout in the crow's nest yelled, when a very distant radio beacon appeared in his telescope - solved by NeoDevin
Answer = Captain Quasar: get it?

And here's a final one, for fun.

32. Get to the point - solved by NeoDevin
Answer = tiny tim: see hyperlink under the period ("point") after fun

And that's the end of that.

I think I'll be taking a forum break for a while. See y'all around later.

Happy Holidays and New Year!