Comments on: Thursday Morning Riddle

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:04:08 +0000

Thanks. I was experimenting with chiasmus at the time, and I think it improved my writing.

Back in the day, the early Conundrums were in the form of a “picnic” puzzle, where the object was not to provide the solution to the puzzle, but to continue the chain of clues. Example here.

Perhaps I will go back to doing that sort of thing.

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:44:22 +0000

Uh, thanks. Usually, this thing is solved by the time I see it, so in the rare cases it’s not, I’d rather not be the one to end the thread.

That riddle for “yellow” was amazing.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:14:24 +0000

Okay, Neel gets credit for the assist.

By: ro

ro — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:56:25 +0000

I couldn’t have done it without Neel….thanks!

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:06:34 +0000

SOUND is correct. Way to go, Three-In-A-Ro!

Honorable mention to Neel Mehta.

By: ro

ro — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:34:22 +0000

Â¡Ayyyyy caramba!

Sound!!!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:44:51 +0000

Nobody has posted the answer yet, though based on his clues, Neel clearly has it.

By: ro

ro — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:46:15 +0000

I’m lost….and Neel Mehta is too cryptic. Unless he wrote the answer and I just don’t see it.

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:18:43 +0000

Wow. This took a while. Naturally, line 3 got it for me — great use of th word — though for a while I was trying to make “fit of mind” work everywhere else.

More hints:

Phil Spector built my wall when he was free;
I’m a minor league baller in Tennessee.