Can You Decode the Usernames from These Cryptic Clues?

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neutrino said:
Is #25 a jumble of ENGDVI? (Oops...have I told too much?)
Getting close. I sort of screwed up on the hint. See the correction above.
 
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Gokul43201 said:
25. short engineer: 506 far off?

This too is 6 letters long - no wait. It's actually 4,6 - now that's a huge hint.


Perhaps next time, I'll try and fashion a crossword.

Probably fred garvin from what you and neutrino have given so far.
 
Good one, kurdt. My assumption that a short engineer is just ENG was obviously wrong. :biggrin:
 
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Correct - it's engr + dvi + far (mixed up) = fred garvin
 
jimmysnyder said:
Here's one that shouldn't be too hard.

DAMN JERSEYS

Mad Jess Nery

aka

James Snyder.
 
OK is see the DVI is 500 + 6 = 506. Doh!

21. in short, you are short of a racing state held in back of left hand

The state I think of for equine racing is Kentucky.
 
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21. Hurkyl, ky and u and r within Left Hand backwards.
 
fi said:
21. Hurkyl, ky and u and r within Left Hand backwards.
Nice one, fi!

Last man standing (actually, limping on one foot) is 20.
 
Gokul43201 said:
Last man standing (actually, limping on one foot) is 20.
I presume it has to do with 'sn', but I looked for the shorthand and didn't find anything.
 
The only thing I can come up with for 20) there exists some
connected with math is that it is an anagram for
"set some(sum) six three " = nine .
Am I close ? :-p
 
The short mountain is Mtn
Tomatoes missing an E (backwards 'there exists' symbol)

MTN + TOMATOS (jumble them up) = Tom Mattson

Late edit: The short mountain could also be Mnt.
 
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Ah! I was reading the clue somewhat differently. :rolleyes:

I know [itex]\exists[/itex], but I read 'backwards mixture'.
 
neutrino said:
The short mountain is Mtn
Tomatoes missing an E (backwards 'there exists' symbol)

MTN + TOMATOS (jumble them up) = Tom Mattson

Late edit: The short mountain could also be Mnt.
Good one, neutrino!

And that completes the game for me. I'm going to be busy with work again, but others may continue to make up clues if they wish. I'll include a final update, now.
 
Gokul43201 said:
22. screwing around in a lord
Sheer brilliance, Gokul.
 
Final Update (?)

1. fancy Russian included -- cyrus (hidden clue) - solved by cyrus

2. disenfranchize, without Che inside -- Franz (remove all the letters in 'Che inside' from 'disenfranchize') - solved by cyrus

3. see no jogger stumbling -- George Jones - solved by wolram & George (anagram of 'see no jogger')

4. handheld firework, somewhat spoonerized - larkspur (spoonerize 'sparkler') - solved by mattmns

5. the French back -- EL, Al, etc ('the' in French is le/la; backwards) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

6. In short, are you Schutzstaffel? -- Russ (are = R, you = U, Schutzstaffel = SS) - solved by arildno

7. be a moron, silly! -- moonbear (anagram of 'be a moron') - solved by George

8. She performed a Vicker's test on the subject and proclaimed __________ ! -- Math Is Hard (Math is a subject and the Vickers Test measures hardness) - solved by George

9. mount Saint Man, clumsily -- mattmns (mount saint man = mt+st+man, and jumble it) - solved by neutrino

10. crazy as shelter -- heartless (anagram of 'as shelter') - solved by George

11. Only a resumé? O, that's strange! -- loseyourname (anagram of 'only a resume o') - solved by George

12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- cyclovenom - (Ouroboros is a snake swallowing its own tail) - solved by arunbg


13. Shere Khan, with room -- SpaceTiger (Shere Khan = tiger (from, for instance, Kipling's Jungle Book, with room or space) - solved by neutrino

14. one turin collision -- neutrino (anagram) - solved by siddharth & neutrino

15. if real, then symmetric -- SelfAdjoint (think matrices) - solved by Sir George

16. See you in Mars -- Marcus (marCUs) - solved by 3trQN

17. Whip It band loses half a grand -- Evo (Devo - D) - solved by Astro

18. Terrible John Hunting -- Ivan Seeking (John = Ivan, Slavic and Hunting = Seeking) - solved by Astro

19. He's still alive - but then, he's not feline -- Schrödinger's Dog (reference to S's Cat) - solved by kurdt

20. short mountain of tomatoes missing, there exists some backwards mixture -- Tom Mattson (mtn+tomatoes-E) - solved by neutrino & Astronuc

21. in short, you are short of a racing state held in back of left hand -- Hurkyl (U R + KY inside 'LH' backwards - *the error in the original form of this clue was due to having Ur and Baku temporarily swapping places in my head * ) - solved by fi

22. screwing around in a lord -- arildno (anagram) - solved by Lisa!

23. a bowl is a container -- Lisa (hiddenclue) - solved by siddharth

24. initially, three of the bases of the basis -- GCT (from the initials for guanine, cytosine and thymine) - solved by Siddharth

25. short engineer: 506 far off? -- fred garvin (engr+DVI+far and jumble) - solved by kurdt and neutrino

26. Eerie garden of peril -- Danger (anagram as well as a synonym) - solved by Lisa!

27. Argus' captain is right by the beast -- JasonRox (Argus' captain = Jason, of Greek myth, right = R, beast = ox) - solved by kurdt and completed by neutrino

28. No longer man enough, we hear -- Rach (man enough sounds like - hence 'we hear' - maninoff) - solved by Siddharth

29. Mrs. Derek has her units of memory messed up -- BobG (Bo + GB) - solved by MIH

30. he had a vector hidden -- DaveC (hidden clue) - solved by Siddharth

31. Mister, try ride in it! It's mad! -- Dimitri Terryn (anagram) - solved by neutrino

32. Sheep and lion missing an eye somehow -- marlon (sheep = ram, lion - i = lon) - solved by Gokul

33. Damn Jerseys -- james snyder (anagram) - solved by George


That's All Folks!
 
This was a great weekend solving clues. Thanks, Gokul.
 
Gokul said:
That's All Folks!
...except perhaps for a little horn tootin'!

I tried to make some of the clues have a real relevance to things I knew about the person they were about. Here's a recap of those other connections:

1. I wanted to do this, to sort of pull cyrus' leg - he has no respect for Russian aviation engineering (as seen from his jabs in the "Tsu in a MiG" thread)

2. In acknowledgment of franz's political insights upon expanded executive power.

3. I know George goes for walks at insanely (and I kid you not) cold temperatures. When I read about that, I figured that either he must have been a runner, or this was some kind of unbreakable habit. I haven't since been able to dissolve the picture in my head of George striding steadfastly against a hailstorm with gale-force winds knocking trees down all around him - the stuff of legends. :smile:

4. This was inspired by larkspur's question in the "fire in the sky" thread about whether sparklers qualified as fireworks.

6. This was pulling Russ' leg - he's spearheaded the rebuttal to the common 'Police State' theme in P&WA.

17. This was somewhat inspired by the "Xena costume" thread, and my foggy memory of the Whip It video.

22. Actually, there's no additional connections here...sorry!

24. I wanted to make this a chemistry clue (for GCT) - it ended up being biochemistry, but that's better than nothing.

25. Fred is an engineer. He's also only 11 inches tall! :biggrin:

28. This is based on BobG's response to Rach in the "Complaint" thread.

29. This was inspired by the thought of BobG in a Xena costume. :eek:
 
Gokul, that was an absolutely awesome game! Incredible amount of thought went into that, thank you!
 
Thanks, Gokul! Those were fantastic clues! Beautifully done!
 
12. It flows through an Ouroboros -- cyclovenom - (Ouroboros is a snake swallowing its own tail) - solved by arunbg

That was a really clever clue for my nickname. I'll keep it in mind :biggrin:
 
So when's the next edition coming ?:biggrin:
I guess Gokul's gone to catch some sleep .
 
Fantastic game and clues!

Gokul43201 said:
I know George goes for walks at insanely (and I kid you not) cold temperatures.

Well, for North Americans, I am a bit of an anomaly - I have never had a license to drive a car. My wife has a license, and we have a car, but I walk to and and from work (25 minutes one way at a brisk pace).

I'm moving to a place where the summers are cooler and the winters are warmer but with more snow. I hope to find a place to live that is between 2 and 3 kilometres from work - much more than 3 kilometres and I'll take public transit.

Back to sorting and packing; the movers come on Wednesday.
 
Thanks to all for the kind words. Naturally, I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't having a cracking good time myself. Good fun - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

PS : I haven't planned on making another one anytime soon. Keeping with tradition, I'll probably put it off till next summer.
 
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