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That wins you the best mih (other than the real one, she knew the answer too) award!Kurdt said:
How does the PF Username Game work?
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The PF Username Game involves participants solving cryptic clues that correspond to the usernames of forum members. Clues utilize various techniques such as anagrams, hidden clues, and homophones. The game is structured to gradually increase in difficulty, with a limit imposed on the number of correct answers to ensure fair play across different time zones. The clues are released in rounds, with participants encouraged to explain their reasoning for each answer.
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My answer probably isn't cryptic enough, but: chromium has chemical symbol cr, then 'is too' makes cristo.
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Is 18 Danger? Just another anagram.
And is 17 Artman? M and N = MAN and the art part of part?
And is 17 Artman? M and N = MAN and the art part of part?
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18 is Andre: 'longer DNA' is ErDNA, which when read backwards is Andre.
(It's quite obvious I don't know what ErDNA is but it at least exists, as per google!)
(It's quite obvious I don't know what ErDNA is but it at least exists, as per google!)
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I think you have it cristo. I was trying to think of an andrew somebody and I totally forgot andre 
Sorry Andre.
Sorry Andre.
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14. Borek. Mendeleev's Scandium is Ekaboron and lacking AN O it is an anagram of Borek.
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That will be red hot belly. 98.
And I got myself, but Kurdt beat me.
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Close enough. You're also supposed to make it lose an O, so that cristoo becomes cristo.cristo said:
Close, but it's simpler even than that. Take another look at it.Kurdt said:And is 17 Artman? M and N = MAN and the art part of part?
Correct.cristo said:
Good job.Kurdt said:
Yes, it's Redbelly.Borek said:
Okay, let me post a summary and more clues...
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21. Same clue as 10, strangely
22. Eta prime?
23. Is my junior New York Democrat insane?
24. kcascti crmnfe
25. Other AZ Sen. follows chariot racer's dad?
22. Eta prime?
23. Is my junior New York Democrat insane?
24. kcascti crmnfe
25. Other AZ Sen. follows chariot racer's dad?
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neutrino, you are back in the game now, with a new limit of 3 solves.
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HOW THINGS STAND (clues in bold are as yet unsolved):
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.
17. In part, M and N are the middle letters.
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.
20. It is not beneath him to interact like -(1/r)e-mr
21. Same clue as 10, strangely
22. Eta prime?
23. Is my junior New York Democrat insane? - solved by neutrino
Answer = jimmysnyder: anagram of is+my+jr+NY+dem
24. kcascti crmnfe
25. Other AZ Sen. follows chariot racer's dad?
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.
17. In part, M and N are the middle letters.
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.
20. It is not beneath him to interact like -(1/r)e-mr
21. Same clue as 10, strangely
22. Eta prime?
23. Is my junior New York Democrat insane? - solved by neutrino
Answer = jimmysnyder: anagram of is+my+jr+NY+dem
24. kcascti crmnfe
25. Other AZ Sen. follows chariot racer's dad?
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Thank you, sir.
5. lisab. Recalling, i.e., reversing basil - the tropical herb.
23. jimmysnyder: anagram of is my jr ny dem. (Nice way of including "current affairs" :) )
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Terribly obvious.
My God! Be physical
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Oll korrect! My previous update has been re-updated to reflect the changes.
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That's one of the mesons. Chi? But honestly, I am stabbing in the dark.
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Good stab. Eta prime is sometimes called the Chi meson.Borek said:
Incidentally, Chi is not the only meson in PF.
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24. Chemistree? Bad guess I think.
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Do you have an explanation?
I think you're on the right track - you just have to look more carefully.
I think you're on the right track - you just have to look more carefully.
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LowlyPion
Lowly from "not beneath him" and Pion from the Yukawa interaction -(1/r)e-mr.
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26. Heels broke in the evening - returned.
27. Eetu, for a Fin.
28. First course at the the atomic cafe?
29. μα'θημα: know front to back.
30. Meh ... cooties is gone, somehow.
27. Eetu, for a Fin.
28. First course at the the atomic cafe?
29. μα'θημα: know front to back.
30. Meh ... cooties is gone, somehow.
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Right ho, George.George Jones said:
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Vanadium 50. Va is missing from the line of elements.
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Too right. Only my mum calls me "Eta" (That's a girly name, anyway).Gokul43201 said:
And 29 is "Mathwonk" (finally that class in Greek paid off).
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I think you meant V (not Va), but yes, that's right.chaoseverlasting said:
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mathwonk
"know," front to back, is "wonk."
I am classically illiterate. When I use an on-line translator for "math," I get "μαθηματικά."
Edit: scooped by a meson.
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You're using 20th century Greek. I went back a few years to dig up the original.
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I was wondering what to do with the last two characters.
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edward
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Proton Soup
A proton is ionized hydrogen, the first atomic element, and soup is often the first course at a cafe.
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HOW THINGS STAND (clues in bold are as yet unsolved):
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.
17. In part, M and N are the middle letters.
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.
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
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?
26. Heels broke in the afternoon - returned.
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.
Note: I've made a small change in 26.
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.
17. In part, M and N are the middle letters.
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.
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
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?
26. Heels broke in the afternoon - returned.
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.
Note: I've made a small change in 26.
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