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Robotguy

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Wheel in the Sky
« on: Jul 29, 2010, 10:42 AM »
Just a quickie to see if I'm doing this right. Please comment...



Steadfast in allegiance or duty|Mixture containing two or more mettalic elements|_ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _|3
Brass wind instruments|Prostitute, harlot|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|?
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Accessory wearing apparel|Muscular and heavily built|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|?
Inclination of one line to another|Gather|_ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _|?
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Reduce in rank|Gave expression to|_ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _|?
Join the military|Hear with intention|_ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _|?
Visual presentation|Particular functioning condition or state|_ _ _ _|_ _ _ _|?
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Someone who speaks in a loud or violent manner|Straying from the correct course|_ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _|?
Spears with three prongs|Sharply insistent on being heard|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|?
Gymnastic moves of an acrobat|Walking unsteadily|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|?

EDIT: Sorry, there was a mistake. will fix tonight. Guess I'm not doing it right ;-)
EDIT2: OK, fixed. Sorry.
            
« Last Edit: Jul 29, 2010, 05:42 PM by Robotguy »

Skott

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Re: Wheel in the Sky
« Reply #1 on: Jul 30, 2010, 09:27 PM »
Okay, I got the following answer:

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Which put me out in the middle of nowhere... but, it does look like Sacramento is due north.

Robotguy

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Re: Wheel in the Sky
« Reply #2 on: Jul 30, 2010, 10:38 PM »
Okay, I got the following answer:



Only 1 digit off. I'd be interested in seeing your words to find where I went wrong with the clues, if you don't mind.

Thanks for trying it out. Too easy? Too hard? Too boring?

 Jowens solved it also and mentioned that clues which need to be exactly correct can be really tricky, and I can really see why. Ah, well. Live and learn.
« Last Edit: Jul 30, 2010, 11:29 PM by Robotguy »

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Re: Wheel in the Sky
« Reply #3 on: Jul 31, 2010, 11:52 AM »
I'd be interested in seeing your words to find where I went wrong with the clues, if you don't mind.

Or where I went wrong :)  I'll send you a private message with my data.

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Thanks for trying it out. Too easy? Too hard? Too boring?

No problem.  For me, it was about right and I didn't find it boring at all. :) 

AlexandraFionaDixon

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Re: Wheel in the Sky
« Reply #4 on: Aug 01, 2010, 06:24 PM »
Got it, very nice, no bugs.  The "3" in the first entry was a nice touch as it demonstrated, without the need for any extraneous text, exactly how the solution works. 

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Re: Wheel in the Sky
« Reply #5 on: Aug 01, 2010, 06:29 PM »
PS with Scott's puzzle I'm detecting a theme building here :-)