Redhead64's Obscure Puzzle Blog!: ANSWERS: 4X Game 4: XX/XY 2

Sunday, June 19, 2016

ANSWERS: 4X Game 4: XX/XY 2

It's been about two weeks since I've started Greatest Hits Month with "4X Game 4: XX/XY 2", and now it's time for me to reveal the answers to that puzzle, as well as the ten people that solved it:

Punjit Sharma ****
Yossi Fendel ****
Sam Levitin ****
Lynn Sweeney ****
Mom ****
Eric Maddy ****
Debbie Benford ****
Grant Fikes ****
Adam Weaver ****
YYW ****

Now just head below the break for the answers, along with a couple solver comments!

Here are the answers in text format:

X #1: AGNAR, RANMA, AM NOT, TONGA
X #2: TERRA, ARRAS, SARGE, EGRET
X #3: EVANS, SNAPS, SPARK, KRAVE
Y #4: KNOTS, STORK, KRONK

The letters in the yellow squares unscramble to spell out ARK

Solver Punjit Sharma said that "When I started solving, I was making a list of 3-letter words in my mind. When 'ARK' came into my head, I thought that would be a nice analogy to Noah's Ark and the puzzle being named xx/xy.

Funnily enough, I was right.

"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female" [Genesis 6:19]

Had fun solving"

Picture sent by Grant Fikes

Solver Sam Levitin says "Ark! I see a puzzle"

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WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, THEN?

Every week on Monday, I post a new puzzle for you guys to solve. Just send me the FINAL ANSWER to each puzzle within two weeks of its posting via email (redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com) and if it's right, you'll win bragging rights and a place on the solvers list. Sometimes, I might even give away some prizes on some puzzles! Starting with puzzle #329, you can even ask for as many hints as you want from me, but you'll get a mark noting that you did so next to your name on the solvers' list.

From May 2015 until the very end of March 2021, I had made use of a "hint star" system: Each potential solver starts out with four "hint stars" that will go next to their name on the solvers list, and if you would like help on solving the puzzle (be it an alternate clue or a nudge towards a right answer or something like that), you can email me using the same email addresses that you use to send me the FINAL ANSWER, and I'll provide you with a hint as quickly as I can, but at the expense of one of those stars. So someone who solved it after two hints will get two stars next to their name, while someone who solved it with no hints gets all four stars next to their name when I post the solvers list.

Good luck, and happy solving!

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DO print out the puzzles to solve on paper OR copy-and-paste them to an image editing program and solve them there
DO e-mail me at either redhead64@chartermi.net OR itsredhead64@gmail.com to send your answers, though I'm more likely to check the former, and DO make sure you put something relevant in the title, or else it might not get read
DO feel free to look up the answers to some of the harder clues if you don't know them, especially if they're particularly obscure or obtuse. Just DON'T tell me that you actually did that, as I'd rather have no way of knowing if you "cheated" or not
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DON'T claim these puzzles as your own OR monetize them; I've worked hard on these!
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Sunday, June 19, 2016

ANSWERS: 4X Game 4: XX/XY 2

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