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Message 2 of 32 (772091)
11-05-2015 11:45 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Dr Adequate
11-05-2015 11:21 AM


Will a familiarity with American cultural references help here ?

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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Message 5 of 32 (772102)
11-06-2015 6:33 AM
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11-05-2015 11:55 AM


Might be making some progress here...give me some more time...tick tock tick tock...

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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Message 6 of 32 (772103)
11-06-2015 6:35 AM
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11-05-2015 11:55 AM


Yep - got 1 and 4 - which are giving me something of a theme...

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Message 7 of 32 (772104)
11-06-2015 6:37 AM
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11-05-2015 11:55 AM


And 5 as well now...the precise theme will probably depend on the other two.

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Message 8 of 32 (772105)
11-06-2015 6:40 AM
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11-05-2015 11:55 AM


No. 3 has fallen - which is another clue for others....

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Message 9 of 32 (772106)
11-06-2015 6:48 AM
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11-05-2015 11:55 AM


And finally got them all - though No.2 was slightly sneaky, in that you have to slightly re-think the theme - though not much.

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Message 12 of 32 (772123)
11-06-2015 4:02 PM
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11-06-2015 2:29 PM


It is something else, yes.
Next line:
JBVESB

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Message 14 of 32 (772126)
11-06-2015 4:26 PM
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11-06-2015 4:13 PM


Right structure, but the wrong theme.

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Message 16 of 32 (772143)
11-07-2015 2:41 AM
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11-06-2015 6:54 PM


I wondered about Hewlet Packard for a while too, but it's the wrong theme too.
PP cracked it for me in the end - the alliteration finally kicked a connection, and then it all fell into place.

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Message 18 of 32 (772152)
11-07-2015 8:22 AM
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11-07-2015 7:12 AM


xongsmith and Tangle are both using the right approach/formula, but there's a theme which makes it possible to get all of the solutions. Dr A has given the clue to the theme, in emphasising the V in the topic title.

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Message 21 of 32 (772164)
11-07-2015 4:20 PM
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11-07-2015 2:33 PM


The others follow a similar theme - though it helps a little with a couple of them to have young kids or grandkids ;-)

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