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  • Clue: Strong Ox Pole Position Architect Geo Sky Water Rising Light

    From Byrl Raze Buckbriar@news0@octade.net to rec.puzzles,alt.rhubarb on Tue Aug 5 15:24:39 2025
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    227f ad85 ef9b 7a08 a79e 29e0 f86a 1df9 ".....z...)..j..
    cade 6ad7 9dfa d85e fa17 9abd e9fe 6a77 ..j....^......jw
    7eb6 17be 79aa ed87 ff80 9ddf ad85 ef9e ~...y...........
    6abb 61fb 06ac fb08 ad86 8bad f9fa 2b9b j.a...........+.
    ff9a 9ddf afa2 277f f9a9 ddf9 d6ab 9277 ......'........w
    acb3 ec1a b3eb a9a2 7fad 85ef 9f69 c7be .............i..
    a1ff ad85 ef9d 79ea 7ff8 09dd fad8 5ef9 ......y.......^.
    2a62 ae2b 7ea1 ff86 a1df a6a2 f79d faea *b.+~...........
    689f eb61 7be7 da71 efa8 7feb 617b ec1a h..a{..q....a{..
    b5ea ecff e027 77e1 a877 eb1a 89df fe2d .....'w..w.....-
    eb7e b617 ab7b e6de fa58 a086 dffe 6a77 .~...{...X....jw
    7eb6 17ab 7bec 1ab3 e962 821b 7ff8 09dd ~...{....b......
    f86a 1dfa c6b0 fad8 5efa 58a0 86df feb6 .j......^.X.....
    16ad fa2b 7ec1 ab3e 828a 1dff e6a7 77e1 ...+~..>......w.
    a877 e762 be27 5e77 eb61 7be9 6282 1b7e .w.b.'^w.a{.b..~
    7eba 26fa d85e f9d6 ab92 77ac b3ff 809d ~.&..^....w.....
    df86 a1df 9c6a 595e 77eb 617b e962 821b .....jY^w.a{.b..
    7e0d acbf f9a9 ddfa d85e f9d6 ab92 77ac ~........^....w.
    b3e8 5ef9 c6a5 95e7 7e36 2821 b7ff 809d ..^.....~6(!....
    dfad 85ef 9ebd e9e2 9e0f 9a9d dfad 85ef ................
    a6a2 b9e2 9e0f b07a b7be b617 be7e 2aec .......z.....~*.
    b7e7 5acb fd34 ..Z..4
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Fri Aug 8 12:07:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

    On 05/08/2025 21:24, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
    227f ad85 ef9b 7a08 a79e 29e0 f86a 1df9 ".....z...)..j..

    SOME OBSERVATIONS.
    OME OBSERVATIONS.
    ME OBSERVATIONS.
    E OBSERVATIONS.
    OBSERVATIONS.
    OBSERVATIONS.
    BSERVATIONS.
    SERVATIONS.
    ERVATIONS.
    RVATIONS.
    VATIONS.
    ATIONS.
    TIONS.
    IONS.
    ONS.
    NS.
    S.
    .

    Characters (with spaces): 854
    Characters (no spaces): 684
    Factors of 684: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 19, 36, 38, 57, 76, 114, 171,
    228, 342, 684.
    19 stands out as a prime number.

    Count of digits from 0 - 9 and lower case characters a - f.

    0: 17
    1: 30
    2: 33
    3: 8
    4: 1
    5: 21
    6: 42
    7: 70
    8: 41
    9: 51
    a: 83
    b: 59
    c: 17
    d: 56
    e: 77
    f: 78

    The solitary number 4 in the last position looks curious.
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Fri Aug 8 16:00:28 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

    On 08/08/2025 12:07, David Entwistle wrote:
    SOME OBSERVATIONS.
    OME OBSERVATIONS.
    ME OBSERVATIONS.
    E OBSERVATIONS.
    -aOBSERVATIONS.
    OBSERVATIONS.
    BSERVATIONS.
    SERVATIONS.
    ERVATIONS.
    RVATIONS.
    VATIONS.
    ATIONS.
    TIONS.
    IONS.
    ONS.
    NS.
    S.
    .

    Removing spaces, fad85ef occurs 11 times, 9ddfad85ef occurs 5 times and 7ff809ddfad85ef occurs 3 times.
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Fri Aug 8 21:25:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

    On 08/08/2025 16:00, David Entwistle wrote:
    SOME OBSERVATIONS.
    OME OBSERVATIONS.
    ME OBSERVATIONS.
    E OBSERVATIONS.
    -a-aOBSERVATIONS.
    OBSERVATIONS.
    BSERVATIONS.
    SERVATIONS.
    ERVATIONS.
    RVATIONS.
    VATIONS.
    ATIONS.
    TIONS.
    IONS.
    ONS.
    NS.
    S.
    .

    More work required to be sure, but the majority of repetitions seem to
    be have spacings of multiples of three nibbles, that is twelve bits, or
    three hex digits.
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Sun Aug 10 08:23:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

    On 05/08/2025 21:24, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
    227f ad85 ef9b 7a08 a79e 29e0 f86a 1df9 ".....z...)..j..


    I always get this confused with Pink Floyd...
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  • From Byrl Raze Buckbriar@news0@octade.net to rec.puzzles on Sun Aug 10 12:47:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

    On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 12:07:59 +0100
    David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> wrote:

    On 05/08/2025 21:24, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
    227f ad85 ef9b 7a08 a79e 29e0 f86a 1df9 ".....z...)..j..

    SOME OBSERVATIONS.
    OME OBSERVATIONS.
    ME OBSERVATIONS.
    E OBSERVATIONS.
    OBSERVATIONS.
    OBSERVATIONS.
    BSERVATIONS.
    SERVATIONS.
    ERVATIONS.
    RVATIONS.
    VATIONS.
    ATIONS.
    TIONS.
    IONS.
    ONS.
    NS.
    S.
    .

    Characters (with spaces): 854
    Characters (no spaces): 684
    Factors of 684: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 19, 36, 38, 57, 76, 114, 171,
    228, 342, 684.
    19 stands out as a prime number.

    Count of digits from 0 - 9 and lower case characters a - f.

    0: 17
    1: 30
    2: 33
    3: 8
    4: 1
    5: 21
    6: 42
    7: 70
    8: 41
    9: 51
    a: 83
    b: 59
    c: 17
    d: 56
    e: 77
    f: 78

    The solitary number 4 in the last position looks curious.

    Clue: You have to know which direction to go. Sometimes you have to go backward before you can go forward again.

    When you get the solution please don't reveal it. Just post a cryptic clue whith both shows you know it and also might help the next person narrow down possibilities.

    This puzzle is easier than it looks. It encourages you to make assumptions that lead in the wrong direction for analysis. It is trivial such that that over-thinking it will make it harder than a Gordian knot. The secret relies upon your presupposition of difficulty pointing in the wrong direction.

    It may seem inexplicable and then obvious once you discern it.

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