January 15 2012

Capital Gains [BB345]

australia2 In each case below, X represents the capital of Australian state or territory. Pick the right city, then mix the assigned letters, and you’ll solve each clue. X + SAN = Penrith team (PERTH + SAN = PANTHERS). Each of our cities is used once only. One answer has two words.

(And for those wishing to extend the challenge, why not declare another finite group, and see if you can jumble each member with a few extra letters.)

X + MO = WC
X + SNT = had NaCl removed
X + TER = WC illness?
X + ALO = glut
X + GF = belittling
X + FOE = restraint
X + HW = integer
X + SC = irritability

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
BB343 SOLUTION: AWOL, SCUBA, UNESCO, AIDS, OPEC, WYSIWYG, KISS, LOL, MASH, NIMBY, ROM, PIN, LASER, SWAT, SNAFU (Other acronyms are possible.)

Comments

One Wheel — 15 January at 12:33PM

I've got them all

Nib — 15 January at 02:32PM

The Seven Dwarves:
X + RE = saline solution
X + RE = interior design
X + M = catalytic proteins
X + IP = medical condition
X + SCOT = antisocial deviant
X + BL = photographic light
X = SOCK = alabaster (2 words)

AC — 15 January at 04:10PM

For DA's I'm left with Brisbane for 8, which annoyingly doesn't seem to fit.

I've got all of Nib's, they were very amusing (most of the answers were oxymorons or in some way linked to their dwarf's character).

AC — 15 January at 04:26PM

OK, all done, got DA's 8

AC — 15 January at 05:46PM

Perhaps the most cardinal of finite sets - the numbers one through nine (look to 1. to set the tone):

1. X + MOA = Principles of physics
2. X + LAM = "F = m x a"
3. X + NANNIE = If mass is constant
4. X + W = mass times gravity
5. X + LADY + GRIT = Ambient pull between objects (2 words)
6. X + SCOR = The 2nd does this to momentum
7. X + CON = Waves in phase
8. X + SITE = Thought relatively
9. X + RUNT = Neutral particle

When starting from the middle (#5), in each direction the X's read pairwise sum to 10.

Lucasta — 16 January at 12:56AM

Taking inspiration from AC and using the noble gases:

X + NICE = Lack of knowledge
X + A CARP ACT = Drug-related
X + TIC IT = The end
X + ICING = Punter
X + MOOTS = A novel gem?
X + TWISS = Servants' quarters

Boniface — 16 January at 01:10AM

Nice work AC. Or should I say, a super-string!

Lucasta — 16 January at 05:48PM

Should have remembered to specify that the fourth solution has two words.

One Wheel — 16 January at 06:12PM

Lucasta, I've got the lot except for the punter.

DA — 16 January at 08:51PM

Off to chase a rainbow, with no clues if you're game. Pretty sure the answer is unique, with common words throughout.

+ JI
+ JM
+ ML
+ MV
+ OO
+ RR
+ US

AC — 16 January at 09:58PM

One Wheel, punter is a prominent Aussie sportsman, first and last name.

PMCD — 17 January at 12:17AM

I think it is sufficient to call these ‘Leaders’. Once you get one, the rest will follow (and I liked the neatness of only adding one letter to each)

+ E = He’s caucasian (2 words)
+ M = Primary producers
+ R = Travelling salesman
+ R = Winning again
+ N = Difficult victory (2 words)
+ I = Priest in the past
+ I = A merry dance

Geoff Bailey — 17 January at 01:05AM

Nice one, PMCD. But doesn't the first one require two E's? And I think your final one was intended to have an A added, rather than an I.

And nice sequel, DA. Took me some time to work out the last of them, but I got there in the end. :)

One Wheel — 17 January at 01:03PM

DA, nice one. I've got all except the JM.

AFL teams eg. Hawks, Tigers
X + DA = chickens
X + SN = wading birds
X + K = crows
X + BERN = rails
X + DE = ducks
X + PT = flocks
X + TO = stoolpigeons
X + OE = cuckoos
X + PEC = swallows
X + DB = birdbrains

DA — 17 January at 02:13PM

That's one mighty zoological list, One Wheel. I may need some quality solving time to identify THAT ladder. Looks a classy achievement.

After so much scrambling, you'll kick yourself for missing my JM clue...

One Wheel — 29 January at 06:35PM

My lot:

X + DA = chickens (crows – cowards)
X + SN = wading birds (pies – snipes)
X + K = crows (swans – swanks)
X + BERN = rails (saints – bannisters)
X + DE = ducks (dogs – dodges)
X + PT = flocks (roos – troops)
X + TO = stoolpigeons (suns – snouts)
X + OE = cuckoos (lions – loonies)
X + PEC = swallows (cats – accepts)
X + DB = birdbrains (giants – dingbats)

DA — 30 January at 09:08AM

One Wheel, that is a stellar list - congratz. Only sorry I let time get the better of me, as so many of your mixtures are 'proper sweet', to use the pidgin.

Love how you keep the bestial motif. Deft work.