Enigmarch 2025, Day 18: PAUSE

[tahnan]

I wrote the first puzzle. I hated it. I wrote the second. I didn't like it a whole lot more. But combining them seemed worse. I don't know, is either one worth the paper it's never going to be printed on?

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The Space Between the Notes

What they said was: A 1974 single - A computer - A 1978 single - A disease - A 1970 single - An ancient text - A superhero - A 1983 single - A 1991 single.

But what I heard was:

1. [pause] A tent by the beach (3/10)


2. Actress Summer [pause] (3/8)


3. [pause] A Vedic aphorism (6/4 5)


4. Short span of time [pause] (3/7 5!)


5. [pause] A color-changing lizard (10/5 9)


6. [pause] "The" in French, and a Star Trek villain's first name (10/6 4)


7. [pause] Stated: "Defeat you at boxing" (8/4 4 5 3 3)


8. [pause] Receive the adoration that belongs to you (4/4 3 3 4 4)


9. [pause] A French printmaker (albeit unaccented) and a square number (8/9 2)

(The answer is a nine-letter word.)

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The Anatomy Lessen

Some mammals have parts that I just don't have.

1. Part of some mammals that hesitates (1/5)


2. Part of some mammals that got its JD in Durham (2/7, 2 wds.)


3. Part of some mammals that's absolute or outright (2/5)


4. Part of some mammals that is short, wears glasses, and works in a mine (2/3)


5. Part of some mammals that's primary (4/4)


6. Part of some mammals that's evergreen (2/3)


7. Part of some mammals that's a sentence (1/6)


8. Part of some mammals that's a story (4/4)

(The answer is an eight-letter phrase.)

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The first answer checker. [pause} Also, the second answer checker.

Comments

[lorelei]

I did solve both of these... I liked the idea of the second one, at least.