Sunday Puzzle is a weekly party, featuring puzzles suitable for group puzzle-solving. Everyone is welcome, and you don't need to be a puzzle genius to take part.
What you'll find tonight:
* a new 24-clue JulieCrostic;
* a new Crypto-Gremlin; and
* 10 still unsolved Bad Translation movie quotes
So come on down, introduce yourself if you'd like, take a look at the puzzles, and have some Sunday night fun.
First up, something easy: a new Crypto-Gremlin.
Hndp Ucoknen Bykison Gners mcfx fcbnas, is mxyblx across mnkin us kicky znk'fp ficusdybs misen tsxtbs vbcnuc kicky hndp is mcfx fcbnas, is'lc across mnkin kisux.
Ucogc Jsacensox
The bolded text at the top is a quotation; the unbolded text below identifies the source.
NOTE: I think mcfx is ungrammatical (and also disagree with the comma placement) -- which surprised me a little, since the source is a professional writer. I was tempted to change mcfx to msos, but decided to leave it as it was.
NOTE: if you don't know what Crypto-Gremlins are and how they differ from regular cryptograms, you can find a full explanation here. (You might also like to look up the Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up from 2013-01-19 which has a walk-through demonstration for solving a Crypto-Gremlin)
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Next up, something hard: the Bad Translation movie quotes science contributed 2 weeks ago, half of which remain unsolved.
Here's a status report on the 20 quotes:
1. 'Robinson, Problem Solving and research networks?'
(1967)
pucklady says this is "Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?" from The Graduate
2. 'The general trends. Hamster mom and dad berries.' (1975)
AnotherMassachusettsLiberal identified this last week as being "I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. ‘This is not true. The answer to this question.' (1988)
4. 'I think it's your partner in my jungle.' (1996)
5. 'I'm pretty smart, huh? I love this man.' (1981)
6. 'Access to credit, life and death.' (1994)
7. 'But look, my son was with him.' (1942)
Thanks to a hint from science, I say this is "Here's looking at you, kid" from Casablanca.
8. 'Perhaps power.' (1977)
UnionMade says this is "May the Force be with you" from Star Wars.
9. 'Now can not be denied.' (1972)
UnionMade says this is "He made him an offer he couldn't refuse", from The Godfather
10. 'Love is no excuse.'
(1970)
I say this is "Love means never having to say you're sorry" from Love Story
11. 'You're a man, I am a man, man.' (1998)
UnionMade thinks this might be from Shakespeare in Love, and offers a couple of good possibilities for the original line...
UPDATE: ... but science says this is not the answer, so we need to keep looking.
12. 'I want to quit smoking.' (2005)
UnionMade thinks this is "I wish I knew how to quit you." from Brokeback Mountain.
13. 'Why is this important?' (2008)
14. 'Dare. Less than style.' (1995)
15. 'The fact is that human desires, but more than words, is good.' (1987)
Boudica20 suggests that this is "Greed is good" from Wall Street
16. 'Way? If you do not have access.' (1985)
17. 'I was very angry, am what?' (1976)
UnionMade suggests this is "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more!" from Network.
18. 'We are a lack of communication.' (1967)
I say this is "What we have here is a failure to communicate", from Cool Hand Luke.
19. 'Hello, good morning.' (1968)
20. 'Corps to open the door.' (1968)
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And lastly, here's tonight's JulieCrostic.
As usual the gremlins were around working their mischief -- grouping the clues in bundles of 3, regardless of how many answers there actually are per row; removing all the capitalization from the clues; occasionally fiddling with punctuation or word spacing in the clues -- but I don't think they did anything beyond that this week. (I have noticed them sneaking around quite a bit lately, though, so beware of gremlin tricks in February...)
NOTE: if you're new and are not familiar with JulieCrostics, you can find introductory puzzles along with an explanation of how JulieCrostics work and examples of solved puzzles in any edition of our weekly companion series Sunday Puzzle Warm-Up.
1. unpleasant paisley
2. high sea
3. italian city
4. a person who's usually wrong
5. name translater
6. famous george [see also 19]
7. civil war location
8. tacit
9. people likely to be found in Utah
10. accurate
11. with 12, taitz
12. see 11
13. offering or tax
14. containers
15. helpful if you're stuck
16. real sure
17. wife-loser
18. drudge
19. another famous george [see also 6]
20. blues prison
21. intersection
22. 11 is and isn't; ditto for 12
23. its arrow points left
24. occupant
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And don't forget: next week is the first Sunday of February so it's a Potluck Puzzle Party. Everyone's welcome, whether you bring a puzzle or not. But if you've been hankering to try your hand at creating a puzzle (or sharing one you've seen), next week is a great time to do it.