On July 30, 2026 at 5:29PM EST HalcyonTrek wrote:
There were so many flags in the narrative, I immediately Googled a semaphore alphabet, and wrote down a list of the times. This made for a quick but very enjoyable puzzle. I also liked the Kamchatka UTC time zone red herring. I learned a lot about that, thank you. The only negative for me is that despite the movies references, there was not a single submarine to be had ;)
On August 15, 2025 at 11:26PM EST Wodan wrote:
Ok, no. these times are WAY off how i’d describe those flag positions!
On January 12, 2023 at 3:56PM EST Just-A wrote:
I loved this one. The first thing I did was symbolize all of the times on clock faces, then tried to deduce what they meant. On the third reading I noticed that he sure like to say flag a lot, so did some Googling and learned something new.
On December 30, 2022 at 6:00PM EST Cass wrote:
This one took me so long! I started around 6:15 yesterday and didn't make any progress on it at all until about 10:35 when I threw in the towel for the night. It wasn't until I woke up around 8:20 this morning that I had a sudden realization and reached the -
On April 24, 2022 at 8:11PM EST contig wrote:
Love it! And here I thought we were done with Strange Amalgams
On August 12, 2021 at 6:51PM EST Dre responded to ReverendTed:
I see what you did there :)
On February 15, 2020 at 11:59AM EST ReverendTed wrote:
I’m unsure why this one was flagged as medium difficulty. I finished it in record time, never once throwing up my arms in despair in need of a clue. But I’m good with metaphors and semantics.
On February 15, 2020 at 11:59AM EST ReverendTed wrote:
I’m unsure why this one was flagged as medium difficulty. I finished it in record time, never once throwing up my arms in despair in need of a clue. But I’m good with metaphors and semantics.
