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Piece de Resistance - Introduction & Ace and A's
A Masterpiece: A mirror or an ABC?Hearken, now, and listen close!Three-letter words. Or are they longer?Let's spin the wheel! [2]Old love letters - but who wrote them?A poem and a number sequenceThe Puzzling TimesWhat in the hell is for dinner?Interesting card combinationsMake a Straight Flush to win!A strange message from space?
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Hey guys (and gals), I have worked on this for weeks, took me even more effort than "A Masterpiece: A mirror or an ABC?". Hope y'all like it, and don't forget to press the upward button if you like it and/or appreciate my effort :D
Prologue
On Sunday night, you went to the bar to chill with your friend. After chatting for a while, your friend produced a deck of cards from his pocket.
"Here, happy birthday, mate! Bye for now!"
And then, without a word, he left.
You flipped through the cards, but they aren't the kind of playing cards you normally see. On the top-right corner of each of the cards are labels, from A through K. Strange though, there is no suit. You soon realised there is only one suit of 13 cards here.
Ace - and A's
You observed the Ace card in detail. It has a silver glossy surface. You tried rubbing a coin against the surface, and you realised there was another layer under the silver surface. The surface underneath was more like a typical playing card, with a white shiny facade. The black text on it says:
$mathfraktextAce, I may be to the ear, without one letter.$
$mathfraktextA's, I may be to the eye, without two letters.$
$mathfraktextSee? Three letters gone!$
$mathfraktextI am a victim.$
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Hey guys (and gals), I have worked on this for weeks, took me even more effort than "A Masterpiece: A mirror or an ABC?". Hope y'all like it, and don't forget to press the upward button if you like it and/or appreciate my effort :D
Prologue
On Sunday night, you went to the bar to chill with your friend. After chatting for a while, your friend produced a deck of cards from his pocket.
"Here, happy birthday, mate! Bye for now!"
And then, without a word, he left.
You flipped through the cards, but they aren't the kind of playing cards you normally see. On the top-right corner of each of the cards are labels, from A through K. Strange though, there is no suit. You soon realised there is only one suit of 13 cards here.
Ace - and A's
You observed the Ace card in detail. It has a silver glossy surface. You tried rubbing a coin against the surface, and you realised there was another layer under the silver surface. The surface underneath was more like a typical playing card, with a white shiny facade. The black text on it says:
$mathfraktextAce, I may be to the ear, without one letter.$
$mathfraktextA's, I may be to the eye, without two letters.$
$mathfraktextSee? Three letters gone!$
$mathfraktextI am a victim.$
riddle word wordplay
asked 10 hours ago
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"under the siver surface" - a typo?
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– Brandon_J
9 hours ago
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@Brandon_J oh yes, thanks
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$mathfrakNice use of $ ~ mathfrak
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Hey guys (and gals), I have worked on this for weeks, took me even more effort than "A Masterpiece: A mirror or an ABC?". Hope y'all like it, and don't forget to press the upward button if you like it and/or appreciate my effort :D
Prologue
On Sunday night, you went to the bar to chill with your friend. After chatting for a while, your friend produced a deck of cards from his pocket.
"Here, happy birthday, mate! Bye for now!"
And then, without a word, he left.
You flipped through the cards, but they aren't the kind of playing cards you normally see. On the top-right corner of each of the cards are labels, from A through K. Strange though, there is no suit. You soon realised there is only one suit of 13 cards here.
Ace - and A's
You observed the Ace card in detail. It has a silver glossy surface. You tried rubbing a coin against the surface, and you realised there was another layer under the silver surface. The surface underneath was more like a typical playing card, with a white shiny facade. The black text on it says:
$mathfraktextAce, I may be to the ear, without one letter.$
$mathfraktextA's, I may be to the eye, without two letters.$
$mathfraktextSee? Three letters gone!$
$mathfraktextI am a victim.$
riddle word wordplay
asked 10 hours ago
Omega KryptonOmega Krypton
11.9k2 gold badges15 silver badges87 bronze badges
$endgroup$
OP's Words
Hey guys (and gals), I have worked on this for weeks, took me even more effort than "A Masterpiece: A mirror or an ABC?". Hope y'all like it, and don't forget to press the upward button if you like it and/or appreciate my effort :D
Prologue
On Sunday night, you went to the bar to chill with your friend. After chatting for a while, your friend produced a deck of cards from his pocket.
"Here, happy birthday, mate! Bye for now!"
And then, without a word, he left.
You flipped through the cards, but they aren't the kind of playing cards you normally see. On the top-right corner of each of the cards are labels, from A through K. Strange though, there is no suit. You soon realised there is only one suit of 13 cards here.
Ace - and A's
You observed the Ace card in detail. It has a silver glossy surface. You tried rubbing a coin against the surface, and you realised there was another layer under the silver surface. The surface underneath was more like a typical playing card, with a white shiny facade. The black text on it says:
$mathfraktextAce, I may be to the ear, without one letter.$
$mathfraktextA's, I may be to the eye, without two letters.$
$mathfraktextSee? Three letters gone!$
$mathfraktextI am a victim.$
riddle word wordplay
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"under the siver surface" - a typo?
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– Brandon_J
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@Brandon_J oh yes, thanks
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– Omega Krypton
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$mathfrakNice use of $ ~ mathfrak
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add a comment |
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"under the siver surface" - a typo?
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– Brandon_J
9 hours ago
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@Brandon_J oh yes, thanks
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– Omega Krypton
9 hours ago
3
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$mathfrakNice use of $ ~ mathfrak
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– Ak19
9 hours ago
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"under the siver surface" - a typo?
$endgroup$
– Brandon_J
9 hours ago
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"under the siver surface" - a typo?
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– Brandon_J
9 hours ago
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@Brandon_J oh yes, thanks
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– Omega Krypton
9 hours ago
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@Brandon_J oh yes, thanks
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– Omega Krypton
9 hours ago
3
3
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$mathfrakNice use of $ ~ mathfrak
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Case sounds like ace when you remove one letter (the first), looks like a's when you remove two letters (the first and last), is c (sounds like see) when you remove three letters (the last three), and is a victim of (falls to) arguments in a proof by cases. I don't, however, see a connection to the title ("Piece de Resistance - Introduction").
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Gah, formatting cost me!
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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@Stiv I like your explanation for the “I am a victim” line much better, though — regardless of time submitted.
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Is the answer:
CASE
Ace, I may be to the ear, without one letter
Remove the C - the remainder 'ASE' sounds like 'Ace'.
A's, I may be to the eye, without two letters
Remove the E as well to get 'AS'.
See? Three letters gone!
Instead remove ASE and you are left with 'C', which sounds like 'see'.
I am a victim.
'Case' in the police sense of the word - a case to solve...
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Case sounds like ace when you remove one letter (the first), looks like a's when you remove two letters (the first and last), is c (sounds like see) when you remove three letters (the last three), and is a victim of (falls to) arguments in a proof by cases. I don't, however, see a connection to the title ("Piece de Resistance - Introduction").
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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@Stiv I like your explanation for the “I am a victim” line much better, though — regardless of time submitted.
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Case sounds like ace when you remove one letter (the first), looks like a's when you remove two letters (the first and last), is c (sounds like see) when you remove three letters (the last three), and is a victim of (falls to) arguments in a proof by cases. I don't, however, see a connection to the title ("Piece de Resistance - Introduction").
answered 8 hours ago
msh210msh210
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Gah, formatting cost me!
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– Stiv
8 hours ago
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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– Stiv
8 hours ago
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@Stiv I like your explanation for the “I am a victim” line much better, though — regardless of time submitted.
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– El-Guest
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Case sounds like ace when you remove one letter (the first), looks like a's when you remove two letters (the first and last), is c (sounds like see) when you remove three letters (the last three), and is a victim of (falls to) arguments in a proof by cases. I don't, however, see a connection to the title ("Piece de Resistance - Introduction").
answered 8 hours ago
msh210msh210
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Case sounds like ace when you remove one letter (the first), looks like a's when you remove two letters (the first and last), is c (sounds like see) when you remove three letters (the last three), and is a victim of (falls to) arguments in a proof by cases. I don't, however, see a connection to the title ("Piece de Resistance - Introduction").
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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@Stiv I like your explanation for the “I am a victim” line much better, though — regardless of time submitted.
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Gah, formatting cost me!
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– Stiv
8 hours ago
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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– Stiv
8 hours ago
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@Stiv I like your explanation for the “I am a victim” line much better, though — regardless of time submitted.
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Gah, formatting cost me!
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– Stiv
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Gah, formatting cost me!
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– Stiv
8 hours ago
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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PS I expect the title will prove to be the first in a complex series of puzzles... :) +1 by the way
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@Stiv I like your explanation for the “I am a victim” line much better, though — regardless of time submitted.
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Is the answer:
CASE
Ace, I may be to the ear, without one letter
Remove the C - the remainder 'ASE' sounds like 'Ace'.
A's, I may be to the eye, without two letters
Remove the E as well to get 'AS'.
See? Three letters gone!
Instead remove ASE and you are left with 'C', which sounds like 'see'.
I am a victim.
'Case' in the police sense of the word - a case to solve...
answered 8 hours ago
StivStiv
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Is the answer:
CASE
Ace, I may be to the ear, without one letter
Remove the C - the remainder 'ASE' sounds like 'Ace'.
A's, I may be to the eye, without two letters
Remove the E as well to get 'AS'.
See? Three letters gone!
Instead remove ASE and you are left with 'C', which sounds like 'see'.
I am a victim.
'Case' in the police sense of the word - a case to solve...
answered 8 hours ago
StivStiv
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Is the answer:
CASE
Ace, I may be to the ear, without one letter
Remove the C - the remainder 'ASE' sounds like 'Ace'.
A's, I may be to the eye, without two letters
Remove the E as well to get 'AS'.
See? Three letters gone!
Instead remove ASE and you are left with 'C', which sounds like 'see'.
I am a victim.
'Case' in the police sense of the word - a case to solve...
answered 8 hours ago
StivStiv
3,20210 silver badges31 bronze badges
$endgroup$
Is the answer:
CASE
Ace, I may be to the ear, without one letter
Remove the C - the remainder 'ASE' sounds like 'Ace'.
A's, I may be to the eye, without two letters
Remove the E as well to get 'AS'.
See? Three letters gone!
Instead remove ASE and you are left with 'C', which sounds like 'see'.
I am a victim.
'Case' in the police sense of the word - a case to solve...
answered 8 hours ago
StivStiv
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answered 8 hours ago
StivStiv
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answered 8 hours ago
StivStiv
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answered 8 hours ago
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– Brandon_J
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@Brandon_J oh yes, thanks
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