A transgenre puzzle with rowing

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Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;

stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

remove the last two and then triple the rest,

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

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Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;

stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

remove the last two and then triple the rest,

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 2 hours ago

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up vote
4
down vote

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Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;

stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

remove the last two and then triple the rest,

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 2 hours ago

asked 2 hours ago

jafe

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Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;

stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

remove the last two and then triple the rest,

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

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Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Although almost every capital city has at least one of those letters, let's use a poetically liberal regexp engine that allows no other letters in the name at all. That gives us the starting point of

BAGHDAD

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

Drop the "BAGH", interpret "DAD" as a hexadecimal number, and add 200, or "C8" in hexadecimal, to get "E75".

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Route E75 does indeed cross the Danube, and it meets the Baltic Sea at GDYNIA, Poland.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Replacing the A with a H, we get GDYNIH, which we scramble into a DINGHY, matching the title and the next line too.

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;
remove the last two and then triple the rest,

DING DING DING

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 40 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Bass

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Aha! Well done, I'd been too restrictive on the first clue. Mind you I never would have got the second.
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Very partial:

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Only European capital I can think of is Belgrade (or technically BELGRADE), which conveniently is on the Danube

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

RADE and CC ? Not sure what to do with this

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

RIGA is mostly north of Belgrade, on the coast

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Applied to RIGA, give RIGH

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

Add ROW> RIGHROW .. I've gone horribly wrong

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Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Although almost every capital city has at least one of those letters, let's use a poetically liberal regexp engine that allows no other letters in the name at all. That gives us the starting point of

BAGHDAD

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

Drop the "BAGH", interpret "DAD" as a hexadecimal number, and add 200, or "C8" in hexadecimal, to get "E75".

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Route E75 does indeed cross the Danube, and it meets the Baltic Sea at GDYNIA, Poland.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Replacing the A with a H, we get GDYNIH, which we scramble into a DINGHY, matching the title and the next line too.

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;
remove the last two and then triple the rest,

DING DING DING

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 40 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Bass

25.2k461160

Aha! Well done, I'd been too restrictive on the first clue. Mind you I never would have got the second.
â€“Â Mohirl
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up vote
6
down vote

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Although almost every capital city has at least one of those letters, let's use a poetically liberal regexp engine that allows no other letters in the name at all. That gives us the starting point of

BAGHDAD

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

Drop the "BAGH", interpret "DAD" as a hexadecimal number, and add 200, or "C8" in hexadecimal, to get "E75".

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Route E75 does indeed cross the Danube, and it meets the Baltic Sea at GDYNIA, Poland.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Replacing the A with a H, we get GDYNIH, which we scramble into a DINGHY, matching the title and the next line too.

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;
remove the last two and then triple the rest,

DING DING DING

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 40 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Bass

25.2k461160

Aha! Well done, I'd been too restrictive on the first clue. Mind you I never would have got the second.
â€“Â Mohirl
1 hour ago

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up vote
6
down vote

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Although almost every capital city has at least one of those letters, let's use a poetically liberal regexp engine that allows no other letters in the name at all. That gives us the starting point of

BAGHDAD

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

Drop the "BAGH", interpret "DAD" as a hexadecimal number, and add 200, or "C8" in hexadecimal, to get "E75".

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Route E75 does indeed cross the Danube, and it meets the Baltic Sea at GDYNIA, Poland.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Replacing the A with a H, we get GDYNIH, which we scramble into a DINGHY, matching the title and the next line too.

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;
remove the last two and then triple the rest,

DING DING DING

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 40 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Bass

25.2k461160

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Although almost every capital city has at least one of those letters, let's use a poetically liberal regexp engine that allows no other letters in the name at all. That gives us the starting point of

BAGHDAD

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

Drop the "BAGH", interpret "DAD" as a hexadecimal number, and add 200, or "C8" in hexadecimal, to get "E75".

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

Route E75 does indeed cross the Danube, and it meets the Baltic Sea at GDYNIA, Poland.

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Replacing the A with a H, we get GDYNIH, which we scramble into a DINGHY, matching the title and the next line too.

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;
remove the last two and then triple the rest,

DING DING DING

we have a winner, you're clearly the best!

edited 40 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Bass

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edited 40 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Bass

25.2k461160

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Bass

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Bass

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Aha! Well done, I'd been too restrictive on the first clue. Mind you I never would have got the second.
â€“Â Mohirl
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Aha! Well done, I'd been too restrictive on the first clue. Mind you I never would have got the second.
â€“Â Mohirl
1 hour ago

Aha! Well done, I'd been too restrictive on the first clue. Mind you I never would have got the second.
â€“Â Mohirl
1 hour ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
0
down vote

Very partial:

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Only European capital I can think of is Belgrade (or technically BELGRADE), which conveniently is on the Danube

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

RADE and CC ? Not sure what to do with this

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

RIGA is mostly north of Belgrade, on the coast

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Applied to RIGA, give RIGH

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

Add ROW> RIGHROW .. I've gone horribly wrong

answered 1 hour ago

Mohirl

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up vote
0
down vote

Very partial:

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Only European capital I can think of is Belgrade (or technically BELGRADE), which conveniently is on the Danube

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

RADE and CC ? Not sure what to do with this

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

RIGA is mostly north of Belgrade, on the coast

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Applied to RIGA, give RIGH

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

Add ROW> RIGHROW .. I've gone horribly wrong

answered 1 hour ago

Mohirl

1,765716

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up vote
0
down vote

Very partial:

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Only European capital I can think of is Belgrade (or technically BELGRADE), which conveniently is on the Danube

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

RADE and CC ? Not sure what to do with this

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

RIGA is mostly north of Belgrade, on the coast

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Applied to RIGA, give RIGH

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

Add ROW> RIGHROW .. I've gone horribly wrong

answered 1 hour ago

Mohirl

1,765716

Very partial:

Capital city that matches [A-H]+,

Only European capital I can think of is Belgrade (or technically BELGRADE), which conveniently is on the Danube

take out the first four and then add deux cents plus;

RADE and CC ? Not sure what to do with this

crossing the Danube, you make your way north;
stay on that route till the coastline comes forth.

RIGA is mostly north of Belgrade, on the coast

Apply s/A/H/ and then scramble what you get,

Applied to RIGA, give RIGH

take out your oars as well, try not to get wet;

Add ROW> RIGHROW .. I've gone horribly wrong

answered 1 hour ago

Mohirl

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