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I had a quick idea for a puzzle that may or may not be too hard to solve, but nothing is too hard for Puzzling SE so let's give it a go.
One of my friends gave me a list of classic books to read last week. For fun I wrote down short descriptions of each of them and then crossed out the initials in the titles.
For example, Moby Dick became massive whale dies became assive whale ies.
The problem is, I've lost the original sheet with the authors and titles of the books. I've managed to recover most of them, but there are a couple long ones I'm having trouble on:
ads go est (3)
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
mn ie fr cash (4)
in the end she is (4)
s boys ight (4)
oaming the y (4)
un oe acks everyone (5)
oman not uilty after bad her (6)
niag ees a fish (6)
The letters in parentheses denote the amount of letters missing from the clue, ie the number of words in the title.
Bonus! Reaarange the books in the order you would find them in a library and pick letters out of the author's last names to get a bonus book:
m 5 a66 425 jo7 6 (5)
I'm not quite sure what else to tag this as...
trivia anagram literature
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I had a quick idea for a puzzle that may or may not be too hard to solve, but nothing is too hard for Puzzling SE so let's give it a go.
One of my friends gave me a list of classic books to read last week. For fun I wrote down short descriptions of each of them and then crossed out the initials in the titles.
For example, Moby Dick became massive whale dies became assive whale ies.
The problem is, I've lost the original sheet with the authors and titles of the books. I've managed to recover most of them, but there are a couple long ones I'm having trouble on:
ads go est (3)
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
mn ie fr cash (4)
in the end she is (4)
s boys ight (4)
oaming the y (4)
un oe acks everyone (5)
oman not uilty after bad her (6)
niag ees a fish (6)
The letters in parentheses denote the amount of letters missing from the clue, ie the number of words in the title.
Bonus! Reaarange the books in the order you would find them in a library and pick letters out of the author's last names to get a bonus book:
m 5 a66 425 jo7 6 (5)
I'm not quite sure what else to tag this as...
trivia anagram literature
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
You say you crossed the Initials out, and in many instances this seems to be the case. But it looks like there are many missing letters also on not-leading-position in words (i.e. "fr"). Can you elaborate on that?
– Cashbee
3 hours ago
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Do you remove all the instances the initials appeared in the description or only once?
– ImongMama
2 hours ago
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I had a quick idea for a puzzle that may or may not be too hard to solve, but nothing is too hard for Puzzling SE so let's give it a go.
One of my friends gave me a list of classic books to read last week. For fun I wrote down short descriptions of each of them and then crossed out the initials in the titles.
For example, Moby Dick became massive whale dies became assive whale ies.
The problem is, I've lost the original sheet with the authors and titles of the books. I've managed to recover most of them, but there are a couple long ones I'm having trouble on:
ads go est (3)
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
mn ie fr cash (4)
in the end she is (4)
s boys ight (4)
oaming the y (4)
un oe acks everyone (5)
oman not uilty after bad her (6)
niag ees a fish (6)
The letters in parentheses denote the amount of letters missing from the clue, ie the number of words in the title.
Bonus! Reaarange the books in the order you would find them in a library and pick letters out of the author's last names to get a bonus book:
m 5 a66 425 jo7 6 (5)
I'm not quite sure what else to tag this as...
trivia anagram literature
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
I had a quick idea for a puzzle that may or may not be too hard to solve, but nothing is too hard for Puzzling SE so let's give it a go.
One of my friends gave me a list of classic books to read last week. For fun I wrote down short descriptions of each of them and then crossed out the initials in the titles.
For example, Moby Dick became massive whale dies became assive whale ies.
The problem is, I've lost the original sheet with the authors and titles of the books. I've managed to recover most of them, but there are a couple long ones I'm having trouble on:
ads go est (3)
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
mn ie fr cash (4)
in the end she is (4)
s boys ight (4)
oaming the y (4)
un oe acks everyone (5)
oman not uilty after bad her (6)
niag ees a fish (6)
The letters in parentheses denote the amount of letters missing from the clue, ie the number of words in the title.
Bonus! Reaarange the books in the order you would find them in a library and pick letters out of the author's last names to get a bonus book:
m 5 a66 425 jo7 6 (5)
I'm not quite sure what else to tag this as...
trivia anagram literature
trivia anagram literature
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
edited 28 mins ago
Chowzen
12.4k236169
12.4k236169
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
asked 5 hours ago
awesomepi
1,452843
1,452843
You say you crossed the Initials out, and in many instances this seems to be the case. But it looks like there are many missing letters also on not-leading-position in words (i.e. "fr"). Can you elaborate on that?
– Cashbee
3 hours ago
1
Do you remove all the instances the initials appeared in the description or only once?
– ImongMama
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
You say you crossed the Initials out, and in many instances this seems to be the case. But it looks like there are many missing letters also on not-leading-position in words (i.e. "fr"). Can you elaborate on that?
– Cashbee
3 hours ago
1
Do you remove all the instances the initials appeared in the description or only once?
– ImongMama
2 hours ago
You say you crossed the Initials out, and in many instances this seems to be the case. But it looks like there are many missing letters also on not-leading-position in words (i.e. "fr"). Can you elaborate on that?
– Cashbee
3 hours ago
You say you crossed the Initials out, and in many instances this seems to be the case. But it looks like there are many missing letters also on not-leading-position in words (i.e. "fr"). Can you elaborate on that?
– Cashbee
3 hours ago
1
1
Do you remove all the instances the initials appeared in the description or only once?
– ImongMama
2 hours ago
Do you remove all the instances the initials appeared in the description or only once?
– ImongMama
2 hours ago
add a comment |Â
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ads go est (3)
Goads go west (although I think it may be Joads instead)
and the book is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
Tom killed over alleged rape
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
s boys ight (4)
Lost boys fight
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
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niag ees a fish (6)
Santiago meets a fish = The Old Man and the Sea
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
2
down vote
Partial Answer
ads go est (3)
Goads go west (although I think it may be Joads instead)
and the book is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
Tom killed over alleged rape
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
s boys ight (4)
Lost boys fight
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Partial Answer
ads go est (3)
Goads go west (although I think it may be Joads instead)
and the book is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
Tom killed over alleged rape
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
s boys ight (4)
Lost boys fight
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Partial Answer
ads go est (3)
Goads go west (although I think it may be Joads instead)
and the book is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
Tom killed over alleged rape
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
s boys ight (4)
Lost boys fight
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
Partial Answer
ads go est (3)
Goads go west (although I think it may be Joads instead)
and the book is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
o illed over alleged rpe (4)
Tom killed over alleged rape
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
s boys ight (4)
Lost boys fight
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
answered 16 mins ago
hexomino
31.7k295152
31.7k295152
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Partial
niag ees a fish (6)
Santiago meets a fish = The Old Man and the Sea
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Partial
niag ees a fish (6)
Santiago meets a fish = The Old Man and the Sea
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Partial
niag ees a fish (6)
Santiago meets a fish = The Old Man and the Sea
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
Partial
niag ees a fish (6)
Santiago meets a fish = The Old Man and the Sea
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
answered 8 mins ago
jafe
9,00119100
9,00119100
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
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You say you crossed the Initials out, and in many instances this seems to be the case. But it looks like there are many missing letters also on not-leading-position in words (i.e. "fr"). Can you elaborate on that?
– Cashbee
3 hours ago
1
Do you remove all the instances the initials appeared in the description or only once?
– ImongMama
2 hours ago