针锋相对 (Tit for Tat)
Tit for Tat
题目详情
答案是一个两个单词的英文短语。
Drivers destabilise? (6.4)
Help a top-roper with your gut? (5.4)
Weak point of a lever? (5.4)
Reorganises puffy desserts? (8.2)
What you need to get the flattest dough? (5.1)
Numerically, the body of water coming after the one at Edinburgh? (5.3)
2-for-1 on name-brand soap? (4.2)
Nirvana feud? (6.4)
(6.1)
The answer is a two-word English phrase.
Drivers destabilise? (6.4)
Help a top-roper with your gut? (5.4)
Weak point of a lever? (5.4)
Reorganises puffy desserts? (8.2)
What you need to get the flattest dough? (5.1)
Numerically, the body of water coming after the one at Edinburgh? (5.3)
2-for-1 on name-brand soap? (4.2)
Nirvana feud? (6.4)
(6.1)
解析
后面的线索短语（X.Y）都有一个两个单词的答案，由长度为 X 的单词组成，这些单词除了位置 Y 上的字母不同之外完全相同。（在谜题的标题“Tit for Tat”中有所暗示）。它们是：
Drivers destabilise? (6.4)
CARMEN CAREEN
Help a top-roper with your gut? (5.4)
BELLY BELAY
Weak point of a lever? (5.4)
CRANK CRACK
Reorganises puffy desserts? (8.2)
SHUFFLES SOUFFLES
What you need to get the flattest dough? (5.1)
LEAST YEAST
Numerically, the body of water coming after the one at Edinburgh? (5.3)
FIFTH FIRTH
2-for-1 on name-brand soap? (4.2)
DIAL DEAL
Nirvana feud? (6.4)
GRUNGE GRUDGE
这些不同的字母拼写出了 MELANCHOLYFRIEND（忧郁的朋友），我们还剩下“(6.1)”来暗示这是最后的线索。我们预计 SOMBRE HOMBRE 是人们会找到的解决方案，但有点令人惊讶的是，第二个解决方案同样受欢迎且足够合理，我们也接受了它……那就是 MELLOW FELLOW。令人难以置信的是，线索短语“melancholy friend”的首字母与这个意外解决方案中不同的字母相匹配。
以下解谜者设法找到了上述两个答案短语中的至少一个。
Original Explanation
The clue phrases followed by (X.Y) each had a two-word answer that consisted of words of length X that are identical except for the letter in position Y. (hinted at in the puzzle’s title, “Tit for Tat”). These were
Drivers destabilise? (6.4)
CARMEN CAREEN
Help a top-roper with your gut? (5.4)
BELLY BELAY
Weak point of a lever? (5.4)
CRANK CRACK
Reorganises puffy desserts? (8.2)
SHUFFLES SOUFFLES
What you need to get the flattest dough? (5.1)
LEAST YEAST
Numerically, the body of water coming after the one at Edinburgh? (5.3)
FIFTH FIRTH
2-for-1 on name-brand soap? (4.2)
DIAL DEAL
Nirvana feud? (6.4)
GRUNGE GRUDGE
The differing letters spell out MELANCHOLYFRIEND, and we are left with “(6.1)” to suggest that this is a final clue. We expected SOMBRE HOMBRE to be the solution folks would find, but somewhat surprisingly a second solution was equally popular and legitimate enough that we accepted it as well… which was MELLOW FELLOW. Incredibly, the initials of the clue phrase “melancholy friend” matched the distinct letters in this unintended solution.
The following puzzlers managed to find at least one of the two answer phrases above.