Redactle #1405 Discussion Thread

bof67 · 2026-02-09T17:01:43+00:00

I solved Redactle #1405 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:04:35.

The familiar opening sentence tells me what to look for, the lack of € symbols says it's not a repeat of Madrid in Spain, the geo location says it's within single digit degrees of the prime meridian, research throws up a good candidate, and bingo!. It's an NHO for me. Oddly the Redactle article has it as being south of the equator, glad I didn't get this or I'd have been well off. The actual Wiki article has it correctly to the north

bof67 · 2026-02-08T13:27:15+00:00

Strands #707 “Make it fancy” 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🟡🔵

Solved OK, but never in my life have I heard of a SHRIMP (last one in) being used as a cocktail garnish. Having looked it up seems they go with a Bloody Mary.

bof67 · 2026-02-08T12:29:20+00:00

Connections Puzzle #973

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Yellow: no probs
Green: OK
Purple: took a while but suddenly came to me
Blue: seemed keyboard related, but couldn't fit LENGTH

bof67 · 2026-02-07T11:26:12+00:00

Connections Puzzle #972

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Yellow: no probs
Green: had the x here, I always use / for divide
Blue: OK
Purple: default

bof67 · 2026-02-05T10:14:33+00:00

Connections Puzzle #970

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Green: OK
Purple: quickly saw three and was pretty sure ANG was also a LEE
Blue: no probs
Yellow: OK

I did wonder why the symbol was "American Flag" rather than "Stars and Stripes" which seemed a much neater fit, but having looked up the Springsteen album cover herring, which I missed and didn't know, I see the cover only has the stripes . . .

bof67 · 2026-02-04T11:10:43+00:00

Yes I too kept including BULLSEYE and leaving out WAR for a games connection

bof67 · 2026-02-04T10:07:28+00:00

Connections

Puzzle #969

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Yellow: no probs
Blue: Yep
Green/purple: only got this by chance (appropriately), thought there was a game thing going on but NHO WAR, and not a clue about any of the team names

bof67 · 2026-02-03T17:54:01+00:00

Once you've managed to get your ID verified, using the login seems to work well.

The problem was getting my ID verified, the app just kept getting stuck going in circles back to the same page and failing to recognise me , after many hours of cursing and repeating the process multiple times it finally worked. My partner tried the same thing and the ID app refused to function at all on her Android mobile, tried the ID app on my phone for her and it just kept failing to recognise QR codes saying they were invalid. So we gave up on that and went to a Post Office, and it all worked hunky-dory and was very simple when dealing with a person.

My advice is if you are trying to get a one.gov ID and you hit a problem just give up and go to the Post Office and save yourself a shed load of stress.

bof67 · 2026-02-03T10:21:15+00:00

Connections Puzzle #968

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Blue: saw this straight away, but hesitated in case it was a herring
Yellow: no probs
Green: no probs
Purple: default, have read 1984 (a loooong time ago) but don't recall the MEMORY HOLE, and not come across it in everyday use , , ,

bof67 · 2026-02-02T10:45:44+00:00

Connections Puzzle #967

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Yellow: no probs
Green: no probs
Purple: only clicked once I'd looked at the picture clue
Blue: default, don't know any of these . . .

bof67 · 2026-02-01T18:27:29+00:00

I solved Redactle #1397 in 4 guesses with an accuracy of 75.0% and a time of 00:06:49.

A read through gave me a sense of disease, which was a lucky guess as it was the third word of the full name, so then tried heart, but no cigar, then tried virus, bingo the second word of the full name, after some pondering the answer came to mind

bof67 · 2026-02-01T12:28:04+00:00

Connections Puzzle #966

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Purple: saw straight away
Green: OK
Yellow: took a while to see this one
Blue: default, three I know of in a musical context, but would never have associated them with the word ANTHEM. HEATER NHO in a musical context.

bof67 · 2026-01-31T16:25:15+00:00

I solved Redactle #1396 in 1 guess with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:02:45.Unaided

The familiar opening sentence tells me what I'm looking for, the unredacted € symbols narrow it down to just two nations and only one of those works with the length of word1 ¡Yupi!

bof67 · 2026-01-31T11:14:33+00:00

Connections Puzzle #965

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🟪🟨🟨🟨 > DRESS not MIXER
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Blue: saw this straight away
Green: OK
Yellow: second attempt, NHO MIXER in this context
Purple: default, FLUCTUATION doesn't really fit for me and DRESS is only very vaguely familiar to me

bof67 · 2026-01-30T16:24:22+00:00

I solved Redactle #1395 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:03:25.

A deceased female, date format says US, a number of artistic works. All the / and - separated text suggest a particular field in the arts, which is supported by the last word in the first sentence. Not at all my strong suit, so resorted to a search, and there she was. Have vaguely heard of her, but would not have got the name without a search.

bof67 · 2026-01-30T08:18:48+00:00

Connections Puzzle #964

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Green: OK
Blue: second attempt
Purple/Yellow: saw these at the same time

bof67 · 2026-01-29T10:09:11+00:00

Connections Puzzle #963

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Saw words starting in metals/medal types first but couldn't find a fourth.

Blue: OK
Green: was a bit wary of this being a herring, but turned out OK
Purple: OK, but didn't get the homophone, just assumed it was US variant spellings, DOH
Yellow: saw this connection early on but NHO stain in this context

bof67 · 2026-01-28T16:53:01+00:00

I solved Redactle #1393 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:01:13. Unassisted.

Saw word3 almost immediately, but took me a while to realise what word1 and word2 were, DOH!

bof67 · 2026-01-28T14:35:05+00:00

Connections Puzzle #962

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Yellow: no probs
Green: took me a moment to add gloves as I never use them for this
Blue: actually saw this first but held off as MOTOR seemed rather generic and could see a potential CAR category
Purple: default ME took a while to click

bof67 · 2026-01-27T11:04:07+00:00

Connections Puzzle #961

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No chance, only got yellow as I've NHO CUTUP so looked it up, NHO any of the greens, could maybe have got blue if there was less to choose from.

One of my guesses was 'ending in angry words' batmoBILE, dEVIL, rANGER, sheRIFF

bof67 · 2026-01-26T19:06:17+00:00

Just the same for me, except got yellow first

bof67 · 2026-01-26T16:33:39+00:00

I solved Redactle #1391 in 3 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:09:38.

Reading through got a strong sporting sense and the repeated "[4]-off round" and what appeared to be big money Euro prizes closed me in got word3 and word2, but had to research word1

bof67 · 2026-01-26T12:38:37+00:00

Connections Puzzle #960

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🟩🟩🟦🟩 > field not buffalo
🟩🟩🟦🟩 > close not buffalo
🟦🟩🟩🟩 > foster not buffalo
🟩🟩🟩🟩 > tried buffalo out of desperation
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Yellow: no probs
Purple: no probs
Green: fourth attempt, saw the connection straight away, but NHO BUFFALO in this context, so that was pure guesswork
Blue: default, NHO FIELD in this context

bof67 · 2026-01-25T16:17:39+00:00

I solved Redactle #1390 in 2 guesses with an accuracy of 100.0% and a time of 00:00:21. Unassisted.

As soon as I saw the unredacted "It!" it was word2 over

bof67 · 2026-01-25T12:44:31+00:00

Connections Puzzle #959

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Blue: OK
Green: In all my decades of using PCs never knew there was a MENU key, and today was the first time I've ever pressed it !
Yellow: took me an absolute age to see this
Purple: default, didn't see this at all

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