Squaring the Circle
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| Keywords | Content |
|---|---|
| start, clues | Start by solving the two sets of clues. The straight lines in the diagram correspond to the \ clues, and the circular paths correspond to the o clues. |
| circle clues | The o clues may look a bit strange, but they all have a key characteristic in common: they are all 12 words long. There are also 12 circles on the circular paths in the diagram. |
| circle clues giveaway | The o clues can be "rotated"; the first word in the clue, as given, corresponds to the letter at the top of the circle. The first word in the un-rotated clue corresponds to the first letter of the answer. If the answer to a clue should go counterclockwise, the words in the clue are given in reverse order. |
| first letters | Have you tried reading the first letters of the given clues? |
| cluephrases, cut, glue | The cluephrase from the \ clues tells you to cut along the long axis. This makes two loops. Then, the cluephrase from the o clues tells you to glue red to green. This should leave you with a rather unusual shape. |
| square | There is one more step needed to "square the circle"; can you find a way to "cut corners" from the unusual shape you've glued together? |
| final cut | Cutting along the central axis of both circles produces a square! |
| extraction, area | The final diagram suggests that the way to extract is to consider the original problem of squaring the circle: constructing a square and circle with equal area. There are 8 intersections highlighted. |
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Old English peasant or low-ranking freeman (alt. spelling)
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Got rid of moisture
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X-CO-O-X' compound
Indispensable parts of a golfer's set
Scout’s badge type
Tailed amphibians
On the leaves of this shrub native to New Zealand, there are often small translucent dots
Simple dish containing mostly raw vegetables
Theatrical moment, to an Italian
A noise made when eating ramen
Ribbon or flap used to hold something together
Type of steak
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