[ { "completionText": "6th April 1973:", "puzzleDate": "2025-04-06", "completionURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_11", "solutions": { "Apollo operators, initially": "NASA", "An alien one might make you clench": "probe", "Exceed limitations, \"Go up to __\"": "11", "Japanese digital entertainment equipment corporation": "Pioneer", "Foreigner": "alien", "Greek god of archery": "Apollo", "Witty remark": "quip", "One wouldn't want to be at the end of ones own": "Wit", "Go inside": "enter", "Home of Glenmorangie": "tain", "Set in motion": "Launch", "Cry often heard on courses": "Fore", "Expel salty water from one's face": "Cry", "Hold an object tightly in ones fist": "clench", "One who is stingy with their money": "tight", "Express disagreement": "object", "Hold a different opinion": "disagree", "Not a statement of fact": "opinion", "Not the same": "different", "Bar where hitting is allowed": "space", "Bully's enquiry \"Why are you _______ yourself?\"": "hitting", "Permanently deny entry": "Bar", "Refuse to believe": "deny" }, "initialPuzzle": "[Set in motion] of the [Japanese digital [Go inside][Home of Glenmorangie]ment e[[One wouldn't want to be at the end of ones own]ty remark]ment corporation] [Exceed limitations, \"Go up to __\"] [[Greek god of archery] operators, initially] [[Permanently [Refuse to believe] entry] where [Bully's enquiry \"Why are you _______ yourself?\"] is allowed] [An [[[Expel salty water from one's face] often heard on courses]igner] one might make you [Hold an [Express [Hold a [Not the same] [Not a statement of fact]]ment] [One who is stingy with their money]ly in ones fist]].", "puzzleSolution": "Launch of the Pioneer 11 NASA space probe." }, { "completionText": "5th April 1993:", "puzzleDate": "2025-04-05", "completionURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia", "solutions": { "Something which was once lost": "found", "78% constituent of air, shortly": "N", "\"I saw,\" said Caesar": "vidi", "Not none, not all": "Some", "Alphabetic shift cipher": "Caesar", "Google owners": "Alphabet", "Electing member of an area or organisation": "constituent", "Building sized wind instrument": "organ", "Change gear, \"_____ up\"": "shift", "Treat paper to reduce absorbancy": "size", "Children might like a sweet one": "Treat", "Wood or cotton fibres smashed into a thin sheet": "paper", "Prefix gin, rag, or Eyed Joe": "cotton", "Physical strength": "might", "_____ and sour": "sweet", "Narrow in only one dimension": "thin", "Musical, legal, or precision, for example": "instrument", "It literally grows on trees": "Wood", "In reality or metaphorically": "literally", "Argue": "row", "Referring to itself": "meta", "Coffee or average man": "Joe", "Instant mashed potato brand": "smash", "Mark with a hot iron": "brand", "Low light level": "dim" }, "initialPuzzle": "[78% [Electing member of an area or [Building [[Children [Physical strength] like a [_____ and sour] one] [[It [In reality or [Referring to itself]phorically] g[Argue]s on trees] or [Prefix gin, rag, or Eyed [Coffee or average man]] fibres [Instant mashed potato [Mark with a hot iron]]ed into a [Narrow in only one [Low light level]ension] sheet] to reduce absorbancy]d wind [Musical, legal, or precision, for example]]isation] of air, shortly][\"I saw,\" said [[Google owners]ic [Change gear, \"_____ up\"] cipher]]a is [[Not none, not all]thing which was once lost]ed", "puzzleSolution": "Nvidia is founded" }, { "completionText": "4th April 1975:", "puzzleDate": "2025-04-04", "completionURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft", "solutions": { "Voice collection tool, for short": "Mic", "Every one": "All", "Heaven has pearly ones": "Gates", "Send demand for payment": "Bill", "____, Art, and Mrs. Robinson": "Paul", "As a baby's bottom": "soft", "Expression of creativity": "Art", "Seven minutes in ______": "Heaven", "Mollusc jewellery": "pearl", "Typical action performed on buttons": "press", "Female married title": "Mrs", "The Swiss Family": "Robinson", "Shirt fasteners": "buttons", "The lowest point": "bottom", "One who is newly born": "baby", "Source of clean water": "well", "Sixtieths of a degree": "minutes", "Mutual counterbalance to supply": "demand", "Piece in a game": "counter", "Requirement for tightrope walkers, for example": "balance", "Something speaking louder than words": "action", "Four sheets of paper folded once": "quire", "Refrain from eating": "fast", "Repeated words at the end of a verse": "Refrain", "Snowflake material": "ice", "No two are ever the same": "Snowflake" }, "initialPuzzle": "[Send [Mutual [Piece in a game][Re[Four sheets of paper folded once]ment for tightrope walkers, for example] to supply] for payment] [[Seven [Sixtieths of a degree] in ______] has [Mollusc je[Source of clean water]ery]y ones] and [____, [Ex[Typical [Something speaking louder than words] performed on [Shirt [[Repeated words at the end of a verse] from eating]eners]]ion of creativity], and [Female married title]. 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