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[
{
"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]. [The Swiss Family]] [Every one]en found [Vo[[No two are ever the same] material] collection tool, for short]ro[As a [One who is newly born]'s [The lowest point]].",
"puzzleSolution": "Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft."
},
{
"completionText": "3rd April 2007:",
"puzzleDate": "2025-04-03",
"completionURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV_world_speed_record#Record_of_2007",
"solutions": {
"Two gross and one \"nice!\", digitally": "357",
"Projection from a hand or foot": "digit",
"1994 movie about a bus": "speed",
"A broken one might go on forever": "record",
"_____ wide web": "world",
"Roman five": "V",
"Junction with three legs": "T",
"Acceleration under gravity is one": "G",
"\"I\" walked 1000 of these": "miles",
"Changes in speed or direction": "Acceleration",
"Massive attraction": "gravity",
"Wine that clings to the sides of the glass": "legs",
"Person with authority": "official",
"Arachnid's hang out": "web",
"Not working, damaged": "broken",
"\"Get ready, get set, __!\"": "go",
"______ and Saunders": "French",
"Improve oneself physically": "train",
"Make better": "Improve",
"Entice closer": "attract",
"Forecast data based on trends": "Project",
"Catholic service": "Mass",
"One on your side": "ally",
"Thin PVC film": "cling",
"Bowie \"Ch-ch-ch-ch-_______\"": "Changes"
},
"initialPuzzle": "A [______ and Saunders] [Junction with three [Wine that [Thin PVC film]s to the sides of the glass]][[[Bowie \"Ch-ch-ch-ch-_______\"] in speed or direction] under [[Catholic service]ive [Entice closer]ion] is one][Roman five] [[Make better] oneself physic[One on your side]] sets an [Person with authority] new [_____ wide [Arachnid's hang out]] [1994 movie about a bus] [A [Not working, damaged] one might [\"Get ready, get set, __!\"] on forever] of [Two gross and one \"nice!\", [[Forecast data based on trends]ion from a hand or foot]ally] [\"I\" walked 1000 of these] per hour.",
"puzzleSolution": "A French TGV train sets an official new world speed record of 357 miles per hour."
},
{
"completionText": "2nd April 1912:",
"puzzleDate": "2025-04-02",
"completionURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic",
"solutions": {
"The largest of Saturn's moons": "Titan",
"\"That's no ____!\"": "moon",
"Alcoholic drink best served with tonic": "gin",
"Often follows the Old Man": "sea",
"Architect of GNU, for short": "RMS",
"Sixth planet": "Saturn",
"The first note of a scale": "tonic",
"Designer of buildings": "Architect",
"Construct": "build",
"Coco, Yves, or Vivienne, maybe": "Designer",
"Greatest in size": "largest",
"\"The ________ Showman\": P. T. Barnum": "Greatest",
"Most common number of sides on a die": "Six",
"One wouldn't want to meet this kind of artist": "Con",
"Quick message": "note",
"Climb up": "scale",
"Large agricultural building": "Barn",
"Flying vehicle": "plane",
"Having many years": "Old",
"These might come in calendar, academic, or fiscal": "years",
"Courtroom activity": "trial",
"Try hard to win favourable attention": "Court",
"Desirable outcome in a game": "win",
"It's handy to be owed one": "favour",
"A mobile phone to a German": "handy"
},
"initialPuzzle": "The [[[Coco, Yves, or Vivienne, maybe] of [[One wouldn't want to meet this kind of artist]struct]ings] of GNU, for short] [The [[\"The ________ Showman\": P. T. [Large agricultural building]um] in size] of [[Most common number of sides on a die]th [Flying vehicle]t]'s [\"That's no ____!\"]s]ic be[Alcoholic drink best served with [The first [Quick message] of a [Climb up]]]s [Often follows the [Having many [These might come in calendar, academic, or fiscal]] Man] [[Try hard to [Desirable outcome in a game] [It's [A mobile phone to a German] to be owed one]able attention]room activity]s.",
"puzzleSolution": "The RMS Titanic begins sea trials."
},
{
"completionText": "1st April 1983:",
"puzzleDate": "2025-04-01",
"completionURL": "https://www.york.ac.uk/it-services/about/news/our-history",
"solutions": {
"So good they named it once": "York",
"Coal or great, perhaps": "tit",
"Consume food": "eat",
"Not science": "art",
"Not art": "Science",
"Second in command": "vice",
"\"___ equals ___\", Brecht play": "man",
"A leap one is controversial": "Second",
"There are several on Mars": "rovers",
"Awarder of degrees": "University",
"Location in a hospital": "ward",
"Eject liquid from the mouth": "spit",
"Entirely reliant": "dependent",
"🐱": "cat",
"Person or machine that performs calculations": "Computer",
"Male offspring": "son",
"Projection of the jaw": "chin",
"___-de-sac": "cul",
"Opposite of get": "put",
"Maker of Robins and Scimitars": "reliant",
"Red harbingers of Christmas": "Robins",
"Indulge excessively": "binge",
"1001 to Constantine": "mi",
"Always the same": "Constant",
"Sterling, colloquially": "quid"
},
"initialPuzzle": "The [A[Lo[🐱]ion in a ho[Eject li[Sterling, colloquially] from the mouth]al]er of degrees] of [So good they named it once] Com[Opposite of get]ing Ser[[A leap one is cont[There are several on Mars]ial] in com[\"___ equals ___\", Brecht play]d], formerly p[Not science] of [Per[Male offspring] or ma[Projection of the jaw]e that performs cal[___-de-sac]ations] [Not art], became an in[Entirely [Maker of [Red har[Indulge excessively]rs of Christmas] and Sci[1001 to [Always the same]ine]tars]] en[Coal or gr[Consume food], perhaps]y.",
"puzzleSolution": "The University of York Computing Service, formerly part of Computer Science, became an independent entity."
},
{
"completionText": "31st March 1998:",
"puzzleDate": "2025-03-31",
"completionURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla",
"solutions": {
"Olive or grape plant, maybe": "vine",
"Castrated male bovine": "Bullock",
"1995 Sandra Bullock movie \"The ___\"": "Net",
"\"___ old fox\"": "sly",
"Water meadows": "ings",
"Mean": "Par",
"Parents or siblings, for short": "fam",
"Owls are famously this": "Wise",
"Shrink": "contract",
"Euclid's mathematical treatise": "elements",
"\"No ____s!\": Wise words for superheroes": "cape",
"________ table of the elements": "periodic",
"A timed contract with a periodic payment": "lease",
"Image made from smaller pieces": "Mosaic",
"The Mosaic Killer": "Mozilla",
"The start": "source",
"\"You make a better ____ than a window!\"": "door",
"\"____ wide!\"": "open",
"One might enter this to open a door": "code",
"One of the five senses": "taste",
"In favour of": "pro",
"The taste of protons": "sour",
"Strong curved structure": "arch",
"Monarch": "king",
"Timmy never actually fell down one of these": "well",
"Blood sucking skin dwellers": "lice"
},
"initialPuzzle": "[1995 Sandra [Castrated male bo[Olive or grape plant, maybe]] movie \"The ___\"]s[\"No ____s!\": [Owls are [[Mean]ents or sibl[Water meadows], for short]ou[\"___ old fox\"] this] words for superheroes] re[A timed [Shrink] with a [________ table of the [Euclid's mathematical treatise]] payment]s [The [Image made from smaller pieces] Killer] [The start] [One might enter this to open a [\"You make a better ____ than a window!\"]] under an [\"____ wide!\"] [The [One of the five senses] of [In favour of]tons]ce [Blood suc[Mon[Strong curved structure]] skin d[Timmy never actually fell down one of these]ers]nse.",
"puzzleSolution": "Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license."
}
]
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