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On March 1, 2024 at 4:12PM EST Fish_josh wrote:

I'm sorry, M but this was my least favorite puzzle yet. I used two hints and it seems the method to find the solution is arbitrary. Had to Google the sator square but the solution is so specific and not clear. How were we supposed to know about the first come first serve basis?

On December 27, 2023 at 12:49AM EST Hyperion wrote:

I’m beginning to think google is more of a hindrance than a help. When I googled Sator Square , nowhere did it show me the cruciform pattern so the instructions made no sense to me. I am sasly becoming disenchanted. I’m running through hints just to have to look up the answer anyway

On August 3, 2023 at 3:58PM EST Addraecyn wrote:

My favourite so far! Really enjoyed it.

On April 24, 2022 at 11:20AM EST contig wrote:

There's some cool concepts here, but this was a miss for me. I like most of the puzzles here, so I'll keep going.


In particular, there were several common letters with the sator square and the printed square, which made it seem like that was the right track. I also didn't realize pater noster would play as major of a role as the square itself -- it seemed more like a side thought

On January 22, 2021 at 9:29PM EST ukla responded to EMC2:

I'll type it in again, but I typed it in 3 times, both minuscule and majuscule.

Thanks!

On January 22, 2021 at 9:08PM EST EMC2 responded to ukla:

Are you sure that answer you came up with isn’t accepted by the website? Maybe try it again.

On January 22, 2021 at 8:48PM EST ukla wrote:

I used hint #2 and found I was on the right track. It told what order to arrange the letters in. I found that a bit disappointing, especially as simply knowing that I was doing the right thing by trying to solve the anagram could have kept me going. Also, there was another particularly good one. Demigod Lake.

I'm sticking with "deified" as my answer even though the solution box doesn't accept it. It fits all the criteria.

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On January 22, 2021 at 9:08PM EST EMC2 responded to ukla:

Are you sure that answer you came up with isn’t accepted by the website? Maybe try it again.

On January 22, 2021 at 8:48PM EST ukla wrote:

I used hint #2 and found I was on the right track. It told what order to arrange the letters in. I found that a bit disappointing, especially as simply knowing that I was doing the right thing by trying to solve the anagram could have kept me going. Also, there was another particularly good one. Demigod Lake.

I'm sticking with "deified" as my answer even though the solution box doesn't accept it. It fits all the criteria.

On January 22, 2021 at 8:48PM EST ukla wrote:

I used hint #2 and found I was on the right track. It told what order to arrange the letters in. I found that a bit disappointing, especially as simply knowing that I was doing the right thing by trying to solve the anagram could have kept me going. Also, there was another particularly good one. Demigod Lake.

I'm sticking with "deified" as my answer even though the solution box doesn't accept it. It fits all the criteria.

On January 22, 2021 at 4:58PM EST ukla wrote:

Interesting. There's an Orpheus Lake, but that's not the answer. Several lakes named after 7-letter greek demigods, but none of them are the answer. Time, perhaps to move on from this line of inquiry. Also, no famous person, Lake, I can find with the first name of a demigod

On January 22, 2021 at 1:52PM EST ukla wrote:

the anagram also spells demigodlake. searching for lake names that might fit.

On January 21, 2021 at 6:12PM EST ukla wrote:

Following the tack that finding the anagram and answering that riddle would be a reasonable 7-letter solution.

On January 11, 2021 at 1:25PM EST LBJ wrote:

Devilishly clever puzzle!

On January 3, 2021 at 4:55PM EST Duckies wrote:

I had to look up 7 letter palindromes, but I managed to get that far on my own at least

On December 15, 2020 at 5:56PM EST amazethisrabble wrote:

I thought for sure the solution would be to make the letters into a Sator Square and then find the common theme between those words to find the solution word. The format for this puzzle felt a bit random. I hesitated using clues because I didn't want that "oh, duh!" moment, but I'm glad I did. Not sure I would have figured this one out without them. (With that said, I am /loving/ this book, so I don't mean to sound overly critical.)

On January 8, 2020 at 8:09AM EST ReverendTed wrote:

The premise of the Sator square is a red herring. The letter frequencies in M’s make a symmetrical square impossible. That’s so unsatisfying! Methinks you have the basis for a much better puzzle, but this one felt like you phone it in, M.

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