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Sum of the zip codes (take the lowest one if there are multiple zip codes) of these cities, where the term ‘city’ refers to any populated place (one of the clues is a red herring, leading to a city with no zip code): Site of the ________ ________, where the blanks can be filled with the name (state followed by city) of the city with a zip code that is the cube of γ; ‚City containing its state’s USPS abbreviation three times consecutively; ƒCity whose name is an anagram of both the name of a type of sword and a classification of fish containing what is called balık asalaği in a certain language. „City with a name that might describe something you would find in the country which is the site of a city (the birthplace of a famous person whose name is the same as the original name of a famous actor), with a name the same as a city in the same state as the answer to this clue (hint: this city’s zip code differs from that of this clue’s answer by only one digit, and its name, with the last two letters switched, becomes half of the name of the ‘something’ described above).

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Wilhelm, are you sure that the foreign phrase in this clue is spelled correctly and isn't missing any diacritical marks? I've found the language and translated the first word, but the second doesn't seem to exist.

Posted by: Stephen | May 20, 2005 9:40:02 PM

This is the correction to the foreign phrase as emailed to me by Wilhelm. Apparently he is having trouble posting on the website.

"The final letter of the second word should be the same as the fourth letter of the first word."

Posted by: Stephen | May 21, 2005 12:14:12 PM

Just testing.

Posted by: Wilhelm | May 21, 2005 12:17:17 PM

Oh good. I seem to be able to post again.

Posted by: Wilhelm | May 21, 2005 12:18:07 PM

I guess I'm not clear on Part 3. Are the letters of the sword and the fish COMBINED the anagram of the city? Or is the city the anagram of each, which would imply they are also anagrams of each other? Or have a bunch of others figured it out so I am on my own?

Posted by: Bob Lodge | May 25, 2005 1:41:11 AM

Two questions: Part 2, when you say 'consecutively, do you mean that they run together? That is, if the state abbreviation was BE, would the letters BEBEBE have to appear like that in the name of the city? Also, for part 3, following up from Bob's comment, are you 100% sure that there is a city with an anagram of the sword and balik? Can you just double check that there's not an error in the anagram?

Posted by: Michael | May 25, 2005 8:05:15 AM

I was able to solve Part 3 of this problem. It was pleasantly difficult but not impossible.

Posted by: Puzzler | May 25, 2005 9:21:02 AM

Bob, both the sword and the fish anagram to the city (so yes, they also anagram to each other). Michael, your BEBEBE example is correct.

Posted by: Wilhelm | May 25, 2005 2:17:53 PM

I've found one city, so far, that has its state's USPS abbreviation three times, but not consecutively....So I've got BEMBELBE, not BEBEBE

argh!

Posted by: Jay Winter | May 27, 2005 9:51:02 PM

I'm having trouble reading the foreign words in this clue...

I get "bal" [square box] "k asala" [square box] "i"...

What is supposed to be there?...

Posted by: Jim from Minnesota | May 31, 2005 12:39:34 PM

Looks like
a lower-case i without a dot
and
a g with an inverted carat
on my screen.

NB Internet Explorer shows these pages just fine. What with all of our crazy type letters.

Posted by: JmSR | May 31, 2005 12:57:02 PM

Also NB, Wilhelm's correction to the printing of the foreign phrase referenced above.

Posted by: Stephen | May 31, 2005 6:48:08 PM

Will the city name, with the last two letters switched, that represents half of the "something" described above, be a word in and of itself?

Posted by: Jay Winter | Jun 17, 2005 9:13:43 AM

The city name with the two letters switched is not a word in and of itself.

Posted by: Wilhelm | Jun 17, 2005 2:17:07 PM

Still working on city #2 and #4 here. I've got a translation, but I can't seem to identify a particular classification of fish with that feature. I've found a good actor/famous person combo with a birthplace that has a complementary city, but none of the ZIPs that are 1 digit off provide any help.

And still I toil....

Posted by: Jay Winter | Jun 22, 2005 11:47:23 AM

I meant working on city #3 and #4...

Posted by: Jay Winter | Jun 22, 2005 5:26:40 PM

Gamma cubed is 59319, the zip code of Capitol, Montana. The Montana Capitol is, of course, in the capital, Helena. The lowest zip code for Helena is 59601. The second clue is the red herring: Wawawai, WA has no zip code. Hagatna, GU, is an anagram of ATAGHAN (a Turkish sword) and AGNATHA (a superclass of fish containing the hagfish, the Turkish name for which is as above). Hagatna's lower zip code is 96910. Two Dot, MT has a name which might describe an umlaut. Ulm, MT has a name which, with the last two letters switched, becomes the first half of the word 'umlaut'. Ulm (the birthplace of Albert Einstein, whose name is the same as the birth name of Albert Brooks) is in Germany, and umlauts are common in German. Two Dot's zip code is 59085, only one digit removed from Ulm's, 59485. Answer: 215596.

Posted by: Wilhelm | Jul 5, 2005 3:18:26 PM

Oh my! You guys are great. I love this website and use it all the time

Posted by: Matt | Mar 19, 2006 1:26:23 AM

An anagram of Baleen is enable

Posted by: Mattaeo | Mar 19, 2006 1:28:32 AM

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