Cryptic puzzel

PayneUK · 13 Nov 2015 at 16:53

After reading a page on 'how to solve cryptic puzzles', my head now hurts more then trying to understand the original.

• Essential? Identify extraneous openings
• Entering eventful teams? Double-use only!
• Open envelopes
• Each escaping eyelash exit teases double-united
• Only effacing over united arms

Could anyone possibly come up with a password from these 5 lines? The prize is some beer which I will absolutely not share with you

Or could someone please explain, how? without causing my brain to melt...

StevieP · 13 Nov 2015 at 16:58

Yeah......I'm not getting involved in that on a Friday afternoon!

PayneUK · 13 Nov 2015 at 16:59

Yeah! its a cruel time to dangle the prize of beer behind a iron wall of impossible.

Apparently a clue is "it's not how it looks, it's how it sounds!"

How is that a clue!

peterwalkley · 13 Nov 2015 at 17:13

Drink the beer and try again.

Everything makes sense after beer.

PayneUK · 13 Nov 2015 at 17:15

I need the answer to get the beer tho!

davisdavid · 13 Nov 2015 at 17:16

PayneUK said:
Yeah! its a cruel time to dangle the prize of beer behind a iron wall of impossible.

Apparently a clue is "it's not how it looks, it's how it sounds!"

How is that a clue!

onomatopoeia? like cuckoo? looks like a bird but is as it sounds?

Thekwango · 13 Nov 2015 at 17:23

vote ban for OP.

brain melters at this time on a Friday, are you looking for a kidney punch!

PayneUK · 13 Nov 2015 at 17:24

Thekwango said:
vote ban for OP.

brain melters at this time on a Friday, are you looking for a kidney punch!

To be honest Im amazed no-one has taken a hit out on me yet

Devrij · 13 Nov 2015 at 17:43

Is it something to do with the alliteration on the words beginning with E?

Greboth · 13 Nov 2015 at 18:41

My solution :

U WOT M8?!

Gilly · 13 Nov 2015 at 19:46

6121624

Gilly · 13 Nov 2015 at 20:47

Well is it right or not?!

SonniLombardi · 13 Nov 2015 at 21:45

Greboth said:
My solution :

U WOT M8?!

PayneUK · 14 Nov 2015 at 00:42

Gilly said:
6121624

Yep!

Unfortunately not a single person in the company got it right (and bar a few of us in IT the rest of em are Lawyers). So the beer has gone un-drunk until next week :/

So two things we can take from this

1. well done Gilly!

2. Don't commit a crime, because the people who you are going to pay a stupid amount of money too to try and get you off aren't really all that bright either

Also sorry for the late reply, I went and purchased my own beer after work to make me feel better

Akagi · 14 Nov 2015 at 00:46

What.

Gilly · 14 Nov 2015 at 00:54

Hahahahahahahahah sign me up, all your company are my minions now :cool:

Randomface74 · 14 Nov 2015 at 00:55

erm, right..

GSXR Gaz Mc · 14 Nov 2015 at 01:54

Please explain then gilly!

craig_t · 14 Nov 2015 at 01:56

GSXR Gaz Mc said:
Please explain then gilly!

+1 on that... I'm baffled! :confused:

Mynight · 14 Nov 2015 at 02:27

*. (S)sential? (I)dentify (X)traneous (o)penings
• (n)tering (e)ventful (t)eams? Double-use(w) (o)nly!
• (O)pen (n)velopes
• (E)ach (s)caping (i)yelash (x)it (t)eases double-united(w)
• (O)nly (f)facing (o)ver (u)nited (r)ms

SIX-ONE-TWO-ONE-SIX-TWO-FOUR

6121624

Take the opening sound of each word. Could argue that "Identify extraneous openings" was a clue.

Edit: added spoiler incase someone still wanted to try it.