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Cryptopix puzzles are word puzzles where the answer is a multi-word phrase. Decipher the image below to come up with the answer. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle view an example. If you get stuck you can ask for help in the comments section. Hints are posted 24 hours after puzzle's publish date (if provided by author).
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endel3 – Solves:
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Donimo – Solves:
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I don't get how this was salty since I haven't gotten the answer yet, but if you say so [3] and [4] then I'll remove. Sorry.
Ah...nevermind...I guess that was REALLY salty. My apologies!!
[1] So it seems.
[1] Gee. That's fairly salty.
[1] You might want to edit that... a bit too salty.
i dont think [1] got the significance... If you aren't from a certain area I think this is non sensical
No punctuation
never heard of it.. but thank you [1] for giving me more solid words to google.
Will the "I hate all things sports" crowd rail out against this one?
Edit: probably too salty.
[8] Perhaps. I'd say picture #2 is the hardest to call.
Ain't no puzzle for a landlubber
[5] Yep - I had no idea. Of course, I'm in the midwest so it is meaningless to me.
[5] I first heard it as a kid in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". (Not intended as salt as it's probably too weak to help.)
bacronym strikes again
[8] I don't consider myself a crowd... but I don't think it's the sports part that has me stumped this time.
I've never heard the "phrase" (if you can call it that). To me it's just a bunch of words together that have no meaning. This should never have been a featured puzzle!
[12] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is where it originated. I guess Ian Fleming is indirectly to blame.
This is a very well known phrase supposedly used to book cabins on the Suez canal boats.
sorry no one has heard the expression - obviously [9] has heard it before.
Never heard the expression either - I was surprised when the answer actually took.
[17]no, the phrase was made up for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What? Well it isn't "port out starboard safe."
[18] Seems only fair when puzzlemakers expect me to identify celebrities. :p
The OED agrees with [6] [13] [16] and [20] that the phrase was probably made up. However, it's still a phrase known to some, so there it is in a Crytopix. And now others have heard of it.
In addition to the salt in [9], picture #4 is from the same sport as picture #2.
[21] That's really, really, really salty. Really.
[9] led me right to it! Thanks
[21] really needs to be edited
I guess that made sense to someone ... it sure wasn't me.
[21] You jogged it for me.
I've never seen CCBB but I've heard the phrase before so I don't think that's the source.
I don't know if this is the origin, but it refers to the location of the red channel markers at a port.
[27] I've never seen Dirty Harry, but I know "go ahead, make my day."
[20] The phrase was used long before CCBB and [17] is right it supposedly came from the boats traveling between UK and India and its use is defined from at least the 19th century to refer to a lavish lifestyle
Finally got it! Thanks [9]
[9]that's an OUT? Looks Safe by a mile.
What a POSH puzzle!
I guess my boat wasn't big enough to ever have heard this one!
[29] You're confusing the word associated with the phrase and the phrase itself. The word associated with the lavish lifestyle is from at least as far back as the 19th century, possibly originating as a slang term for money. The story that the phrase in the puzzle is the origin of the word is just a fabrication. Some dictionaries even state that the phrase's association with the word is a fabrication.
I bet it's just a matter of time before we get a puzzle based on the hoax that the word golf comes from "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden".
oh, pic #3 is on a hunk of wood
[35] Yeh, I thought it was a pillow.
[34] Although I still wouldn't be surprised to see this exact puzzle also used for the obvious OWW as well....
I have heard this phrase before but don't think many others have.
I have to agree with [15]. Makes no sense to me.
Wow... that one was even hard to google.
For the never heard of it crowd, a puzzle whose answer was "cow plank baby movie" would have made just as much sense.
But hey, everyone can't have heard of everything. Right?
Way to stump us.
[40] I'm totally submitting that one. I'll even use that sports stuff.
Good puzzle. The phrase is not that obscure.
Phrase is very obscure. Many others that mean the same thing, that are much more common.
i love chitty chitty bang band but i don't remember that phrase. oh well, probably when they were getting attacked at sea. never ever would have got the 3rd clue. never.