E: 29/09 Win £250.00 with Cash Hunt (Help Needed)

thingamaBob

Here we go again. Good Luck!

Link to site

kragen_ironfist

duplicated post

Marg2k8

thanks for posting kragen_ironfist, but it's already posted here:-

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2697451

Have sent a PM to a BG.

Marg2k8

Good luck everyone. No idea where to start. I can see all my free hours being wasted on this again.

bargainhuntergal

Yay! New one! No ideas yet, but will have a better look later!

Just as a note - I noticed the other day on another comp that I could see the white writing someone had put (I'm on new version 'less bright' so the background isn't actually white) I think there's a lot of us on this now that we've had to change for the enter button function, so it's probably a good idea to use the spoiler tags this time around, rather than white writing.

itsinthemail

I think this is going to be a real stinker - but good to have your company again, so far I'm totally in the dark:o

Cmdr_Bond

Here we go again...

bargainhuntergal wrote: »

Yay! New one! No ideas yet, but will have a better look later!

Just as a note - I noticed the other day on another comp that I could see the white writing someone had put (I'm on new version 'less bright' so the background isn't actually white) I think there's a lot of us on this now that we've had to change for the enter button function, so it's probably a good idea to use the spoiler tags this time around, rather than white writing.

For those that don't know, to use the spoiler tags, surround the text you want to hide with

[ s p o i l e r ]and [ / s p o i l e r ]

Obviously without the spaces.


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And to add to the fun, there appears to be a Scottish one as well. I stumbled upon this link when googling Cash Hunt

http://www.cashhunt.co.uk/zxc-sept15.htm

I followed that thinking it might be an additional clue, but alas it was another puzzle. Maybe someone wants to dedicate a thread to it?
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thingamaBob

Cmdr_Bond wrote: »

Here we go again...



For those that don't know, to use the spoiler tags, surround the text you want to hide with

[ s p o i l e r ]and [ / s p o i l e r ]

Obviously without the spaces.


[edit]

And to add to the fun, there appears to be a Scottish one as well. I stumbled upon this link when googling Cash Hunt

http://www.cashhunt.co.uk/zxc-sept15.htm

I followed that thinking it might be an additional clue, but alas it was another puzzle. Maybe someone wants to dedicate a thread to it?

Sorry but your Scottish one was September 2009 when there used to be two a month. We solved that one even though there's an error in the clue - North West should have been North East. Thread HERE

Cmdr_Bond

OK, on with the show. Here is the transcription for easy quoting of lines later on...

(I have done it all in caps, like the puzzle, to avoid any mis-interpretations between normal and proper nouns, &c.)

September_Cash_Hunt wrote:

THREE SPURS, WILL YOU PEEL BACK THE BATTERY OF SHAPE,
A HOLY MAN TROD FROST IN HERE NO MISTAKE.

2 COLOURS TWAS NAMED, AND WITH LEY YOU WILL SEE,
DISCOVER WHERE SAILS TURN AND NIBBLE ON 3.

A GROVE WHERE A DAY CAN NO LONGER BE FOUND,
THE FIRST TIME SAW H FOR HOME HERE IN THE GROUND.

A SURNAME, A SIGN AND A MASTER AT WORK,
03 WHERE HE SETTLED, DO LEG YOU MUST SEARCH.

_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _

What immediately struck me about all that when transcribing it was

the change from words to numerals to describe the numbers, especially the last one with a leading zero.

My thoughts:

Snless the first line is some form of anagram, battery could refer to an artillery emplacement.

Also H for home here in the ground could possibly refer to the little concrete post that marks a Hydrant.

Cmdr_Bond

thingamaBob wrote: »

Sorry but your Scottish one was September 2009 when there used to be two a month. We solved that one even though there's an error in the clue - North West should have been North East. Thread HERE

Trust me to pay more attention

thingamaBob

Could DO LEG be an anagram of LODGE for the second word of the answer?