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[Dragonrider]

I know this from somewhere, but I can't remember what it is. Does anyone know a word that means "sounds like another word"? I have a sickening feeling that it's that simple...

edit: The word was "homophone" and was NOT a solve.

[logjones]

Well there's impersonate. And that would fit with the "cranky old man."

[Dragonrider]

Or maybe something having to do with Charades?

[Vilnius]

I want to go along the charades path, but I've no idea where to start.

[Rendon]

i've seen people work on the charades idea for hours making absolutly no progress.

[sanctusmortis]

Has anyone gone down the route of breaking down the prepositions? Like, say, trying wavs like "before", "in_the_beginning", etc? Heck, even positioning, like above and so on.

Or has anyone tried a webstripper app pointed at the "outbound" section? It is cheating, but if we get the filenames we can solve the puzzles backwards, if you get me.

[bcriswell]

[MrBeefy]

maybe will spark

[Torrasque]

[Xevo]

Well, I see little has changed... this is either the most difficult puzzle yet, or the one with the least obvious solution that we're all gonna be smacking ourselves over once we figure it out.

[drizjr]

How about two prepositions, missing from the list, that sound like each other? Here's a page with a list of 122 prepositions.

[detayl]

[l0rd0fm0rgul]

I'm not sure if this will help at all, but I think it might be a possibility. All the prepositions seem to be related to location, (and location does sound a little like preposition) so either that is coincidence or it means something. The number 41 is a prime number, as we've decided, but what could that mean? The clips (especially the later ones) talk about Rani's boyfriend who is on an orbital platform. The clip could possibly be about a "prime location," either for her in Boston or for her boyfriend on the orbital platform. I've tried everything I can think of (prime_location, a_prime_location, prime_locations, etc), and nothing works. Is there something that sounds like prime and might fit with location?

[Malrog]

[pbrstreetgang]

How about a great big longshot for my first post...

As I was playing around with the list, I counted up the letters in each one, then did the whole "1=A, 2=B, etc." thing. Absolute jibberish. But when I thought about the "Sounds Like" clue and looked at the letters, I had a thought.

What if "sounds like" refers to music? With the exception of 3 words (underneath, opposite, and throughout), all the corresponding letters are within a simple musical scale. Perhaps the 3 words that don't fit refer to rests or higher notes? Maybe if played it sounds like a song? You know, like Bach, or Chopin, or...I don't know...Billy Joel?

I realize this is REALLY reaching, but I figured I'd speak up and say something.