The Citadel

I felt very sharp when I found today's SpanGram

Strands #656
“On the chopping block”

I'm still kicking myself for taking a hint, however I like the symbols they used in this one
.
(better than how it comes out in text)...
Strands #652
“Palette episodes”

The bottom right hand corner threw me for a couple of sixes

Strands #649
“Shakespearean titles”

A 5/5 difficulty in which the purple one jumps out at me is really rare.

Connections
Puzzle #912





Skill 97/99
Uniqueness 1 in 96

Interesting science news with significant implications involving the discovery of sugars, a mysterious “gum-like” substance, and an unusually high abundance of supernova dust in samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

The sugars, including ribose and glucose, are essential for life on Earth ...

Today was a 5/5 difficulty which should have disqualified me

Connections
Puzzle #904





Skill 95/99
Uniqueness 1 in 2,278

Back into Assassins Creed: Shadows

After hundreds of hours, today I discovered that in Photo Mode, one can change to time of day and thereby choose the lighting.

As a byproduct of this, it reveals the actual in-game time of day.

Small details in an absolutely huge game

For example, it was night ...

Milestone achieved
.

Just couldn't see it today...

Strands #635
“If all else fails ...”

Strands #631
“Horsing around”

Messy

Connections
Puzzle #897

Connections
Puzzle #895





Skill 95/99
Uniqueness 1 in 150

Connections
Puzzle #891








Skill 73/99
Uniqueness 1 in 1,000,000 - (Translation = nobody else created such a mess)

The Porsche 911 RSR is clearly intending murder. What an EXHAUSTING drive!

Despite long personal and relevant experiences with the world of the purple, it flummoxed me

Connections
Puzzle #889






Skill 89/99
Uniqueness 1 in 455

Strands #623
“Around it goes”



My first choices all had a common characteristic, which narrowed my mind and made later words less obvious. It was fun

Strands #622
“We can see right through them”



PS had to use at least one hint in the "elusive" one

With a 1/5 difficulty, I had a chance!

Connections
Puzzle #888





Skill 95/99
Uniqueness 1 in 7

Mikey wrote: Fri Nov 14, 2025 1:50 pm Strands #621
“Low-key elusive”

Very "elusive" so far

Strands #620
“Out, damned spot!”