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Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The entire answer is found by reversing part of the clue, or a synonym for part of the clue. A suitable reversal indicator will be present.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by using the sound of a word or phrase. Sounds-like indicators point the way.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).
Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A word or series of words that signify the turning around (across & down clues), or overturning (down clues only) of letters.
Examples: upset, reversed, retired, in withdrawal, over etc.
The entire answer is the result of removing the first or last letter from part of the clue or its synonym. A truncation indicator will be present.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The clue has two parts, each one defining the answer without using cryptic devices. Ideally each definition should have no etymological relationship.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is hidden among the words of the clue. No spare words should be present. A suitable hidden indicator will point to the buried text.
Examples: part of, associated with, types of.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
Makes me first to put up my hand, David.
Totally lost with 15d
(& therefore 17a & 27a which hopefully will then become more apparent).
15d – I’m going with ‘waste fabric’ in the mix – as alternative to newspaper.
But it’s still not happening.
Many worthy of mention again – but 11a says it ALL.
I thought I had a thing about the north east corner. Again problems with 6a. I could not parse it. Just had to look at the clue hints and it was so obvious.
I had trouble with 15d, until my wife gave me the rounds of the kitchen. My dictionary does not repeat the word, but the label does. The setter this time is not David. With the waste fabric, I think you just need indigestion and you will have it.
I hope that is cryptic enough.
I really admired 23a which eventually came down to working it out.
I agree about 11a.
What can we say when David continues to come up with such challenges.
Incidentally I recently browsed some previous blogs and located on this site David’s puzzle No 1 from 1998. I will put it before my Beginners and novices because of its construction. The benefit for my learners is that it conforms to the rules as I understand them, but the answers were more likely to be in the solver’s vocab. Like David, I have progressed to greater challenges.
Just clicked the ‘Like’ button Arthur.
Still thinking about 15d, & thinking & thinking some more.
No doubt like me you are looking forward to more of the same in 2017.
Best Wishes.
Just clicked the ‘Like’ button Arthur.
Still thinking about 15d & thinking some more & then still some more.
No doubt like me you are looking fwd. to more in 2017.
Best Wishes.
You are on track with 15d. Keep thinking of scrap material,
Just turn it around and duplicate it with the other part of the clue. It is something your wife might use when the jam is too runny – if she is a cook.
It is not a word you will come across often.
My dictionary only uses the word once, but most other references I have found repeat it. It was discovered in Japan and is derived from algae.
I hope I have not gone too far, but this is how we help in my U3A groups when somebody gets stuck.
Arthur
SO simple in the end Arthur, but would never have got there unaided. Complete unknown.
Tough one this week – three days – & had to visit “Solver” far too many times (not good).
But testing limits – All Good.
Still not entirely confident of 17a but can wait for that.
SO very simple in the end Arthur, but would never have got there unaided. Complete unknown.
Extra tough one this week – three days – & had to visit “Solver” far too many times (not good).
But testing limits – All Good.
Still not entirely confident of 17a but can wait for that.
& I’m having trouble Posting (as above).
Something for another day. Maybe just my impatience.
Good one. I’m confident of my 17a, but have two options for 13a. I have opted for almost extinct rail travel travel rather than exhibitionism at cricket. I am a bit concerned about the banks (plural) of river.
I wondered whether you had fed your computer a tot of rum for Christmas, and that made it loquacious.
Yes 12a – banks of river – have a question mark over that too, Arthur.
Awaiting future clarification from David.
What I have doesn’t even seem to be a proper word & can’t see how it fits the cluing.
This really has been – A Puzzle.
Now – time for some Christmas Eve Cheer.