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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 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 loss of one letter at the start or end of a word or string of letters.
Examples: beheaded, cut short, endless, nearly, largely etc.
A type of clue where the WHOLE clue defines the answer, and the WHOLE clue also is the wordplay (a mechanism to derive the answer through various cryptic devices). "&lit" is short for "and literally".
To qualify as an &lit, a clue must have no unused components either in the definition or the wordplay - it must be readable one way as a definition, and another as the wordplay.
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.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) on the INSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).
Examples: held by, kept by, embraced by - anything that creates the image of being contained.
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 loss of one letter at the start or end of a word or string of letters.
Examples: beheaded, cut short, endless, nearly, largely etc.
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 position of wordplay elements in the answer.
Examples: before, after, leading, in the middle of, under (down only) etc.
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.
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.
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.
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.
All words can be validly written with a leading capital without changing their meaning. Hence, the capitalisation of a word may present a different picture than is intended.
The answer is a jumbling of letters except for the initial or final letter of the anagram fodder. An anagram indicator and 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.
Thanks again, David.
Especially liked 5d, 18d & 28a
Thanks David. A gym work out followed by my Stickler work out. Great way to start any day. Like Lloyd, I thought 5d so, so clever. 18d was a new word for me.
An early guernsey for me today. Thanks for the workout.
4d and 5d are 17d for David’s puzzles. Good fun! 17d says what it means and means what it says.
11a is a gem.
7d brought a smile although my expression is somewhat different when confronted with it.
24a was last in because I could not spell 13d.
13d, I had to check spelling too!!!
A nice easy run that ground to a halt at the last hurdle – 18d. Finally had a wild stab at the 3 remaining unparsed letters based on an approximation to the ‘remainder’ of the clue, and lo, surprise congratulations -.followed by a google to confirm the definition. Thanks David.
Was having a Dream Run too, until I encountered 12a & 5d then 18d.
Much discussion about all these but I am still well & truly – Stuck.
Welcome to the party
5d is an unusual construction for David. As I understand it, the dots -there are 3 – substitute for the definition. 5c is a simple charade. of 3 parts.
12a Another charade. Strategically place two commas in the clue to split it into the 3 parts, fodder and definition.
18d Sneaky. Yet another charade with a couple of minor twists. David terlls you that the capitalisation may mislead. A strategically placed comma may assist. Alternatively read the clue word by word.
I struggled with 18-dn, too. I didn’t know the word and was missing the correct sense of “eruption”
Another charade, with ‘eruption’ indicating what is erupted from a volcano (along with rocks, gases and lava), is what I’m going with – is that the sense you mean, Steve?
Yes, “what is erupted”.
Thanks Arthur
After many revisits 12a & 18d just fell into position leaving me struggling with 5d. Much discussion about it & that may help.
& so it came to pass, ALL the discussion made sense
but not without Solver of Last Resort.
Yet another brilliant construction.
5d must not be the synonym for “rose up” that I’ve entered unless I have something else wrong. I looked up 6d since I wasn’t familiar with that brand but I’m sure I have it correct. I’m not getting what Arthur means by the 3 dots in 5d are the definition so that must be where my problem lies.
Please disregard. I had the wrong verb tense in 1a and now all is well although I’d still like to know from Arthur how … is the definition in 5d.
Does … indicate that you are to use all three words in the clue? if so, then I get it.
Sorry for the rambling.
David may correct me or amplify this comment, so here goes.
David’s clue hint is the reference. For 5d he asks “where does the definition come from?”
I understand from reading Alec Robins the two clues 4d and 5d are linked, and the three dots at the end of 4d and the beginning for 5d indicate the link. Incidentally I understand it must be … (three dots in each case)
4d is solvable as a double definition. Where is the definition in 5d? the … in each clue provides the link. The solution to 5d is a synonym for the solution to 4d. That means the clue is all word play, as was found by Michael.
Check the example provided by Alec Robins
a There’s little change out East for a girl …(4)
b …little change in cinematic entertainment (4)
The solution to a is anna which is a girl’s name and a small amount of money .
The solution to b is cent which is hidden in the clue, and is also a small amount of money.
This is different: each of those clues can stand on its own. Sometimes consecutive self-contained clues are linked by ellipses because one (or both) clues doesn’t have a sensible surface reading, but together they do make sense. But in the examples above, each clue works on its own – though the repetition of “little change” makes the surface of the second more interesting.
But in this week’s Stickler, 5-dn can’t stand on its own: it has no definition, plus it isn’t a complete, sensible statement. The ellipses do two things: first they make sense of 5-dn, i.e. it needs to be read with 4-dn, plus I read the ellipses as saying that 5-dn uses the definition of 4-dn.
I agree Steve. There is a helpful description of “ellipsis-linked clues” at http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2010/05/ellipsis-linked-clues.html
Aaaah Yes – ellipses & Mysteries thereof. We’ve encountered these before, dots & all – but long enough ago to have forgotten.