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Puzzle Description:
Enterprise maker as an alternative. --See comment 1
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 17, 2018
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: robert svanberg (tango) on Apr 17, 2018
Every cryptic clue is made up of two parts; a definition, and a literal description of the answer using wordplay. They can be in either order (though not intertwined) and there is no separation between them.
Here is a page describing some of the techniques:
http://gamesmagazine-online.com/cryptic-crosswords/
or an easier-to-read PDF:
http://gamesmagazine-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CrypticsGuide.pdf
I've never done one before without the number of letters. That sound you can hear is my brain thrashing.#3: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 17, 2018
I thought it would be too easy with that this time. I'll give it in a while if no one gets it.#4: Susan Eberhardt (susaneber) on Apr 17, 2018 [SPOILER]
I was encouraged in this behavior as both Gaynor's and Louis Gilbrook's lacked the number as well.
NASA#5: robert svanberg (tango) on Apr 18, 2018 [SPOILER]
I should have guessed that they would have a logo and that it would look like that. Learnt something today. Perfectly logical cryptic too.#6: Kim (kjh) on Apr 18, 2018 [SPOILER]
I take things too literally. I was thinking: Starfleet, Utopia Planetia and Dr. Leah Brahams. There is no hope for me.#7: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Apr 18, 2018
Way to go Susan!#8: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 18, 2018 [SPOILER]
Yes this is the NASA logo judiciously cropped and tilted to make one think of the Starfleet logo.#9: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Apr 18, 2018 [SPOILER]
For cryptic beginners, the clue breakdown is:
Enterprise maker (definition)
as an alternative ("asan" anagram)
Aha! Now I can see the tip of the meatball. :)#10: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 18, 2018
(That's not a euphemism)
Saucy!#11: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Apr 19, 2018
Ooooohhh! Now I see it AS AN alternative. I kept trying to alter native. Make mine A VENTI?
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