Puzzle Description:

Measure Edward, having adjusted proportionately -- See comment 1

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 5, 2018

The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.

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.

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OK, I'll start. All I'm getting is Longfellow. ?
[Marked "Hint" just in case I'm on to something.]

Hmmm
I'm thinking Led Zeppelin
L (liter) + ED Can't get the rest.

Hmmm
I'm thinking Led Zeppelin
L (liter) + ED Can't get the rest.

Sorry for duplicates

Weighted?

Sounds like there will be a delay for Edward. Nice picture and a fun solve.

Susan got it again! It is "weighted".

This is a charade clue

Measure = weigh
Edward = Ted
having = joining bit (the first bit "has" the answer)
adjusted proportionately = definition

Weighed also works, if you view adjusted as an active verb.

Not quite. It would if we were weighing things, but what we're doing is adding weight to things.

Ted is short for Theodore, not Edward, though. And I would argue that adjusted proportionately is a fitting enough crossword clue for weighed, as in to weigh out portions.

Measure can be a noun, so weight + ed works.

I agree with Belita, but not Dik. Ted is a common nickname for Edward (e.g. Ted Kennedy). It is actually a nickname for a bunch of names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted

As to the second part, "weighing" is not "adjusting" so much as "understanding" or "comparing". Weighting something has adjusted it.

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