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Comments on Puzzle #21425: Kniferism
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)

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#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 21, 2013

Kniferism - a nonce word that describes a phrase where the central sounds have been transposed.

(As opposed to a Spoonerism where the initial sounds have been transposed.)

Not often used, as "Spoonerism" is often used to cover any transposition.
#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 21, 2013 [HINT]
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#3: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Mar 21, 2013
Excellent! Love it. Great puzzle, great kniferism. Like you said, the tail took a little thinking.
#4: Andraya (gothicfeline) on Mar 21, 2013 [HINT]
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#5: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Mar 21, 2013
a different way yet:

the two 3-clues in r14-15 (and also the 3 clue in r16, but it doesnt matter here) can not both extend to the right into c4 so at least one of them (or possibly both) must extend to the left into c1 - thus r15c1 is black
ll ti finish
no guessing

by the way i loved the summing technique and i am sorry i didnt think of it
#6: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Mar 21, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#7: Jota (jota) on Mar 21, 2013
So many ways for only one tail :-)
Thanks Joe.
#8: Laurel Paige (Lorlo) on Mar 21, 2013
good puzzle.
#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 21, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#10: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 22, 2013
If you find this "cutting edge", try my other puzzles: http://webpbn.com/find.cgi?search=1&author=infrapinklizzard&unqual=1&undiff=1
#11: Teresa K (fasstar) on Mar 22, 2013
I always expect a well-designed puzzle from you, Joe, and I was not disappointed. Great final image and really fun challenge to solve.
#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 22, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#13: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Mar 23, 2013
Thanks, Joe...on all counts!
#14: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Apr 17, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#15: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 17, 2013 [SPOILER]
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#16: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on May 30, 2013
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#17: Velma Warren (Shiro) on May 24, 2019
Nice use of negative space.
#18: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Sep 26, 2020
Very graceful.

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