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quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
All-encompassing rum label redesign (8 letters) --See comment #1
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 14, 2018
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 14, 2018 [HINT]
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
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Apr 14, 2018
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#4: Heather M (AuntieH) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
Not sure how much use that umbrella will be here today - they don't usually do well in freezing rain. Fun mix of 2 puzzles.#5: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Apr 15, 2018
Good job on the solvable cryptic clue#6: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
Must be a Rumbrella! (I even waited a day before solving this one. No other guesses??)#7: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
The answer is umbrella. This is an anagram clue.#8: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Apr 15, 2018
Here's the breakdown of the clue:
All-encompassing (this is the definition)
rum label redesign (anagram of "rumlabel")
Aha! I just can't count. :)#9: Kim (kjh) on Apr 15, 2018
I wasn't here in time for a guess, but I LOVE the concept, this was a lot of fun!#10: Gary Webster (glwebste) on Apr 17, 2018 [SPOILER]
That first black 3 in the 16th column was the key to getting the black diagonal.#11: Gaynor Sorrell (gesorrell) on Apr 17, 2018
I was trying various rum labels, but the letters didn't add up ("bacardi" is only seven). Who'd a thought "rumlabel?"
You know Kristen got it!
Fun! I shall have to try making one of these.#12: Susan Duncan (medic25733) on Apr 18, 2018
This was fun#13: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Sep 16, 2022
You did it again! Love your puzzles. Always enjoy solving them. Thanks!!!
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