Comments on Puzzle #31082: Cryptic Puzzle 3
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)
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solvability: line & color logic only
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
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#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 15, 2018
The description is a clue to *the location of* the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 15, 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
The picture itself is:#3: Ali Sunrae (sunrae) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
xx--Robert takes back snake from tree (6)--xx this is misspelled.
Here's a corrected clue:
Oddly, boa--not boar--by tree (6)
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#4: marjorie rex (mamo) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Claire Fitzsimmons (ClaireFitz) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
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Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#7: Dik Hz (dikhz) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#8: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#9: Gaynor Sorrell (gesorrell) on Apr 17, 2018
Nice one - although I did think it was a syringe most of the way through. Love the cryptic clues.
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