Comments on Puzzle #31122: Cryptic Puzzle 8
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)
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difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 29, 2018
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 29, 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 29, 2018
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#4: Susan Eberhardt (susaneber) on Apr 29, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Gary Webster (glwebste) on Apr 30, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: CB Paul (cbpaul) on Apr 30, 2018
It looks like a lobster to me, sigh.#7: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Apr 30, 2018
Me too :)#8: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 30, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 30, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#10: CB Paul (cbpaul) on Apr 30, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#11: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on May 1, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 2, 2018 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Ron Jacobson (shmily999) on Sep 4, 2020
I got this one!!! Yippie!
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