Comments on Puzzle #31220: Cryptic Puzzle 14
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 May 15, 2018
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.*#2: Spot (Pspaughtamus) on May 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
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 length is not given because the picture gives another clue.
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#3: Dik Hz (dikhz) on May 16, 2018 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints and spoilers#4: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on May 16, 2018
Wow, you 2 I think nailed it. NOW of course I see it ....#5: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on May 16, 2018
#3, I'm sorry for your condition!
Another obvious-in-retrospect puzzle! I was thinking "snake," but Kansas doesn't have an E in it.#6: Norma Dee (norm0908) on May 16, 2018
Ah ha. Now I see it.#7: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on May 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
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