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Puzzle Description:
Method of removing casing from sausages (5) -- See comment 1
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 11, 2019
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 12, 2019 [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
I'm going to guess that "removing the casings" involves removing the S at either end of "sausages", but I'm not sure what to do with the "ausage" I have left. "Gauges" a-a-almost works.#3: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 12, 2019 [SPOILER]
Seems to me the answer is "usage", cuz it's a synonym for "method", but there are only 5 letters. And "usages" doesn't remove the "casing", cuz it only takes it off one end. Perhaps it should read (5)?#4: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 12, 2019 [SPOILER]
Or I missed it completely?
And I have no clue as to what the image is ...#5: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 12, 2019 [SPOILER]
We have a declining bar graph, and a pie chart where the space between the black lines if filled with red would make the 67% accurate ...
But I can't connect the image with my answer :/
Possibly "a usage"?#6: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 12, 2019 [SPOILER]
Bill got both answers: it is "usage" and it was supposed to be (5). Oops.#7: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 12, 2019
The image is of a usage chart (for mobile data).
Okay! Very clever. Way to go, Bill!#8: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 13, 2019
Whoa - I was RIGHT???!!#9: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 13, 2019 [SPOILER]
I used to do loads of cryptic crosswords ... but then I found many of them were low quality, and I kind of fell out of the habit. And now that I'm addicted to pbn, these cryptics scratch two itches. Thanks Joe!
And props to Kristen who found one of the rare instances where a noun that starts with a vowel takes the article "a" instead of "an".#10: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 13, 2019 [SPOILER]
And to address a pet peeve: "An historic ..." is only proper in British English where the h is silent, no?
All of the u-words that sound like "yoo" use "a," such as "a unit" and "a uniform."#11: Emily Brower (Emimonster) on Jun 13, 2019
As for the H words, "an honest gentleman" has a silent H. The rest depend on how much of a Cockney accent one has. "An 'orrid affair," for instance. :)
The Games magazine survey found that their subscribers tended to either like Cryptic crosswords and hate the logic PBN, or they really liked the logic PBN.#12: Lollipop (lollipop) on Jun 13, 2019
But there's Bill and Joe into both! : )
There's Bill, Joe, and me too! Seems like Kristen is one of the gang as well.#13: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Jun 13, 2019
I don't hate cryptic crosswords. I just can't solve them. Too hard for me. And just like this puzzle, after I solved it, I was totally stumped.#14: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Jun 13, 2019
But I totally love puzzle in a puzzle. Nice job!#15: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 13, 2019
It's kind of surprising. Cryptic crosswords are crosswords plus logic. Pbns are pictures plus logic. Seems like a good match for people who like logic.#16: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 14, 2019
I love Games magazine. This is where I met pbn. BTW my mom invented several word games Games published.#17: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 15, 2019 [SPOILER]
Here's one example:
1. T _ _
D _ _ _
H _ _ _ _
2. L _ _ _ _
M _ _
C _ _ _ _
3. N _ _ _ _
B _ _ _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _
The three words in each group are related.
Any guesses?
1. Tom, Dick, Harry#18: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 15, 2019 [SPOILER]
Ah, that would make #2 Larry, Moe, and Curly.#19: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Jun 22, 2019
Hey Bullet, are you going to give us a clue to number 3 before this puzzle disappears from the recently published list? I'm stumped!#20: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 22, 2019
While we're waiting for Bill to tell us the answer (or someone to guess), here are a few more:#21: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 24, 2019
4. L _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _
A _ _ _ _ _
5. F _ _ _ _
H _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _
6. W _ _ _ _ _
B _ _ _ _ _ _
N _ _
Wow, you guys are good! The puzzle of course is a grouping of three words that often go together. Clue to #3: Thomas Hobbes in "Leviathan" described life this way.#22: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 24, 2019 [SPOILER]
#4: ??#23: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Jun 24, 2019
#5: Faith, hope and charity
#6: Winken, Blinken and Nod
Thanks Teresa!
Is #3 nasty brutish and short?#24: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Jun 24, 2019
:... the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."#25: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 24, 2019
Ok, Bill, you got #5 and #6. Who can guess #3?#26: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 25, 2019 [SPOILER]
Here's more:
#7:
R _ _ _
P _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _ _ _
#8:
S _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _
P _ _
#9: G _ _ _
F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
M _ _ _ _
#10:
L _ _ _
S _ _ _ _
B _ _ _ _ _
#9 is gold, frankincense, and myrrh#27: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 25, 2019
#10 is lock, stock, and barrel
Absolutely correct, Kristen!#28: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jun 26, 2019
Yes Joanne!#29: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jun 26, 2019 [SPOILER]
These are all related to each other, and should be ridiculously easy for most of you:
E _ _ _ _ _ _
L _ _ _
P _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _
S _ _ _ _ _
N _ _ _
(Y _ _ _ _)
B _ _ _ _ _ _
T _ _ _ _ _
O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
R _ _ _ _ _ _
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young#30: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 26, 2019 [SPOILER]
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Then the other two are#31: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Jun 26, 2019 [SPOILER]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
and
Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Could #7 be Rise, Prize, and Surprise?
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