Comments on Puzzle #32560: Cryptic Puzzle 23
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 Jul 3, 2019
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jul 3, 2019
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
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#3: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 3, 2019 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#4: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Jul 4, 2019 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Boaty (mcboatface) on Jul 4, 2019 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Jota (jota) on Jul 4, 2019
Awesome image/solve!#7: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jul 4, 2019
For the longest time my attention was focused on the fish at the bottom of the puzzle, so it took a bit before I saw the full image. Really nice.#8: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 4, 2019 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#9: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jul 5, 2019
Oh! Very cool puzzle. I love how it solved.#10: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jul 8, 2019
This is an absolutely exquisite puzzle. I'm a long time cryptic puzzle fan. Had I not been able to solve the cryptic, I doubt I'd have seen the image, but once I knew what it was, it popped like a kernel of corn. Jota's right...awesome on both counts!#11: Ron Jacobson (shmily999) on Aug 25, 2020
Yeah! The second one I got! I think I am starting to get the hang of this.#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Aug 25, 2020
All right, Ron! Practice make perfect!#13: Stina Beck (Stina) on Apr 30, 2021
Ooh! I've found a new favorite puzzle type.
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