Comments on Puzzle #33520: Cryptic Puzzle 35
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 Jan 22, 2020
The description is a clue to the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules. This one doesn't tell you the length of the answer since the picture give you an additional clue.#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jan 22, 2020 [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 Jan 22, 2020
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.#4: Susan Eberhardt (susaneber) on Jan 22, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Jan 23, 2020 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#6: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jan 23, 2020
That's gotta be right Susan :)#7: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jan 23, 2020
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.#8: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 23, 2020
Hm. Joe had already set the solvability, but it was un-set when I found the puzzle. Joe, I started on the puzzle at around 5pm eastern standard time. Do you know about what time it was when you set the solvability? I am trying to figure out whether it was un-set by the system, or whether you set it after I had already started working on solving the puzzle.#9: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 23, 2020
Oh wait -- Joe, you set it yesterday, and I found the puzzle today. So the bug where the system un-sets the solvability rulings is still with us. Sigh....#10: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 23, 2020
Aha! Combing through the database logging, I see the query that did it. Joe, did you go into the puzzle editor after you set the solvability? I think it's the puzzle editor that is doing it.#11: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jan 23, 2020
Yes, I did - all I changed was the description to add the "--See comment #1".#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jan 23, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 23, 2020
Aha! I really enjoyed the solve on this one.#14: Kurt Kowalczyk (bahabro) on Jan 24, 2020
good solve...fun one, Joe!#15: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jan 25, 2020
Wonderful solve and wonderful cryptic! I'm a cryptic addict.
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