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Puzzle Description:
Angry a non-electric vehicle is in island (10 letters) -- See comment #1
#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 15, 2018
The description is a clue to *the location of* the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 15, 2018
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 picture itself is:#3: Ali Sunrae (sunrae) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
xx--Robert takes back snake from tree (6)--xx this is misspelled.
Here's a corrected clue:
Oddly, boa--not boar--by tree (6)
A baobab tree in Madagascar?#4: marjorie rex (mamo) on Apr 15, 2018 [SPOILER]
I think Madagascar too#5: Claire Fitzsimmons (ClaireFitz) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Madagascar, definitely.#6: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Yep! Mad, a gas car#7: Dik Hz (dikhz) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Obvious, in retrospect. :)
Bob, backwards boa, baobob, a tree.#8: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Yes, this is a baobob tree in Madagascar. Which I have just realized I misspelled. Oops. It should be "baobab".#9: Gaynor Sorrell (gesorrell) on Apr 17, 2018
For those learning cryptic clues, here's the breakdown:
The puzzle clue (which is still correct) is a "charade" clue:
Angry (Mad), a (a), non-electric vehicle (gas car)
[is in]
island (definition)
The *misspelled* picture clue is a "container" clue (with a reversal):
Robert (Bob), [takes] back snake (boa => aob)
[from]
tree (definition) (But misspelled as baobob)
The corrected picture clue is a "hidden answer" clue:
[Oddly] BoA nOt BoAr By (take the odd letters)
tree (definition)
Here's the actual tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_grandidieri#/media/File:Adansonia_grandidieri04.jpg
Nice one - although I did think it was a syringe most of the way through. Love the cryptic clues.
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