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.

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.

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)?

Or I missed it completely?

And I have no clue as to what the image is ...

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"?

Bill got both answers: it is "usage" and it was supposed to be (5). Oops.

The image is of a usage chart (for mobile data).

Okay! Very clever. Way to go, Bill!

Whoa - I was RIGHT???!!

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".
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."

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.
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.

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.

But I totally love puzzle in a puzzle. Nice job!

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.

I love Games magazine. This is where I met pbn. BTW my mom invented several word games Games published.
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

Ah, that would make #2 Larry, Moe, and Curly.

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!

While we're waiting for Bill to tell us the answer (or someone to guess), here are a few more:

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.

#4: ??

#5: Faith, hope and charity

#6: Winken, Blinken and Nod

Thanks Teresa!

Is #3 nasty brutish and short?

:... the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

Ok, Bill, you got #5 and #6. Who can guess #3?

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
#10 is lock, stock, and barrel

Absolutely correct, Kristen!

Yes Joanne!

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Then the other two are
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
and
Bachman Turner Overdrive.

Could #7 be Rise, Prize, and Surprise?

Goto next topic

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