Comments on Puzzle #34346: Brakeman or confused actor?
By Joe (infrapinklizzard)
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solvability: line & color logic only
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quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
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#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 27, 2020
The title 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 gives you an additional clue.#2: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jul 27, 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
There is some hard-to-find color logic in this one. I recommend looking at the black. Sometimes the blue, but mostly the black.#3: Jota (jota) on Jul 28, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#4: besmirched tea (Besmirched Tea) on Jul 28, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#5: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Jul 28, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Jul 28, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#7: Jane Butcher (jane-o) on Jul 31, 2020 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#8: derby (Derby) on Aug 2, 2020
Fantastic image and very satisfying solve. Thanks#9: Carol Brand (KarylAnn) on Aug 2, 2020
Awesome puzzle!#10: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Feb 9, 2021
excellant. solvable with logic.#11: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Feb 11, 2021 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#12: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Aug 23, 2021 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 24, 2021 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#14: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Aug 24, 2021
While several others obviously knew who it was, Bill is the first to spell it out.#15: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Aug 26, 2021 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#16: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Aug 26, 2021
Ooh, good catch Kristen! I learned something today :))#17: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Jan 30, 2022 [SPOILER]
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