Puzzle Description:

Start listening to tiny train (See Comment 1)

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 6, 2021

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 gives you an additional clue.

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

Engage? (n-gauge)

Thanks for the blotted puzzle. It was so much fun to solve.

Kristen, great job on the solution to the cryptic.

My dad was a train nerd. ^_^

V clever puzzle!

You got it, Kristen!

For beginning cryptic solvers, the breakdown is:

Start - definition
listening to - sounds like
tiny train - (N-gauge)

No idea but it was fun to solve.

I thought Lionel
Start listening-- LI
on the el
OK, not quite

Me too, Susan - my dad had a HUGE Lionel collection, O-Gauge, so my brain kept trying to squeeze Lionel out of the cryptic, and ... no.

I tried solving this one, but apparently I lacked the prior knowledge on trains. Still very creative though!

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