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Originally posted by skeeterTo Fail - Again
Traditionally cryptic clues are sentences or phrases and not a compilation of literal clues. Fail - again.
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Crossing frontiers or borders in an open ended search, eliminating wrong outcomes through through relentless trial
and error, noble failure at increasingly difficult levels (as opposed to sloppy execution)... COLD----- WARM----- HOT?
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyUm, sorry GB. That was not a puzzle. I was just replying to Trev's 33 ( probably his IQ ) inane and stupid attempts at cryptics but didn't 'reply and quote'. My bad. Have a go at my last cryptic - it's a little more than anagram. Cheers
[b]To Fail - Again
Crossing frontiers or borders in an open ended search, noble failure at increasingly difficult levels (as opposed to sloppy execution)...
COLD----- WARM----- HOT?[/b]
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Originally posted by skeeterMay I do one?
Um, sorry GB. That was not a puzzle. I was just replying to Trev's 33 ( probably his IQ ) inane and stupid attempts at cryptics but didn't 'reply and quote'. My bad. Have a go at my last cryptic - it's a little more than anagram. Cheers
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If so, clue is 'remote'.
Good sleuthing!
Edit: This one's got your name on it... and has nothing to do with weeping.
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Originally posted by skeeterYou wouldn't believe my last IQ score.
Um, sorry GB. That was not a puzzle. I was just replying to Trev's 33 ( probably his IQ ) inane and stupid attempts at cryptics but didn't 'reply and quote'. My bad. Have a go at my last cryptic - it's a little more than anagram. Cheers
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIt's very rare that a cryptic clue will only be one word. That tends to make it a 'literal' clue and you only need a good dictionary to solve it. Cryptic puzzles require an 'understanding' of the 'criterium' and some very lateral thinking. I've spent years compiling and solving them so not much gets past me.
May I do one?
If so, clue is 'remote'.
Good sleuthing!
Edit: This one's got your name on it... and has nothing to do with weeping.
🙂
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Originally posted by skeeterI think he is being intentionally ignorant in an attempt to 'derail' this thread. Not to worry. 😛
It's very rare that a cryptic clue will only be one word. That tends to make it a 'literal' clue and you only need a good dictionary to solve it. Cryptic puzzles require an 'understanding' of the 'criterium' and some very lateral thinking. I've spent years compiling and solving them so not much gets past me.
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Originally posted by skeeterSo solve mine with a good dictionary.
It's very rare that a cryptic clue will only be one word. That tends to make it a 'literal' clue and you only need a good dictionary to solve it. Cryptic puzzles require an 'understanding' of the 'criterium' and some very lateral thinking. I've spent years compiling and solving them so not much gets past me.
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Clue #4 = question
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyNo GB. 'Seven letters' is the amount of letters in the solution. The puzzle is always contained in the parenthesis.
Sorry. I didn't notice this post.
"Seven Letters" refer to the epistles to the early churches and/or the Apostle
Paul who was beheaded as a matter of routine capital punishment?
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