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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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morbeedo wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:15 pm Reportedly helps people who are easily duped (7)
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SUCKERS, but how?
That's probably my favorite clue in this puzzle.
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reportedly = sounds like, helps = succors
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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rjaguar3 wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2018 12:33 pm4 Down (Hear an animal again (4))
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ANEW: Hear an animal again: sounds like "a gnu"
Wow
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I figured this was a sounds like clue but was never getting there even with the A and E filled in. Well done
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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seaborgium wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:20 pm
morbeedo wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:15 pm Reportedly helps people who are easily duped (7)
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SUCKERS, but how?
That's probably my favorite clue in this puzzle.
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reportedly = sounds like, helps = succors
Oy. I *just* got that :?

Puzzle done. Brain fried.
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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Gonna stare at this one for a while

Notice post-inaugural cult qualified to vote, in a way (5)
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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morbeedo wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:03 am Gonna stare at this one for a while

Notice post-inaugural cult qualified to vote, in a way (5)
Got it.
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Adult. Notice = AD; Post-inaugural cult = ULT (everything but the "inaugural" letter)
Adults are qualified to vote.
The "in a way" part is unnecessary, and at first I thought the answer would start with an S and end in a T, because "way" often means "street = ST
Teems with quiet fun.
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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immaf wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:28 am Notice post-inaugural cult qualified to vote, in a way (5)
Got it.
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Adult. Notice = AD; Post-inaugural cult = ULT (everything but the "inaugural" letter)
Adults are qualified to vote.
The "in a way" part is unnecessary, and at first I thought the answer would start with an S and end in a T, because "way" often means "street = ST
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Nice. I just got it, too! Figured we were going for "qualified to vote, in a way" but the rest stumped me. Then wrote "ad" and "see" for notice. Got to "adult" then worked backwards to make sure it fit. I guess "in a way" means that all eligible voters are adults but not all adults can vote
Gotta finish the New York Times Sunday Crossword, Cracking Wise, before starting the next Cryptic :geek:
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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My pick a thread coin landed here.

The Tuesday, Feb. 6th NYT crossword puzzle had a cross of:
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DENOVO & ORONYMS
53A: From the beginning: Lat (6)
46D: Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice scream" and "I scream" (7)

If a writer(s) do the puzzle then I could see some clues coming from it as the Archive shows no hits for either answer.

Certainly the writers like those
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-NYMS
categories.
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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MarkBarrett wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:40 pm The Tuesday, Feb. 6th NYT crossword puzzle had a cross of:
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DENOVO & ORONYMS
Seems tough for a Tuesday!
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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My friend sent me this bear of a puzzle from the WSJ. Holding my nose and jumping in! (yes, another slow work week)
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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Finger food article in carbon copy (6)
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canape? C(AN)APE
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I've never done a directionless puzzle. No idea what the arrows are telling me to do with the directional clues, so for now I'm just trying to solve as many as I can

Drill in ocean brought back organisms needing oxygen (7) ???
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WAG: amoebas? that has SEA "brought back", but can't make the rest fit. BORE in SEA? in EAS?
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morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:29 pm I've never done a directionless puzzle. No idea what the arrows are telling me to do with the directional clues, so for now I'm just trying to solve as many as I can

Drill in ocean brought back organisms needing oxygen (7) ???
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WAG: amoebas? that has SEA "brought back", but can't make the rest fit. BORE in SEA? in EAS?
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aerobes
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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Woof wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:35 pm
morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:29 pm I've never done a directionless puzzle. No idea what the arrows are telling me to do with the directional clues, so for now I'm just trying to solve as many as I can

Drill in ocean brought back organisms needing oxygen (7) ???
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WAG: amoebas? that has SEA "brought back", but can't make the rest fit. BORE in SEA? in EAS?
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aerobes
Ahh. Thanks. I've got 15/38 filler clues and 1/8 directional clue solved, nothing filled in the grid yet :shock:
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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Next to Abe Fortas, terrible (7,2)
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So it's an anagram of "Abe Fortas" meaning "next to"...

...abreast of?
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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I can get several of the clues (19 so far) but I simply don't understand how to put them in the grid.
Teems with quiet fun.
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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immaf wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:44 pm I can get several of the clues (19 so far) but I simply don't understand how to put them in the grid.
just "follow the directions given in the grid" :lol:

my friend who solved it said
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This isn't really a hint but what I did was solve all of the four letter and seven letter words first. The reason is that there are fewer of them and they only intersect in certain ways...
now what about: Dad goes off (4) ?

or: Crown came off (4)
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Is it ACME? anagram of 'came'?
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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High-priced object given to agent (7)
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Is it DEALER?
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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Pence invested in a religious group's points of view (7)

Where to begin?!
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Pence = Mike, VP, Veep. Rel. group=sect, cult. points of view = vistas?
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morbeedo wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:54 pm Pence invested in a religious group's points of view (7)

Where to begin?!
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Pence = Mike, VP, Veep. Rel. group=sect, cult. points of view = vistas?
I've seen this one recently. Is it from Harper's? Anyway...
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ASPECTS, "P" for "pence" inside A SECTS.
I'm smart and I want respect.
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Re: Cryptic Crosswords

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Drink at a sushi bar benefit (4)
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It can't be sake, right?
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