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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:40 am
Post subject: Re: Daily free cryptic crosswords, RIP |
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On 14 Sep 2004, Mike Barnes wrote
| Quote: | In alt.usage.english, Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
For cleverness, I like "ofofofofofofofofofof (10)";
bsgragvzrf?
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Yup; I've always been fond of that one.
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for a giggle, I
like "Listen closely for a sexual perversion (4,2,4,4)".
pbpx hc lbhe rnef? 
or did you mean 5,2,4,4?
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Yeah, I meant the Joe Orton version... In my defence, m'lud, I
mentioned it in an earlier post and got the numbers right. ;)
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
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Richard Maurer
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:48 am
Post subject: Re: Daily free cryptic crosswords, RIP |
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Paul Wolff wrote:
My newsreader threads by references, not subject lines,
and quotes the original subject when displaying the thread tree,
so I can't even find it now ... and what *is* RBQ?
My newsreader does something similar. There was a time when
I could not find a subthread with a subject name change from
a week ago when buried in a large thread.
Then I found that I could turn off "Group by thread" and then
sort by subject -- then the articles were in alphabetical order
by subject (with variations on leading Re:)
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Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:07 am
Post subject: Re: Daily free cryptic crosswords, RIP |
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On 14 Sep 2004, Dylan Nicholson wrote
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| Quote: | How about
________ (
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Avargrra? (Perhaps I'm over-analysing.)
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:14 am
Post subject: Re: Daily free cryptic crosswords, RIP |
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On 14 Sep 2004, Dylan Nicholson wrote
| Quote: | "Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9564EB5DB3174whhvans@194.168.222.120...
On 14 Sep 2004, Dylan Nicholson wrote
-snip-
How about
________ (8)
Avargrra? (Perhaps I'm over-analysing.)
Nope. Believe it or not, I actually just thought of this while I
was writing the message. It seemed clever, but I hesitated to
include it, until I found a webpage that actually mentioned that
it has in fact been used before.
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OK; I'll try again. Onfryvar?
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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Dylan Nicholson
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:16 am
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"graham" <stratman@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:F_C1d.428039$gE.351712@pd7tw3no...
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"Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95644D56FD0ACwhhvans@62.253.162.205...
On 13 Sep 2004, graham wrote
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What's your favourite clue? I think "E" (13) must be one of the cleverest.
Graham
frafryrffarff (btw does anyone know if OE has a rot13 tool you can use while |
composing?)
I don't believe anyone could get that without some of the other letters.
How about
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Paul Wolff
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:16 am
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In message <Xns9564DFD7B60D7whhvans@194.168.222.122>, Harvey Van Sickle
<harvey.news@ntlworld.com> writes
| Quote: | On 14 Sep 2004, Paul Wolff wrote
In message <Xns9564A44371B28whhvans@62.253.162.203>, Harvey Van
Sickle
harvey.news@ntlworld.com> writes
For cleverness, I like "ofofofofofofofofofof (10)";
Frequently?
An excellent definition of the actual answer (which is
straightforward).
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(Waking up) Oftentimes.
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Paul
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Dylan Nicholson
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:24 am
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"Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9564EB5DB3174whhvans@194.168.222.120...
| Quote: | On 14 Sep 2004, Dylan Nicholson wrote
-snip-
How about
________ (8)
Avargrra? (Perhaps I'm over-analysing.)
Nope. Believe it or not, I actually just thought of this while I was |
writing the message. It seemed clever, but I hesitated to include it, until
I found a webpage that actually mentioned that it has in fact been used
before. |
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Mike Barnes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:31 am
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In alt.usage.english, Wood Avens wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:22:57 GMT, "Richard Maurer"
rcpb1_maurer@yahoo.com> wrote:
OK, I get the idea of the clue part now.
But what about the crossword part?
Why do the clues include the number of letters?
Or is it that they give the starting position (57 across)
in the grid, so the positioning is part of the puzzle?
If the answer is a 3 word phrase, how is the answer positioned?
That should be "Or is it that they don't give".
They do give the position*.
[...]
*Usually. Araucaria in the Saturday Guardian sometimes sets puzzles
in which one fits the answers where one can.
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Those were usually "Alphabetical Jigsaws" IIRC. I used to really enjoy
them, in my crosswording years.
I fondly remember one such puzzle entitled "April the First". After a
while it became clear that all the intersecting letters were "A"s.
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Mike Barnes
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Paul Wolff
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:31 am
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In message <Xns9564EB5DB3174whhvans@194.168.222.120>, Harvey Van Sickle
<harvey.news@ntlworld.com> writes
| Quote: | On 14 Sep 2004, Dylan Nicholson wrote
-snip-
How about
________ (8)
Nineteen? (Perhaps I'm over-analysing.)
Pyhryrff? |
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Paul
In bocca al Lupo! |
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Mark Barratt
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:36 am
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Dylan Nicholson wrote:
| Quote: | "graham" <stratman@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:F_C1d.428039$gE.351712@pd7tw3no...
"Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95644D56FD0ACwhhvans@62.253.162.205...
On 13 Sep 2004, graham wrote
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What's your favourite clue? I think "E" (13) must be one of the cleverest.
Graham
frafryrffarff (btw does anyone know if OE has a rot13 tool you can use while
composing?)
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Ab, vg qbrfa'g. And nor, I just discovered, does Gravity, except
with a lot of messing about.
| Quote: | I don't believe anyone could get that without some of the other letters.
How about
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I'd guess (messing about with another window for the rot13)
"pyhryrff"
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Dylan Nicholson
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:49 am
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"Mark Barratt" <mark.barratt@enternet.hu> wrote in message
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________ (8)
I'd guess (messing about with another window for the rot13)
"pyhryrff"
Something that, obviously, you are not |
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Dylan Nicholson
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:50 am
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"Harvey Van Sickle" <harvey.news@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9564EC86755ABwhhvans@194.168.222.120...
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Nope. Believe it or not, I actually just thought of this while I
was writing the message. It seemed clever, but I hesitated to
include it, until I found a webpage that actually mentioned that
it has in fact been used before.
OK; I'll try again. Onfryvar?
I expressed it badly. It should just be |
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Dena Jo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:11 am
Post subject: Re: Daily free cryptic crosswords, RIP |
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On 14 Sep 2004, Peter Duncanson posted thus:
| Quote: | Clue: "As a horse Dena Jo is lively"
Solution: "No jade"
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What???
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Dena Jo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:13 am
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On 14 Sep 2004, MC posted thus:
| Quote: | In article <1gk3zok.8ftzzyy7m2woN%que.sara.saraDELETE@gmail.com>,
que.sara.saraDELETE@gmail.com (Sara Lorimer) wrote:
Peter Duncanson wrote:
Clue: "As a horse Dena Jo is lively"
Solution: "No jade"
There must be a limited number of possible games you can play
else how could the cryptic clue lead unambiguously to an
answer? Is there a clue that this is an anagram?
Ah, that one I know: "is lively" implies an anagram.
Dena Jo is lively = Sell a joy divine
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:-)
Hey! Wait a minute...
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Dena Jo
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Dena Jo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:14 am
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On 14 Sep 2004, Sara Lorimer posted thus:
| Quote: | Bill Bonde wrote:
Peter Duncanson wrote:
Clue: "As a horse Dena Jo is lively"
Solution: "No jade"
There must be a limited number of possible games you can play
else how could the cryptic clue lead unambiguously to an answer?
Is there a clue that this is an anagram?
Ah, that one I know: "is lively" implies an anagram.
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But what does the horse have to do with it?
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Dena Jo
Email goes to denajo2 at the dot com variation of the Yahoo domain.
Plonk the bastards:
http://www.schmuckwithanunderwood.com/trolls.html |
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