Thanks. Looks to be what I need. If I can manage to close the pop up ad on phone.Macrosan wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:02 amThis may helpYmx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a
Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)
Ableist two fit
to engage in intellectual competition
Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?
https://www.wealthwords.com/blog/comple ... rosswords/
Also, start with Monday (tends to be easier)
Cheers!
DT Crossword Thursday
Sorry, I gave you a lot more tools but I wasn't clear about it.Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:07 am
Ok, but in your mind you have a toolset of options to apply.
At present, I have anagrams or ... can’t do it.
- anagrams
- spelling words backwards
- allusions (In other words, references to books, films, history etc.)
- puns ("in" within a word is often disguised through its other meanings as "home" or "cool" for example. So see "cool" or "home" in a clue, it could mean a syllable is "in")
- riddles
- hiding words in clues. Sometimes backwards.
By the way, apparently Monday crosswords are supposed to be easy but I always find them hard. Don't know why.
Yeah, I think so, just in my limited experience (I'm still serving my apprenticeship to hlvp and tabasco)
Macro's linked website says it all better, though.
Thanks for your continued patience with me.
Would it be cheeky of me to ask which is which on say the across clues today?
For training purposes.
Eg
Across
1 anagram
5 backwards
9 hidden
10 allusion
11
12
14
18
21
22
25
26
27
28
I’ve just filled in as example, btw.
No probs if too much trouble.
Would it be cheeky of me to ask which is which on say the across clues today?
For training purposes.
Eg
Across
1 anagram
5 backwards
9 hidden
10 allusion
11
12
14
18
21
22
25
26
27
28
I’ve just filled in as example, btw.
No probs if too much trouble.
It's time for the trainer wheels to come off the bicycle and you to figure them out for yourself! (Sorry, I'm just enjoying not being the new kid on the block anymore)Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:39 am Thanks for your continued patience with me.
Would it be cheeky of me to ask which is which on say the across clues today?
For training purposes.
Eg
Across
1 anagram
5 backwards
9 hidden
10 allusion
11
12
14
18
21
22
25
26
27
28
I’ve just filled in as example, btw.
No probs if too much trouble.
Morning puzzlers. Cloudy first thing but sun breaking through.
Delighted that we have a new puzzler on the block. I started the Crossword threads way back. I've no idea how many I have solved generally but it runs into many thousands.
One of the basic rules is that part of the clue, at the front, or at the back, is a definition of the answer. The rest of the clue is the cryptic.
Anagrams usually have pointers. These can take several forms.
I picked the Daily Telegraph as it is not mind bogglingly difficult. The easier ones ar usually on Monday then get increasinly harder till Friday.
Happy to answer any questions about clues and how they are constructed (parsing).
Best wishes new entrant. Keep having a go and, like learning a new language, things will start to fall into place.
Delighted that we have a new puzzler on the block. I started the Crossword threads way back. I've no idea how many I have solved generally but it runs into many thousands.
One of the basic rules is that part of the clue, at the front, or at the back, is a definition of the answer. The rest of the clue is the cryptic.
Anagrams usually have pointers. These can take several forms.
I picked the Daily Telegraph as it is not mind bogglingly difficult. The easier ones ar usually on Monday then get increasinly harder till Friday.
Happy to answer any questions about clues and how they are constructed (parsing).
Best wishes new entrant. Keep having a go and, like learning a new language, things will start to fall into place.
These are the clue types of the across clues as I see them:
1 Charade - the answer is made up of several parts, which are indicated separately.
5 anagram
9 reversal
10 cryptic definition
11 charade (a short anagram surrounded by a word, in this case).
12 charade (using an abbreviation for a single letter, then a word)
14 anagram, with a definition that could arguably involve the whole clue.
18 A rather complex anagram
21 Charade (similar in construction to 12)
22 a complex charade
25 Cryptic definition
26 Charade
27 Hidden word
28 Charade (an anagram around a single letter).
Big Dave's website has answers and explanations for the Telegraph puzzle every day.
Globus' advice to look for a definition at the beginning or end of the clue is sound.
1 Charade - the answer is made up of several parts, which are indicated separately.
5 anagram
9 reversal
10 cryptic definition
11 charade (a short anagram surrounded by a word, in this case).
12 charade (using an abbreviation for a single letter, then a word)
14 anagram, with a definition that could arguably involve the whole clue.
18 A rather complex anagram
21 Charade (similar in construction to 12)
22 a complex charade
25 Cryptic definition
26 Charade
27 Hidden word
28 Charade (an anagram around a single letter).
Big Dave's website has answers and explanations for the Telegraph puzzle every day.
Globus' advice to look for a definition at the beginning or end of the clue is sound.
You sir, are a true gentleman!!ell wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:34 am These are the clue types of the across clues as I see them:
1 Charade - the answer is made up of several parts, which are indicated separately.
5 anagram
9 reversal
10 cryptic definition
11 charade (a short anagram surrounded by a word, in this case).
12 charade (using an abbreviation for a single letter, then a word)
14 anagram, with a definition that could arguably involve the whole clue.
18 A rather complex anagram
21 Charade (similar in construction to 12)
22 a complex charade
25 Cryptic definition
26 Charade
27 Hidden word
28 Charade (an anagram around a single letter).
Big Dave's website has answers and explanations for the Telegraph puzzle every day.
Globus' advice to look for a definition at the beginning or end of the clue is sound.
It certainly is! I've been known to post on it.