an anagram (‘output’) of ‘that year’
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
But doesn't ayatther have to be a real word? Sorry, I'm completely not getting this.
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
the clue says "write 'ad' and 'aces' about an anagram of 'that year'", the anag doesn't have be a word. it's sound, but it's probably not fair, if you've got no hint as to what the anag should be.
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
Thanks! I have never seen one where the anagram is not a real word. Good example of why I could not do this puzzle.
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Monday, 24 November 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure it's that unfair actually, there is a hint for the "word" you need, it's the one that will complete the clue to make the name of a film. And I thought "film" was a bit of a thin definition but "marx bros film" would be too easy, and lots of people at fifteensquared.net got it from the letter count. I think it's a bit of a setter's fave due to its length and being full of common letters, pretty sure I've seen it before.
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 13:07 (nine years ago) link
also worth pointing out that the setter of that clue was Enigmatist whose puzzles are always some of the hardest to solve
― rising stones cross (anagram), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
Yup that too.
Last ever Araucaria today, finished by Philistine. Might have enjoyed it (or been hugely frustrated) if I hadn't spoiled the key clue by skimming the article about it, just like it warned me not to.
Puzzle:http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26427Article:http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2014/nov/25/unexpected-treat-fans-araucaria-guardian-crossword-setter
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
I suppose enough time has passed for revelation
ledge mine upthread is The Red Shoes
― show me love alamuddin (qiqing), Thursday, 27 November 2014 00:45 (nine years ago) link
enjoyed that posthumous Araucaria, thanks ledge. Liked the theme a lot though it took me a while to get it.
I didn't understand how some of the ones at the bottom worked, even after I filled them in according to what fitted or the magic of the Cheat button, so I went to fifteensquared to look. The one I was particularly puzzled by was 2 alternative definitions and 4 wordplays in one clue! Completely didn't notice that, I had no idea what any of the clue except the theme indicator/first def and final wordplay were doing in the clue. (smacks forehead)
Also for ILXy lols I got the last letter of 23D wrong (still fitting the def) and tried to convince myself it might be a reference to Manda Rin of Glaswegian 90s indie combo being a bit annoying.
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 28 November 2014 10:30 (nine years ago) link
Porcine life form found in craft trapped in white hole at first, then zero gravity (7)
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
nice
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
i liked these from the everyman this week
Rim around gold dish (5)
'Stub' - no clue for it, cryptically (11)
― koogs, Monday, 1 December 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
xp But not taxing, clearly. I'm destined to be a Rufus.
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
the zero gravity bit at the end gave it away
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
^^^ yeah I worked backwards too. Here's an easy one I made up:
Singer staples most of map and half of visa. (5)
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 December 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Ah, crap, make that 'most of map and most of visa.'
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 December 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
nice def. 'most' tends to be frowned upon, too vague (not really a problem in this case but...) - you could go for last letter deletion instead, incomplete visa or something.
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
I was happy to work this one out in today's Grauniad
Weapon offering promise of American woman? (10)
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Saturday, 13 December 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
Not 100% sure this works, but I wrote one for Merriam-Webster's 2014 word of the year:
Huge rut luckily consumes backward social group and its beliefs. (7)
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
^ Culture, yeah that works fine.
Little bleeder's reported break in to Electronic Arts' outpost in Devon (8,3)
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
No idea!
Is there a prize xword in today's guardian? It isn't on their (increasingly shit & buggy) iPhone app.
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:15 (nine years ago) link
yes, it's two grids so the app wouldn't be able to handle it.
― koogs, Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Ah ok, worth getting the paper for or no? I have a train journey later but ample reading...
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
it looks a bit convoluted "however, one letter must be added to one of each pair of solutions before entry into the grid"...
― koogs, Saturday, 20 December 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
Oh I hate those ftmp
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
"Forge the mine path". Primarily used in Minecraft when building a path into a mine.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
It's tough but I'm enjoying it, clues are pretty straightforward and the instructions are clear and not a huge stumbling block.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I mean I'm like less than a quarter done.
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - pianist
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
(4,4)
nope... gonna add an extra hint to mine.
Little bleeder's reported break in to Electronic Arts' south Devon seaside office? (8,3)
--d--t--/---
― ledge, Monday, 22 December 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm stumped
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Got it. (not sure why it's office though?)
― oppet, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh, 'outpost in Devon' makes sense though.
― oppet, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I threw a question mark in there to indicate something fishy but I think it's ok, if EA had an office in T------ you'd just call it EA T------. Like errrrrr DKNY?
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
r-d--t--/k--
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Guardian prize now the usual war of attrition, was hoping the parents would help but they'd completed less than me.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
Omg just got it
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
radiator key!
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
:)
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
That kind of cryptic definition would normally have me decrying the compiler as a scoundrel.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
It gets by because we like "little bleeder"
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Did you get mine?
Nope, give us letters!
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Given up on the guardian in a huff, if anyone can explain how "comrade - stan's" is at all cryptic for "oliver" - well it probably won't change my mind.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20131210/339246_Laurel-%20Hardy-%20biographical%20film.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah but like
idgi
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
btw
--n-/-a--
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
those chuckleheads were the first thing I thought of, that still ain't no cryptic clue.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah unless "Oliver" is another word for "comrade" or sth
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link