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09/24/2005 03:50:59 PM · #1 |
Saw this and thought of you:
"Manage to photograph ditch?" (3,4,2)
Today's times cryptic crossword.
Who will be first with the right answer? |
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09/24/2005 03:57:49 PM · #2 |
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09/24/2005 04:00:02 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by tonyv:
can take it ??? |
nope..keep trying |
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09/24/2005 04:07:42 PM · #4 |
any letters in there already?
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09/24/2005 04:14:16 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:
any letters in there already? |
sorry, no. Here's a clue. This type of clue has one part of the sentence as a literal definition of the answer and the other part is a cryptic definition... |
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09/24/2005 04:18:50 PM · #6 |
What's the meaning of the (3,4,2) in context?
R.
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09/24/2005 04:20:17 PM · #7 |
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09/24/2005 04:29:31 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
Get shot of!
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You are right and I was typing it and stopped. Your fingers were too quick.
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09/24/2005 04:33:32 PM · #9 |
I believe you!!!
:))
P
(And no I don't read The Times - we have The Telegraph and I like their crossword.)
Are crosswords in the USA like these?
Message edited by author 2005-09-24 16:36:04.
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09/24/2005 04:40:15 PM · #10 |
| You have to search for Cryptic Crosses in the US. I guess most of us aren't into the punning that it takes to solve a Cryptic. |
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09/24/2005 04:44:49 PM · #11 |
Riponlady, I believe every word you say. I don't read the Times either. The Beano is my level. But I have a lateral mind and sit and mull over the clues until it pops into my head. Trouble is, once it gets into my head, that's usually the end of it.
Steve |
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09/24/2005 04:45:56 PM · #12 |
What does "get shot of" have to do with a ditch? I'm feeling rather retarded.
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09/24/2005 04:47:46 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
What does "get shot of" have to do with a ditch? I'm feeling rather retarded. |
Get...manage to get. Shot...photograph! Ditch, get rid of something, or get shot of something.
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09/24/2005 04:49:54 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by laurielblack:
What does "get shot of" have to do with a ditch? I'm feeling rather retarded. |
Maybe I was unfair in using this one...in the UK we use 'get shot of' to mean 'get rid of'. So to get shot of something can mean to 'ditch' it. That's the trick of these clues as you immediately think of an earth 'ditch'.
...and well done Riponlady!!
edit typo
Message edited by author 2005-09-24 16:50:19. |
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09/24/2005 04:51:33 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Delfeye:
You have to search for Cryptic Crosses in the US. I guess most of us aren't into the punning that it takes to solve a Cryptic. |
You do have to practise doing them and then you gradually get a feel for the way certain crossword writers work. That's why I said I did the Telegraph crosswords ( and to say I hadn't seen the clue before tonight.)
They really get the brain moving!
Laurie, if you "ditch" something you get rid of it and another phtrase for" get rid of " is to " get shot of" it.
Could be an English idiom.
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09/24/2005 04:58:50 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Riponlady:
Laurie, if you "ditch" something you get rid of it and another phtrase for" get rid of " is to " get shot of" it.
Could be an English idiom.
P |
Ah...I feel better now. :)
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