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Constructing => General Discussion => Topic started by: mcdermott2 on September 19, 2011, 09:18:51 PM
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Is FRONTSIDE (a surfing/snowboarding/skateboarding term) common enough for use in a crossword?
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I've not heard the term. If it was clued really evocatively, though, it might be OK. Solvers sometimes like learning a new term and I could imagine a well-written clue could provide a satisfying learning experience. Going for you is that FRONTSIDE is a compound word of two common words, so between a good clue and getting a couple of crossing letters, a solver could take an educated guess.
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I also was unfamiliar with the term, though I'm not a boarder of any sort. (I guess in college when I lived in a dorm and had a meal plan I was a boarder, but that was some time ago.)
It would seem to me that a clue for FRONTSIDE might be possible in a more generic sense, as well. Most anything that has a back side should logically also have a front side.
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I also was unfamiliar with the term, though I'm not a boarder of any sort. (I guess in college when I lived in a dorm and had a meal plan I was a boarder, but that was some time ago.)
It would seem to me that a clue for FRONTSIDE might be possible in a more generic sense, as well. Most anything that has a back side should logically also have a front side.
I'm not also familiar with it, but, well, I think I agree with you...
Yet, looking on the bright side, I think it would be challenging in solving new terms like this.