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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on August 15, 2014, 09:01:22 AM
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THEME: ID interruption
GOOD ONES:
Bouncer's demand {& theme} LETS SEE SOME ID
Cause of brittle cigars? DRY HUMIDOR [dry humor]
Tolerate a Midwest capital? ABIDE LINCOLN [Abe Lincoln]
Classic beginning or ending? HARD C [getting good at these, finally]
Artistic surroundings FRAMES
Red head LENIN [two words]
Camp sight COT [two words & homonym]
7Up's opposite? and 7Up, e.g. COLA and SODA [7Up was the "Uncola" in ads; hence, "opposite"]
BTW:
quote from Housman YON [really, an arcane line from a largely unread poet? I'd go with "Hither and ___."]
RATING: ;D ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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Classic beginning or ending? HARD C
I've noticed an increasing number of puzzles using HARD C or HARD G as an answer. Do puzzle makers crib from each other? It seems that every time someone comes up with a new "fill word," it won't be long before the word starts appearing in other puzzles.
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We learn from each other. Don't suppose we'd have puzzles otherwise.
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"We learn from each other." That's a polite way to say we plagiarize. :)
Lately I've seen several other unusual words in puzzles. Two that I thought were particularly odd were UMYES for "hesitant agreement" and EAPOE for "author of Gothic short stories, for short." I guess if puzzle makers can't find any better words, they have to settle for non-words but make them sound legitimate by using an apt clue. Um...yes, I really believe that.