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Constructing => General Discussion => Topic started by: slafaive on July 20, 2012, 10:05:05 PM
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Would you consider the following entry (even if clued well) too obscure for most puzzles? ANGELICAPICKLES
She's a prominent character on Rug Rats.
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Soooo, I would have been able to tell you who she was. But I'm fairly young, and I used to watch that show an awful lot when I was a kid. Keeping in mind your target audience, I would say she's too obscure.
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That's what I was afraid of. But then again, I do puzzles in the NYT and USA Today, and whenever they have entries pertaining to opera or classical arts, I always feel those are too obscure for me.
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do not be quick to judge...i watched Rugrats through my 20s. it was a popular show and i knew Pickles right away. besides, parents who watch TV with their kids would know, too. use the answer.
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I never watched the show and wouldn't know her from Angelica Huston, but I would think that it's okay as long as (1) it's crossed well, and (2) it's part of a good theme. Angelica is a guessable name, but Pickles is not without the theme or crosses to help me. That is, unless the theme were something where "pickles" was important, if the P were crossed with ?ANDO "Tree also known as the trembling giant," I would have no way to know whether her name was Pickles, Rickles, Nickles, etc. (except maybe to guess that a kids show would use Pickles as a name because pickles are funny). Of course, I'm not the editor, but as a solver, that's where I'd come down.
Cheers,
- VB
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I don't like that show, so I cannot say something more!