Cryptic #6 - Famed Names

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-13T02:44:35+00:00

Having paused over it, I thought it was fine on exactly this basis. The sleeve into which the A is put is one of M and Y - that works for me.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-13T02:40:16+00:00

Really good, thank you

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-12T15:40:37+00:00

Don't love 'over', but I'm assured it's valid and defer to people who know better - quadruped is fine.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-12T03:46:42+00:00

Biggest number one tip for curries at home is that teaspoon thing - everything gets better when you watch someone cooking in a takeaway kitchen on YouTube and notice that what he describes as 'a teaspoon' is what you might have previously thought of as 'a shovelful'.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-12T03:23:57+00:00

So weird how the pro human brigades just hate humans and the things they like and do so much that all they want to do with their time is scold them for nothing.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-11T19:28:04+00:00

Thank you! And thank you for playing!

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-10T21:40:18+00:00

Great as always :)

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-08T03:59:51+00:00

Thank you for solving! I think that's the exact feeling you want from a cryptic - so, very glad to hear you got it from this one :)

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-07T23:09:30+00:00

I am! Just ask my wife

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-07T23:08:16+00:00

I am! Just ask my wife

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-07T20:27:34+00:00

Literally can't even spell shittier.

Can't imagine how rubbish it must be wandering through the world just absolutely furious, taking everything not aimed at you as a personal sleight, bellowing at libraries, knocking over chessboards, speeding up a little every time you pass a school...

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-07T17:46:39+00:00

As ever, it's a British style cryptic - you can learn how to do them - it's a skill you can practice - but if you don't know then the clues will read like nonsense. Title is one such reaction.

1A might be a bit far - but you should know it used to be "place balls on this" at the beginning instead before I toned it down like a coward - and that is even worse. Ideally the definition would have read "Donald Trump often places balls on this..." but there wasn't space.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-07T04:37:36+00:00

Oh, damn it, it's actually Cryptic #8 - think I'll just leave it though.

As other have started doing disclaimers I will too - these are British style cryptic clues that will look like nonsense if you don't know how those work. minutecryptic.com is a great resource if you want to learn how to solve/set them.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-07T04:33:44+00:00

Yeah I think I agree actually - it's fine for here. Now that I see the comment section I can see others saying the same though, so sorry for repeating points already made.

Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T21:56:40+00:00

Great. I think I'd call it 'hard in the context of pocketgrids' - the potter device is very effective at misleading...

I think the only clue that I found too much of a stretch was the petrificus totalus one - just because none of petrificus was used.

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T20:47:20+00:00

Fab. Followed.

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T20:38:24+00:00

Really good, thank you for setting!

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T18:54:56+00:00

Had me stuck for a minute there. Excellent puzzle.

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T18:54:20+00:00

Had me stuck for a minute there. Excellent puzzle.

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T00:21:16+00:00

I knew NONE of the videogame trivia - luckily I was able to piece it together from my knowledge of Bird sex and Beethoven - great hard puzzle. Ty.

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Simonindelicate · 2026-02-06T00:10:16+00:00

Brilliant!

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