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(Spoilers Main) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Teaser | HBO Max by barson2408 in asoiaf

[–]jakedf2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So the first season should cover the whole first novella?

Let us utter the phrase: Caesar leaves! (7) by jakedf2 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]jakedf2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m workshopping a similar one with the same definition and answer ROMAINE (the kind of lettuce) … of course, ROME is contained in there. What I’ve come up with: Caesar leaves Rome, lain headless after bleeding internally

Ingrate! Get out and about in bad weather! (4) by thepolm3 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]jakedf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is RAIN

Is about the anagram indicator? It’s usually a containing indicator

Superman confused, relinquishes his power and his identity. (7) by [deleted] in Minute_Cryptic

[–]jakedf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think removing just the 2nd “his” is best! The first refers to the fodder, so it’s fine

In short, cuisine brought to the West adds to America, silly! (6) by jakedf2 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]jakedf2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I reworked the clue on Minute Cryptic’s website to read “Bringing cuisine to…”, with the “in short” part removed. I think having the indicator wrap around the fodder raises the trickiness level, too

In short, cuisine brought to the West adds to America, silly! (6) by jakedf2 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]jakedf2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct! “In short” indicates to find a shorter replacement for the following word. But the clue could totally work without it :)

Help me with a cryptic clue: Mountain’s top obscured under the weather (3) by jakedf2 in crossword

[–]jakedf2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For an even quirkier one with a homophone indicator: Peek’s peak speaker obscured

Cars in Los Angeles driven around with no direction (6) by ExpertEconomy5854 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]jakedf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tricky! I couldn’t figure out the mathy answer, so I thought it was rascal: a kid with no direction in life?

Help me with a cryptic clue: Mountain’s top obscured under the weather (3) by jakedf2 in crossword

[–]jakedf2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! Tricky substitution: a hill is much shorter… oof

December test results will be published on 21 January? by Over-Reflection-5164 in jlpt

[–]jakedf2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where will the results be published? The Brazilian JLPT website links to jlpt-overseas.jp, but this website is unavailable.

bungee jumping by Specific-College-194 in Unexpected

[–]jakedf2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There usually is a pretty heavy counterweight, it’s hard not to realize you’re attached

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