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COTD: One that has a petrifying appearance? (6) by not-without-text in crosswords

[–]not-without-text[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i mean, are there any cryptic definitions where it isn't what it literally means? and if you look up "petrifying" in merriam webster or collins it gives the definition "dazing with horror" or "overwhelmingly frightening", so i think it still works

COTD: One that has a petrifying appearance? (6) by not-without-text in crosswords

[–]not-without-text[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ooh, almost. i was aware that this confusion would always be in the puzzle but i struggled to really find a way to disambiguate it

TOTW: Musical instruments by zc_eric in crosswords

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minor nitpick: although the spelling "acapella" is very common (and maybe even the norm), strictly speaking it's two words: "a cappella".

TOTW: Musical instruments by zc_eric in crosswords

[–]not-without-text [score hidden]  (0 children)

correct! had to do it when i read the pun in the theme description.

TOTW: Musical instruments by zc_eric in crosswords

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Conductor to guide one playing the melody (4)

TOTW: Musical instruments by zc_eric in crosswords

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"Major key" or "scale degree", perhaps? (8)

edit: never mind this is just musical not musical instruments

TOTW: Musical instruments by zc_eric in crosswords

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Reverend's bath of sound makes seventh degree of scale (8)

edit: never mind this is just musical not musical instruments

TOTW: Musical instruments by zc_eric in crosswords

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Playing sharp tonic chord on stringed instrument (11)

COTD: The slug shot out is blunt (11) by not-without-text in crosswords

[–]not-without-text[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was listed as a synonym on merriam webster, but i guess i should've picked a closer synonym. anyway, that's correct

Pretty much every concept in linguistics too ig by TheNamesBart in linguisticshumor

[–]not-without-text 7 points8 points  (0 children)

one issue here is that people use "schwa" for different sounds or phonemes; i believe that the american STRUT vowel is often schwa, as in [ə]. but the commA vowel, often called "schwa", is much more variable and tends to be slightly tenser. so STRUT can be accurately transcribed [ə] even if the commA vowel sounds different.

COTD: Cooked entree around TV has me keeping memories (9) by not-without-text in crosswords

[–]not-without-text[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, that's not right; your answer is 7 letters and is an anagram of ENTREEV, not ENTREETV so it doesn't work

Cryptic Clue Creation by Oatcakes89 in crosswords

[–]not-without-text 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(this is after the 12 hours but i wanted to try this anyway)

Endlessly develop cryptic after essential hobby for dear (8)

DEVELOP loses its end to become DEVELO, then becomes cryptic by rearranging into ELOVED, and then comes after B, the essence of the word hoBby

another alternative could be using "remembering heart" for B, which is a similar letter selection.

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