Comment on Discussion Thread 🛸 Friday 16 May 2025
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 week agoBest clue in a cryptic I ever came across was 'Triumph for Mrs Mop" 8/7. I had _ _ e _ _ _ n _ / _ _ c _ _ r _ in the grid already.
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Sweeping victory
Comment on Discussion Thread 🛸 Friday 16 May 2025
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 week agoBest clue in a cryptic I ever came across was 'Triumph for Mrs Mop" 8/7. I had _ _ e _ _ _ n _ / _ _ c _ _ r _ in the grid already.
Sweeping victory
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
That is a great clue! I’d be so proud of I made that haha it helps to know a lot of the answers are gonna be puns or punny in some way haha
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Yeah, back when I was starting doing these, I was told that a cryptic clue ALWAYS had two parts - one indicating the meaning and the other the method. Part of the puzzle was working out which was which. And to be alert for puns: a flower does not necessarily have roots in the ground - it could be water running downhill and so on.