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FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:15 am If 24D is
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I do not get the parsing.
Does that mean you got the answer without understanding how you got there?
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Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:00 pm
FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:15 am If 24D is
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I do not get the parsing.
Does that mean you got the answer without understanding how you got there?
Often, yes. In this case it's just a reversal of letters in the clue.
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Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:14 pm
Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:00 pm
FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:15 am If 24D is
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I do not get the parsing.
Does that mean you got the answer without understanding how you got there?
Often, yes. In this case it's just a reversal of letters in the clue.
Given inch could be hypersonic.... so take off i,n,c,h left with yperso... anagram of Osprey...?
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Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:11 pm
Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:14 pm
Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:00 pm

Does that mean you got the answer without understanding how you got there?
Often, yes. In this case it's just a reversal of letters in the clue.
Given inch could be hypersonic.... so take off i,n,c,h left with yperso... anagram of Osprey...?
Exactly, pretty convoluted but it is a "toughie"
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tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:16 pm
Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:11 pm
Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:14 pm

Often, yes. In this case it's just a reversal of letters in the clue.
Given inch could be hypersonic.... so take off i,n,c,h left with yperso... anagram of Osprey...?
Exactly, pretty convoluted but it is a "toughie"
Feels like a major breakthru.. even though I was just understanding the answer... :lol:
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It's not actually an anagram. Just look at the letters backwards in the clue.

Friday's sweaty one will be with us tomorrow. I've got my prayer mat out.
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Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:34 pm It's not actually an anagram. Just look at the letters backwards in the clue.

Friday's sweaty one will be with us tomorrow. I've got my prayer mat out.
But the letters backwards read osrepy
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Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:34 pm It's not actually an anagram. Just look at the letters backwards in the clue.

Friday's sweaty one will be with us tomorrow. I've got my prayer mat out.
hypersonic

Osrepy?
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tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:37 pm
Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:34 pm It's not actually an anagram. Just look at the letters backwards in the clue.

Friday's sweaty one will be with us tomorrow. I've got my prayer mat out.
But the letters backwards read osrepy
Oops beat me to it...
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Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:48 pm
tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:37 pm
Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:34 pm It's not actually an anagram. Just look at the letters backwards in the clue.

Friday's sweaty one will be with us tomorrow. I've got my prayer mat out.
But the letters backwards read osrepy
Oops beat me to it...
Just goes to show that "old crossword soldiers" get it wrong sometimes (this means "often").
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Globus wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 2:10 pm
Grandpa wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:48 pm
tabascoboy wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:37 pm

But the letters backwards read osrepy
Oops beat me to it...
Just goes to show that "old crossword soldiers" get it wrong sometimes (this means "often").
Any friend of Elgar gets a free pass... :grin:
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