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FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:15 am If 24D is

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OSPREY

I do not get the parsing.

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?

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.

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...?

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"

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.

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.

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

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...

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").