NPR

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:13 am Is it a Chaucer reference? Have only read a few of the tales.

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:13 am Is it a Chaucer reference? Have only read a few of the tales.

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:15 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:13 am Is it a Chaucer reference? Have only read a few of the tales.

EDIT: Yes. Thank you Wikipedia. A so-called English teacher will be brushing up on his Chaucer over the summer.

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

hlvp wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:27 am

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

It's an anagram !

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:44 am

hlvp wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:27 am

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

It's an anagram !

Yep, but how did FK figure out the first part was an anagram?

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:48 am

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

Yep. You’re right. As hlvp says, it’s an anagram. Or as you say “the letters”.

Anagrams, spelling words backwards, allusions, puns, riddles, hiding words in clues are just some of the tricks I’ve noticed used by compilers (I’m still a rookie, really).

Your question is a bit funny, because figuring out what kind of clue it is is what it’s all about. That’s the point. It’s supposed to be baffling, discerning which part of the clue is which, and how to then solve it. That’s what makes the dopamine rush hit so hard when you solve one.

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:53 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:48 am

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

Yep. You’re right. As hlvp says, it’s an anagram. Or as you say “the letters”.

Anagrams, spelling words backwards, allusions, puns, riddles, hiding words in clues are just some of the tricks I’ve noticed used by compilers (I’m still a rookie, really).

Your question is a bit funny, because figuring out what kind of clue it is is what it’s all about. That’s the point. It’s supposed to be baffling, discerning which part of the clue is which, and how to then solve it. That’s what makes the dopamine rush hit so hard when you solve one.

Ok, cheers. Are most of them anagrams combined with clues?

Which are the most common types/structure of clues?

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:26 am So 14a

Looks to me like the first part is the letters and the second part the definition (by looking at the answer)

Ableist two fit

to engage in intellectual competition


Is this correct? Bloody clever if so. How did you figure out that this was the type of clue?

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:55 am

Ymx wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:53 am

FujiKiwi wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:48 am

Yep. You’re right. As hlvp says, it’s an anagram. Or as you say “the letters”.

Anagrams, spelling words backwards, allusions, puns, riddles, hiding words in clues are just some of the tricks I’ve noticed used by compilers (I’m still a rookie, really).

Your question is a bit funny, because figuring out what kind of clue it is is what it’s all about. That’s the point. It’s supposed to be baffling, discerning which part of the clue is which, and how to then solve it. That’s what makes the dopamine rush hit so hard when you solve one.

Ok, cheers. Are most of them anagrams combined with clues?

Which are the most common types/structure of clues?

Ha. Read my sermon again. I think it’s the wrong approach to have a set likelihood in mind. That often sets you on the wrong path anyway. Take each clue as it comes is my recommendation.