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10:57 AM
I can't think of any wordplay for an -ing word. Of course, not every word clued by "looking (after (family (heirlooms (: it (opens)))))" is an -ing word.
be suprised if it wasnt an -ing word
probably has the word ring in it
ohhh it's MS IT OPEN <
@Ankoganit
ahh
11:18 AM
Ahh, it was just a reversed hidden word!
Yeah I can see why it's kinda iffy. It still reflects natural speech, since "the bag that/which I bought" can be shortened to "the bag I bought" and it would still be grammatically correct. But doing the same in a cryptic clue doesn't feel as natural at least for me? "[Looking after family] that/which [heirlooms ... opens] stores all around" would feel clearer (although of course the surface is now ruined)
(To clarify, I know that it should still be grammatically correct even without the that/which, but for some reason it just doesn't feel that way)
Alternatively, you can look at "stores" as a noun meaning "things being stored".
So that "msitopen" are "heirlooms it opens" stores.
makes sense
In my parenthetical note, I guess I meant cryptically grammatically correct. "X in Y" isn't really a sentence but "X is in Y" is, but "X in Y" as a cryptic clue can be understood to mean that X is hidden in Y.
Aug 19, 2021 at 1:03, by Chris Cudmore
Enough of pedantix.
I have to save brain space for schoolwork, not this...
 
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12:50 PM
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Q: You Don't See Me As My Age

JLeeYou refuse to see me as my age. It's quite odd, and yes, no fun. Until I was five, you'd just disregard me, And then you just saw me as one! When six, you vividly saw me as two, Following that, thinking me four. But then at nine, you did announce That I was inextant once more.

 
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2:41 PM
@msh210 yes!
@oAlt yeah this was the interpretation I had in mind, but like you said it feels unnatural somehow
I like msh's interpretation though
3:43 PM
CCCC: Religious woman upset on hajj: "Beaux? Nix? Oh, geez." (6,6,8)
4:07 PM
@msh210 ah this must be (Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu)*
(that's Mother Teresa)
@Ankoganit it must indeed; well found
All I remembered was that her name had a bunch of J's and X's
CCCC: The region in southern California (blue state) that's ruled by God (9)
4:31 PM
@Ankoganit theocracy = the OC (Orange County, region in southern California) racy (blue)
@oAlt yep!
CCCC: Getting devoted, five smashed a vial for Coldplay song (4 2 4)
@oAlt VIVA LA VIDA = V+(A VIAL)* getting AVID
@Ankoganit Correct!
Kinda similar to this – V plus the rest of the wordplay, three V's in the clue, the indicator for V itself having a V, an anagram involved, and that anagram involving a present participle
Just a participle, rather
5:05 PM
CCCC: Eccentric mathematician; "let rho=cos(360)" was written by this person (9,4,9)
Is the answer an author (360 was written by this person), a mathematician (Eccentric mathematician), or an &lit/semi-lit? (Eccentric is an anagram, cluephrase is 'MATHEMATICIANLETRHOCOS' or something like that)
Probably one of those or something similar, yes. :-)
Def could also be "eccentric".
Might also be some trickery where e.g. part of the wordplay is replacing RHO with ONE or similar.
5:25 PM
@Ankoganit CHARLOTTE EMMA AITCHISON, singer of "360" = MATHEMATICIANLETRHOCOS/*
(better known as Charli XCX)
@Stiv yep!
5:48 PM
I do like it when you can get a massive word out of someone's name's anagram...
6:47 PM
CCCC: Bad actor is sloppy, injecting a dash of negativity into everything the playwright ever wrote? (5,6)
 
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8:18 PM
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Q: How can the doctor measure out a dose (dissolved in water) of exactly 10% of a tablet?

Will.Octagon.GibsonA doctor must measure out a precise fraction of a tablet for a young patient. The doctor has an empty 5-ounce vial, an empty 3-ounce vial, a water supply, a sink, and a single water-soluble tablet. How can the doctor measure out a dose (dissolved in water) of exactly 10% of a tablet? Attributio...

 
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9:40 PM
I think I should start calling a minus sign "a dash of negativity".
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