Could be OUR[four headed (although, I don't recall if I've ever seen this as a beheading indicator)] + DON[mafioso] inside a (two-letter?) synonym for untruthful...
@dcfyj Actually it's perfectly fine to use a wordplay indicator as a connector word (i.e. a word which connects wordplay and definition), so long as it makes sense as such. Just consider the example of "Speech about pig’s head and flower = P+ROSE". "About" is usually an indicator of anagrams or containers, but here it's being used as a connector word. Such ambiguity is frequently exploited by tougher clues.
@dcfyj By definition that is what a connector word is, yes. But if you have some other term that is regularly used to clue wordplay (for example, about or into), and it makes sense as a connector in a particular context, it is fine to use it as such.
This is a variety cryptic. Each clue or answer will be modified in one of four ways:
ONE CLUE: These clues are lonely.
TWO CLUE: These clues are twins - they have a bit of an identity crisis.
RED CLUE: These clues are communists - they love sharing specific parts of themselves with oth...
@dcfyj Grammatical mismatches are allowed between the surface reading and the cryptic reading. For example I recently used "wrong stress" (which appears to have adj/noun structure) to clue "sin tax" (a noun and a verb). But I could not expect that "tax" to then clue "taxes" in my answer. That kind of mismatch is not allowed.
The surface reading is just a distraction from the cryptic reading. It's fine to make it look like it should be interpreted one way, when it should actually be interpreted another way.
(Of course, if you had an idea for how to clue "remove the letter A", then you could do that either before or after anagramming, since it wouldn't change anything.)
Anyhow, I got on the because of your zelda clue yesterday, and then I was talking Ni No Kuni with KK (It has familiars in it) So I decided to write one up for that :P
Puzzles are different - you want puzzles to be solved. Making a good puzzle is like challenging someone to a battle of wits that you set yourself up to lose.
Wordplay, visual puzzles, puzzle-hunt-style puzzles (usually those tagged with enigmatic-puzzle fit this), math puzzles (actual puzzles though, not just exercises)...
Anyway, those clues: The first clue is valid, but the surface reading isn't very good. It's immediately obvious that "dear cel" is anagram fodder because of how unnatural it sounds. I'd've used DE(CL)AR + E or something.
• One link word that causes problems is “of”. Traditionally, the view has been that “Definition of Wordplay” is fine but that “Wordplay of Definition” is not. However, you will often see the latter form of construction. Similarly “Definition [given] by Wordplay” works but “Wordplay [given] by Definition” does not.
An organistion named RH34D has developed an new encryption system codenamed G.
Previous encryption methods include V0C4l5 created by encryptor codenamed Y0RK3.
Here is some encrypted text we found, can you crack the cipher?
It may be easier to see in text:
AADDDEEEGG
1312312313
ADEG
2222
AA...
Hello smart english word people
i was playing around with some word play, and came up with this:
Sally's
Wet
In
My pool
Is there a name for when you have a word, and you use the letters from that word to create a phrase or sentance that relates to the original word? for example, i know that ...
This is a variety cryptic. Each clue or answer will be modified in one of four ways:
ONE CLUE: These clues are lonely.
TWO CLUE: These clues are twins - they have a bit of an identity crisis.
RED CLUE: These clues are communists - they love sharing specific parts of themselves with oth...
An organistion named RH34D has developed an new encryption system codenamed G.
Previous encryption methods include V0C4l5 created by encryptor codenamed Y0RK3.
Here is some encrypted text we found, can you crack the cipher?
It may be easier to see in text:
AADDDEEEGG
1312312313
ADEG
2222
AA...
Hello smart english word people
i was playing around with some word play, and came up with this:
Sally's
Wet
In
My pool
Is there a name for when you have a word, and you use the letters from that word to create a phrase or sentance that relates to the original word? for example, i know that ...
