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oAlt

12:34 AM

CCCC: Guitarist can (and may) stumble while covering back (4 5)

4 hours later…

bobble

5:00 AM

@Rubio, would you like to update the "proper attribution" link in your default comment to point to our site-specific FAQ?

Rubio

5:37 AM

@bobble I was actually looking at that right after I posted it this time. i need to see if I can get the longer link to fit.

evidently the answer is yes. updated the comment.

12 hours later…

Stiv

6:06 PM

I feel like this CCCC answer is JOHN MAYER (guitarist) = JOHN (can) + MAY + RE< ('covering' reversed), but I cannot see what 'stumble' does in my suggested wordplay. Can anyone spot a correction or an oversight of mine that might make this right??

msh210

6:45 PM

@Stiv hm, that looks very promising. I wonder whether the clue has a mistake.

(Pinging @oAlt )

1 hour later…

Sphinx

8:06 PM

Q: Cryptic Sundays #1

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Q: Lengths of sides of a right-angle triangle

Let's have a right angle triangle. The sides have lengths equal to rational numbers. The area of the triangle is equal to 39, the length of the hypoteneuse is 31.3 and the difference of the other two sides is 28.7. What are the lengths of these two sides?