"Hilarously long word is the start of painful neurological effects unless one super tiny short element: an explosive, hollow carbon-1 bone starts to immediately shatter." (45)
CCCC: Hooks swinging during game in the woods? Pay attention! (4,5)
re: hairstyles, i heard that one of bob odenkirk's first suggestions when he first started playing saul goodman was "could he somehow have a combover and a mullet?"
some actors understand their characters on a level i never will
I don't entirely stink (I think) at composing crossword clues, but I do stink at getting them to fit together in a grid. (I usually wind up having to include some crosswordese, or too many unchecked squares, or even 2-letter words or lack of symmetry. You can see examples of all of those in my posts on the site.) If you have tips (or links to tips) for me to improve in that, I'd appreciate it.
(Which is part of why I like the C4. I get to compose clues without worrying about fitting them in a grid.)
not sure if i have any great insights but the choice of grid type certainly affects the difficulty a lot
to me, blocked uk cryptic style grid is easy mode, just need to check every second letter
barred 'variety' cryptic grid is medium difficulty, in theory check at least every second letter but in practice it ends up being a little more
and then there are american-style crossword grids where you check everything because you like pain and suffering and using "eon" and "era" in every freaking puzzle
btw, qwx has an "assistance" mode where it shows what letters are possible in the grid with the progress so far... shows you early on if you run into a situation where there's only one word that can go in a certain spot and that word is "quincunical" or something
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3. Round disks of metal, carbon and hydrogen found inside Mars and Venus? (9)
7. He sang "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Hotel Quenya", for example (6)
9. Forthcoming Pixar film show (7)
10. Misbehaving rebels, having no right, stole perhaps Benjamin Netanyahu's ornaments (8)
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After my last few retrograde chess puzzles were all a bit on the trickier side, this one should once again be a bit more approachable. Your task is simple:
Can you tell which piece made the last move?
Please provide your reasoning in your answer. Have fun! :)
Your friends Alice and Bob decided to play a chess game. Alice played as White and Bob played as Black.
The game reached the position shown below.
You saw Alice (White) make a move and after a few more moves, Bob castled. All moves were legal.
Question: How quickly could the position shown in th...
After my last few retrograde chess puzzles were all a bit on the trickier side, this one should once again be a bit more approachable. Your task is simple:
Can you tell which piece made the last move?
Please provide your reasoning in your answer. Have fun! :)
The following flags could be translated into the following letters:
Could you find out which ancient city these flags represent?
