Next one is out :)

@PiIsNot3 +1! do you have a text version of the 2 sides? thanks

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus i believe the term is "definiton by example" :)

@jafe thank you

@OmegaKrypton Thanks! I'll put a text transcript in right away :)

ah got it

HUNDREDS (def: a lot; wp: homophone "hun dreads")

sneaky

Dang, so both of your suspicions were right @ThePuzzlingPlatypus

correct

CCCC: A lot of milk returned after contaminant is discovered five times (6)

@Deusovi (c(o(n(t(a(M)i)n)a)n)t) + DAIRY< is MYRIAD

yep!

discovered five times, lol

I don't understand what discovered five times means

oh, i get it

remove the ends 5 times

dis-covered

dis-covered

yep

note to self, puns are allowed for smooth surface

I'm surprised puns aren't more common

it's the first thing I think of when I hear the word "wordplay"

also, there's a codenames game going if either of you are interested

"puns" as in "reinterpretations of normal english words to mean something different from what they seem to" are acceptable and even encouraged

isn't that what a pun is though?

depends - "pun" can also include similar-sounding words rather than the exact same words

CCCC: Rich loud drunk (5)

or the forest for the trees comment I just made in the codenames room after someone guessed forest

But there are limits to how punny you can be, at least under “standard” rules. E.g. “indeed” to clue insertion into DEED (“in deed”) probably isn’t fair

But there is a type of CC called the “cryptic definition” where puns must be used. The classic example is “Flower” for “River”

So “Flower in London? (6)” is THAMES, not an actual species of flower endemic to London