Hated concoction teacher | 's |neck dorsal (5)
[SNAPE] = [S] [NAPE]
Could | pitcher | be | more femininely sheepish? (4)
[] [EWER] [=] [EWER {ewe-er}]
Outcry | for | Oregon | shellfish | in reverse order (6)
[CLAMOR] [=] [OR] [CLAM] [in reverse order]
Raucously | pile on | tower (5)
[homophone] [PILE ON] = [PYLON]
Raucously | heap motel | base (4,5)
[anagram] [HEAP MOTEL] = [HOME PLATE]
 LAT |  sNYT 6/25/14 |
Two clues from today's Seattle Times. A hidden, anagram, and reverse:
Dashing blade bears rattle (5)
Extra-terrestrial brought back by Neil Armstrong clandestinely (5)
Three clues from today's LAT. A charade, hidden, and something else:
Shore lost in Paradise as ideal (7)
Bumbling weight-control group had seafood (6)
In no instance tell Isadore any lies supporting word origins or monograms (7)
G'day again Owen
ReplyDelete• I don't see an attempt at my cryptic posted late last night.
• SNYT1: Quality 6: Difficulty 2: That was a nice simple one for starters. Rattled, not stirred.
• SNYT2: Quality: 8. Difficulty 2. Good clue with connected story-line. I assumed it was an anagram at first, and was going to complain that a pointer to the surname being abbreviated should be provided. But then realized that the answer snuggles in nicely, so "clandestinely" was necessary, sufficient, and fresh.
LAT1: Quality 9: Difficulty 4. Superbly hidden. Would have been much more difficult if you had not told us what kind of clues to expect.
LAT2: Quality 8: Difficulty 3. Haha value: 8. Great clue, although the definition (Bumbling) rather gave it away, So I am assuming "Obesity Anonymous" - rather more difficult to hide than alcoholism, though. Could be "Obese Americans" I suppose; about 50% of people (and rising..) qualify for that one.
LAT3: Quality 7: Difficulty 5. The length of the clue kind of gave it away. "word origins" as the key phrase is nicely obtuse but accurate.
I'll send my clue in the ensuing post.
NC
• My clue, from LAT:
ReplyDelete"St. Gaol's Blossom" (5)
NC
Owen and others:
ReplyDeleteMy clue from yesterday was "Call up and use dog for finding clues" (8,3) . As pointed out by Anon (?), the answer is obvious since there is only one (8,3) in the crossword. But here goes the cryptic:
CALL = FORE (golfer's warning shout)
UP = N (north)
AND = +
USE DOG = SIC DOG - (as in "set a dog on another animal"; a little obscure, maybe, but in the standard American dictionary)
DOG = LAB(RADOR)
So, FORE-N-SIC-DOG
QED
NC
P.S
ReplyDeleteApologies, I initially missed yesterday's late posts, but am responding to Owen's question in the previous post (today).
NC
Whoops, I meant to conclude with
ReplyDeleteFORE-N-SIC LAB = [facility] for finding clues
P.P.S
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your link to "Best(EASY) Cryptic Crossword. NW slowed me down a bit, but got there eventually.
Also, silly me, I failed to comment on the title of your blog. Very cute.
NC
Now if someone else would just post here. I am feeling a little lonely in Crypto-land.
ReplyDeleteNC
Anonymous T
ReplyDeleteYour clue: Dogs jump Bugs cartoon style similarly (5)
is a mystery to me. Maybe if you give us the answer we could help all of us.
NC
Cuppa: O.A.=Overeaters Anonymous, better than TOPS or Weight Watchers, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteI got your clue, although it was right next to St.Gaol pointlessly wandered to flourish (5).
Hi NC & OwenKL:
ReplyDeleteLike I said 1st try and likely wrong construction and too obscure:
Dogs jump Bugs cartoon style similarly (5):
Bugs Bunny cartoon "A Hare Grows in Manhattan" where the dogs sing "Dog Pile on the Rabbit" while pouncing Bugs. So, similarly pylon.
Where's my error in construction? Cheers, -T
I think I have LAT1 & 3. I wouldn't have a clue if I couldn't look at the puzzle though... C, -T
ReplyDelete-T: Good start. A good clue though shouldn't be more than one level deep, two for charades where you expect clues nested in the overall clue. (Cuppa will probably attest British cryptics go to 2nd level much of the time.) You have words that have to be lifted from a song that has to be lifted from particular scene that has to be lifted from a film that has to be lifted from the character's oeuvre. That's at least 5 levels deep.
ReplyDeleteAlso, clues need to have two parts: the wordplay, but also a direct definition, that would be the same as an American crossword clue, which seems to be left off of yours.
"St. Gaol's Blossom" (5)
ReplyDeleteState jail blossom
[R.I.] [PEN] = [RIPEN]
(Although if st. is something I don't recognize, it could be)
[A sound] jail blossom
[A] [homophone] [STIR] = [ASTER]
St.Gaol | pointlessly | wandered | to flourish (5)
[STGAOL] [minus the S] [anagrammed] = [GLOAT]