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Cryptic Clues #865532
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For those of you who need instructions for cryptic crossword clues, check out this page .

These have all been created by a variety of well-known constructors. There may be one or two that we might question, but they're still fun. Please explain all answers.

-1. Rear of my auto is raised - that's suggestive (4)
-2. Related to heartless boy (4)
-3. Bit of Oriental silk woven in water-resistant material (7)
-4. Creates fashionable outlets (7)
-5. Cameroon's leader on leave in African nation (5)
-6. Natural scenery: lake and small peninsula (9)
-7. Restricted light brown - it's for new members (8)
-8. Tree's low bend (5)
-9. Close internal part of one sense organ (4)
-10. What 7 + 9 - 6 is! (4)


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865536
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9. Close internal part of one sense organ (4)

Close = Near (dir)
internal part of one = n
sense organ = ear

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865541
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1. Rear of my auto is raised - that's suggestive (4)

racy

Rear of my = y
auto = car
is raised = reversal ind
that's suggestive = racy

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865551
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Great solves! smile


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865568
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6. Natural scenery: lake and small peninsula (9)

landscape - natural scenery

l - lake
and - and
s - small
cape - peninsula

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865578
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5. Congo (Cameroons leader = letter C / on / leave = go) wave thumbsup

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865603
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Great solves! wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865758
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3. Bit of Oriental silk woven in water-resistant material (7)

water-resistant material = oilskin (direct)
o (bit of Oriental) +ilsk (silk rearranged [woven]) +in = oilskin

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865761
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4. Invents = creates - in (fashionable) + vents (outlets) smile


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865772
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Excellent! wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865928
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8. Tree's low bend (5)

larch - tree

l(ow)
arch - bend

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865936
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Good solve, Sondi! wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #865942
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7. recruits
r+ecru+its grin


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866011
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Nicely done, manxman! wave


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866015
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2. told grin

to + ld (heartless boy)


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866036
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Yes! grin


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866079
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10. Teen? (7 + 9 - 6 = sixteen - six = teen)

Last edited by Lex; 02/03/13 04:33 PM.

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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866119
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Good try Lex, and partially correct method, but nope. smile


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866132
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10. What 7 + 9 - 6 is! (4)

even?

7 + 9 = sevenIX - sIX = even

Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866160
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You got it CCb! bravo


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866171
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Real cute. How does it work, like what's the direct?


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866269
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I hear you Denis because it doesn't seem to work. I think "is" is the direct. 7+9-6 = 10, which is even and CCb's solution is the other way.

I trusted this one because it's by my favorite constructor.


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866284
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7 + 9 - 6 is divisible by 2 (4)

direct = divisible by 2 !


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866299
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even smile

And a rewrite better than the original.


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Re: Cryptic Clues [Re: Pandora] #866322
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Isn't the original a (rare) true &lit? (See Pandora's "terribly angered" example) think

Thought it was very clever - CCb's wordplay solve gives "even", and the full clue ("What 7 + 9 - 6 is!") satisfies the &lit (10 is even)


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