Définitions énigmatiques
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Re: Définitions énigmatiques
Nifty, as it says in the guide, "The starting point (that everyone agrees on – I hope) is that a cryptic clue must give the solver a fair chance of solving the clue." If we have no idea where to start, that's not a fair clue.
Ducky?
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Re: Définitions énigmatiques
Was going to re-post my 'fair chance' post, then saw your latest.
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Re: Définitions énigmatiques
Sehen sektion 2.3jsks wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:35 pmThe clue should contain a pointer to the answer. A simple anagram that could have various outcomes is not a cryptic clue. Nothing in that clue points to the answer.Nifty wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:20 pmFFS, I wrote that clue especially in accordance with the guide that you posted.FrenchForumSurvivor wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:19 pmSorry, Nifty, but if you're only going to post anagrams with no other clue format, then there's every chance that you will be ignored and the thread will carry on around you and without you
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Isn’t it strange how some people can see things that others don’t ?
https://ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Numskulls
Tom was there first.
For example:
More fed mixture ending confinement.
Mixture tells you there is an anagram and that the anagram gives you a word that means ending confinement ie freedom.
There must be a clear pointer to the answer
The answer to yours could have been Bums lure nulluks. Or many other combinations. Nothing - nothing - in your clue points to numbskulls rule. So it's not a deduction, it's a guess. Cryptic clues should be explanatory, yours isn't.
See section 9 of FFS's link. Your clue DOES NOT conform.