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Creamy

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1320 on: 11 Sep 2015, 07:40 »
It helps that I have played Cornelius Cat recently  :-D
I gave it a try :

A tree's moved by a Nice enough audition (9 letters, 2 words)

That's my first one so please be clement
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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1321 on: 13 Sep 2015, 14:10 »
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 "nice enough audition" = "ok try", which means I need a four letter tree, like "pine".  "Moves" implies a rearrangement of letters, which can only yield one thing:

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Pinker Toy! ;-D

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Creamy

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1322 on: 13 Sep 2015, 14:53 »
Me reading your post : :shocked: :confused: :grin:
One thing is right yet :
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"Moves" implies a rearrangement of letters


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I had forgetten to capitalize the letter  "N", sorry.
Guess where I come from.

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Stupot

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1323 on: 13 Sep 2015, 15:48 »
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Ahh so is that a clue that there is some French involved.

Tree is 'arbre'.

Audition could be demo.

Then rearrange the letters for 'more beard.'
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Creamy

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1324 on: 13 Sep 2015, 15:58 »
We progress :smiley:
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Ahh so is that a clue that there is some French involved.
Indeed.

 

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Tree is 'arbre'.
You don't focuse on the right word.
A tree's moved  / by / a Nice enough audition.
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AnasAbdin

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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1325 on: 13 Sep 2015, 16:07 »
Just to be sure:
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audition or addition?
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Creamy

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1326 on: 13 Sep 2015, 17:17 »
aUdition. This word has several meanings.
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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1327 on: 14 Sep 2015, 02:26 »
I would have gone with

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Nice enough audition first, if possible, to conceal the double meaning of "Nice" (they do it in the crosswords all the time).



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Also, the closest thing I can find to a "Nice audition" would be "un essai".  I'm still going with my "palm" tree, so scrambling "palm" + "essai" = spam aisle, everyone's favourite hypermarket passage! ;-D


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Creamy

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1328 on: 14 Sep 2015, 09:52 »
@ Baron :
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I would have gone with Nice enough audition first, if possible, to conceal the double meaning of "Nice" (they do it in the crosswords all the time).
Yes. I had forgotten about capitalizing the letter when I first wrote the crossword. By the tme I noticed, it was too late to change the whole sentence.
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I'm still going with my "palm" tree
Why don't you just move the letters?


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I assumed you knew a certain joke that several locals told me when I lived in Scotland. Sorry if it's far-fetched.
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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1329 on: 16 Sep 2015, 03:38 »
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The spam aisle ship is sailing...♫ ;)


[hide]All right, I'm not hearing a lot of support for spam aisle.  So let's see...  "tree" is moved, which means rearranging letters.  A "Nice enough" is apparently "un oeuf".  I don't see how an egg does an audition, except maybe when it's graded at the processing facility....  So my best guess is "tree + oeuf = etre oeuf", which means "to be egg".  Whatever that means. (roll)
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Creamy

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1330 on: 16 Sep 2015, 08:14 »
I won't be home for the next days and I don't want to ruin this topic with my bad crossword, so here is the answer :
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"A tree's moved" = Easter

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"By" = next to.

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"Audition" has several meanings. One of them is "act of hearing".
a Nice enough audition = "enough" heard by someone from Nice = an egg

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And the answer is... Easter egg!


Thanks for playing Baron, Stupot and AnasAbdin. Anyone feel free to post a new one.
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Mandle

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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1331 on: 16 Sep 2015, 08:39 »
MIND BLOWN!!!!

But you were wrong that it was a bad puzzle...It was just the kind of puzzle that totally needs to be in a game where you get feedback from the game while solving it...THEN it is AWESOME!!!

It was a really, really well thought out and good puzzle and if anyone wants to continue on during the author's break and not read the solution then cool...

But if not, here's a new one:

No money boils the unlockables. (4, 5, 4)

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Gaming related.


This one is probably way too easy for the vets of this thread. I just felt we might be getting just a bit too cryptic and shutting the thread's accessability down to just a few players and even then it might be getting a bit too hard...

So I thought we could go back to basics with a few fast and quick ones and attract some new players...

For the vets: Just give a nod and a wink (maybe just post "GOT IT" for example) if you solve this one instantly and let's open up the thread for new players who haven't been through the trenches yet...
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Stupot

Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1332 on: 16 Sep 2015, 11:09 »
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Blade Runner?

:-D
« Last Edit: 16 Sep 2015, 11:22 by Stupot+ »
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Mandle

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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1333 on: 16 Sep 2015, 12:31 »
Quote from: Stupot+ on 16 Sep 2015, 11:09
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Blade Runner?

:-D

HAHAHAHA!!! Nice edit!
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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1334 on: 16 Sep 2015, 13:29 »
I think I've actually got one!!!

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Mandle

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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1335 on: 16 Sep 2015, 23:25 »
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I think I've actually got one!!!

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YUP!!!

Got one for us?
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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1336 on: 17 Sep 2015, 11:21 »
In short, a Shakespearean king, afraid of himself; in what you would definitely not keep valuables in.

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Baron

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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1337 on: 18 Sep 2015, 01:26 »
*Baron demands bolded clues, letter counts, and possibly even a bit of proofreading. :)
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CaptainD

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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1338 on: 18 Sep 2015, 08:22 »
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*Baron demands bolded clues, letter counts, and possibly even a bit of proofreading. :)

DONE!  (Though I don't promise the bolded bits will necessarily help that much.) :P
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Re: AGS Cryptic
« Reply #1339 on: 18 Sep 2015, 23:25 »
Quote from: CaptainD on 18 Sep 2015, 08:22
Quote from: Baron on 18 Sep 2015, 01:26
*Baron demands bolded clues, letter counts, and possibly even a bit of proofreading. :)

DONE!  (Though I don't promise the bolded bits will necessarily help that much.) :P

OMG!!! Baron is requesting for the different sections of the hint be bolded to make it easier??? What lows have he, and this thread, sunk to?!?!?!

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CaptainD: I think what he actually meant was for the entire clue to be bolded as it usually is. (laugh)
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