![]() But when it is say, NDTV, where every letter is pronounced the enu must be 1,1,1,1." "When it is an acronym such as Nato, pronounceable as a word, the enu might be 4. "I don’t go with the thinking that giving the enu as (2-7) would be a dead giveaway." When the solution is a phrase or contains hyphenated words, the enu indicates the word breakup too e.g. "Is it still a technical DNF if you resort to aids and the aids don't help and then you get the answer anyway?" Īnother term popular among Indian solvers, enu is short for "enumeration" i.e. If anyone complains that the puzzle was too easy, I’ll consider taking up knitting." "Failed on 'neodymium' and 'algonkin', so a DNF for me today. The situation of not having completed the crossword. In clue wordplay, DBE can also mean Dame of the British Empire. ".I considered and rejected early on the possibility that "bowler" might give HAT: I was sure such a clear DBE would have to be indicated in the Times." "Presumably the question mark is intended to cover the DBE." " Definition By Example" - a type of wordplay in which the clue contains not a synonym, but an example or sub-type, of the answer. "We are usually given the CRS and expected to use the literal meaning, rather than the other way around as here." įor further reading: Demystifying Clue Annotation Shortcodes "PRATFALL = TAR rev + F all in PAL (china - CRS) + L" "I do find that my last-in (or nearly) is so often my COD." ĬOD can also stand for Concise Oxford Dictionary, as in "rare isn’t apparently given in Chambers or the COD but is no doubt somewhere" Ĭlue annotation shortcode for " Cockney Rhyming Slang", usually seen in the solution explanation on British crossword blogs. "DISPATCH is my COD for the devious surface that had nothing to do with the final answer." "Clue Of The Day" – what the solver hails as the best clue of a crossword. "5 and 26 were last in, new to me but gettable with crossers." įor further reading: Crossword Grid: Checking, Cold Solving "A very pleasant puzzle with two excellent fifteen letter anagrams to give you a lot of checkers!" Short for checking letters or crossing letters – those letters that are revealed in a clue's answer because of the filled cells from intersecting clues in the grid. ".had trouble with 7 because I biffed LARGO, beware biffing!" "As soon as I read 1dn I thought of BELLYACHING but I didn't have any checkers and didn't want to biff it that early into the solve." The term originated in Jan 2015 as BIFD (acronym of Bunged In From Definition) in a comment on Times for the Times blog. To biff is to enter a clue's answer from the definition without fully understanding its parsing. This is an invitation for the commenters to provided the parsing.įor further reading: Clue Annotation Shortcodes "Anno pending" - typically put next to a clue's solution on the blog, if the clue has been answered but the parsing is unclear. "Though I got through this one in a jiffy I'm unable to get some of the annos." A solver who blogs about a puzzle's solution presents the anno along with each answer. the explanation of wordplay in a cryptic clue. ![]() ![]() "I never heard of it either, and I'd also have spelt THINGAMABOB differently but for the anagrist." įor further reading: But Which is the Anagrind?Ī term popular among Indian solvers, anno is short for "annotation" i.e. "Last in was ANGOSTURA, perhaps the cleverest clue in the crossword it was ingenious to use 'turns' as anagrist rather than anagrind." The letters that get jumbled to give the solution in an anagram clue are called anagram fodder, or anagrist. Enjoy participating!Īnagrind stands for anagram indicator. This post will help you interpret what the regulars are saying. New to crossword blogs and forums? Some of the conversation happening there might appear more cryptic than the clues. ![]()
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