Comments on: Debrief of NYT Cryptic Crossword Wipeout, Part 2 of 2 http://www.crosswordbebop.com/2010/01/20/debrief-of-nyt-cryptic-crossword-wipeout-part-2-of-2/ Improvisations based on Selected Crosswords throughout the Anglosphere. Quite possibly the first Anglospheric crossword blog... Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Biddlecombe http://www.crosswordbebop.com/2010/01/20/debrief-of-nyt-cryptic-crossword-wipeout-part-2-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5256 Peter Biddlecombe Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:21:17 +0000 http://www.crosswordbebop.com/?p=1999#comment-5256 6D: "otto" is Italian for eight - "in England" should arguably be "in English" but that would spoil the surface reading. "yes" and "fine" are both words for "I agree". possessing is the containment/embedding indicator, and "vision" is the definition. There are some words which you really need to watch out for in cryptic clues, and "about" is one of them. It can indicate embedding, reversal, the letters RE, and like any word often used as an indicator, can be worked into a definition to lead you off the scent. 6D: “otto” is Italian for eight – “in England” should arguably be “in English” but that would spoil the surface reading. “yes” and “fine” are both words for “I agree”. possessing is the containment/embedding indicator, and “vision” is the definition.

There are some words which you really need to watch out for in cryptic clues, and “about” is one of them. It can indicate embedding, reversal, the letters RE, and like any word often used as an indicator, can be worked into a definition to lead you off the scent.

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