The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords. Tim Moorey
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Название: The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords

Автор: Tim Moorey

Издательство: HarperCollins

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isbn: 9780008285593

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СКАЧАТЬ an instance, overleaf, of how separating the sentence into even its smallest parts is sometimes needed. This clue is a further demonstration of a letter selection indicator, empty for lane leaving the two letters le, and of a deceptive definition.

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      6. Write bars in grid

      Given word-lengths that indicate more than one complete word (e.g. 3-7, or 3,7), some solvers automatically write the word divisions as bar-lines into the grid and find that helps. The bars can be either vertical or horizontal depending on whether they are split words or hyphenated words. This little trick can be especially useful when the word to be found is in two parts and the first letter, say, of the second of the parts is given by an intersecting solution.

      7. Ignore punctuation

      In a nutshell, only exclamation marks and question marks at the end of a clue are meaningful; other punctuation should usually be ignored. For example, the anagram fodder can include letters or words with a comma or other punctuation in between, as in this tricky clue:

      ALL-IN-ONE ANAGRAM CLUE: Sort of roll, A–E etc? (9)

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      Another example of this is seen in the clue that follows:

      HIDDEN CLUE: Rabbit produced from magic hat? Terrific (7)

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      The question mark and capital T are both to be ignored. There is more on misleading punctuation in Chapter 9

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