Just a little cryptic

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• BJ constructor · 2021-09-29T07:38:39.452Z

  I would like to thank my friend adny for tidying up up 1D, and providing the inspiration for 4D.

  And I would like to thank you for taking the time to do my puzzle, I hope you enjoyed it :)

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• BJ constructor · 2021-09-29T08:58:45.525Z

  Woo, thanks for solve this. I hope you enjoyed it :)

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• Mike D 🤓3:34 · 2021-09-29T11:46:27.144Z

  Very nice! I like the 5x5 fully checked - makes it much easier to get as a new cryptic solver I think. Mind explaining NINJA, ATTIC, and KEENS? I think those ore the only ones I can't figure out

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  • BJ constructor · 2021-09-29T18:38:03.729Z

    Woo! Ninja is maybe a little rogue. It's a Spoonerism of "Gin? Nah!"- which fits the fodders story Attic is a backwards hidden, clued by revolutionary (right-to-left) prisoners (hidden). Keens is the last letter of each piece of fodder, clued by finishes

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    • Mike D 🤓3:34 · 2021-09-29T19:59:48.533Z

      Thank you - that all makes sense now

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    • Caroline 3:09 · 2021-09-29T23:51:24.911Z

      I'm new to cryptics also (but I caught the spoonerism reference!). I didn't undertand 4D, could you explain it?

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      • BJ constructor · 2021-09-30T21:30:44.081Z

        4D is a homophone &lit. Gin (alcohol) is a 'spirit often found in bottle' and gin is a homophone (it's said) of Djinn. Djinn is another word for Genie, and could be called "A spirit often found in a bottle"; with 'it's said' showing that it's allegorical. Hope that makes sense!

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        • Caroline 3:09 · 2021-09-30T23:05:53.087Z

          Oh, yes. I actually am familiar with djinn, but I didn't get the pointer to a homophone, so I missed the 'gin' angle! Nice one.

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• mondestrunken 🤓3:29 · 2021-09-29T12:33:49.503Z

  very nice! enjoyed a lot

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• Jon 5:01 · 2021-09-29T12:38:03.195Z

  Nice

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• Joseph Foley 🤓2:10 · 2021-09-29T12:19:34.015Z

  Thank!

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• Frisco17 🤓44:46 · 2021-09-29T15:46:40.146Z

  Very nice!

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• quatrevingtneuf 🤓1:19 · 2021-09-29T18:57:26.841Z

  nice to see a quick cryptic on here

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  • BJ constructor · 2021-09-29T20:06:27.940Z

    I'll acknowledge my bias, but say that I like them more as (to me) they're more primarily wordplay puzzles than general knowledge checks.

    But I definitely seem outnumbered in terms of quantity. Glad to brighten your day with something a little more novel :)

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• Orfington 8:24 · 2021-10-09T05:50:56.244Z

  Could I get an explanation of 2D? Cryptics are still… well, cryptic to me!

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  • BJ constructor · 2021-10-10T00:34:25.100Z

    This is a type of clue where the wordplay indicates 'bits and pieces' of the answer that all just get added together. Here there's a bird (tit) that gets added to either le (the in French) to get a word meaning name. It could have been Bird=le/la+a 3 letter word for name too. :)

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