Mini Cryptic #50

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• JSP 🤓1:00 · 2024-02-05T20:28:11.752Z

  Very fun! The cryptic definition for 1A is delightfully clever. Congrats on number fifty!

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-06T02:50:36.717Z

    Thanks and thanks!

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• rjy 8:01 · 2024-02-05T22:58:32.894Z

  Fifty … wow! Thanks for posting these… some fun ones in this, tho I have to admit I peeked for 1a and 1D, still haven’t backsolved those, if anyone has a moment to explain. TIA

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-05T23:33:38.893Z

    1a is sort of a double definition/cryptic definition Merry the Hobbit from Lord of the Rings and Merry as in God rest ye Merry gentlemen

    1d The definition is at the beginning: manga is an example of visual storytelling. The answer is hidden in Gaiman galleys with "essential to" being the indicator.

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    • rjy 8:01 · 2024-02-06T15:09:38.650Z

      Ahh, thanks for that. I should have seen 1D (d’oh!) but LOTR is a gaping hole in my cultural knowledge.

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• merlinnimue 🤓2:20 · 2024-02-06T00:46:57.324Z

  I really am losing my "edge," relying on the straight defs - and pop culture ones at that! - instead of being able to parse the cryptic clues... but anyway thanks for the puzzle sorry for the unbecoming bellyaching

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-06T02:50:59.336Z

    I think if it's fun, whoever you get there is good.

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• Oliver Hardy 🤓5:03 · 2024-02-06T18:15:40.638Z

  Another great puzzle.

  1A I hope you don't mind a point of Information: "God rest ye merry" is an expression meaning, "May you have peace"; it isn't referring to "merry gentlemen", a very common misunderstanding.

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-06T21:36:01.705Z

    Ah ha. I guess I'd never really thought about parsing the exact meaning of the line. That's a fun fact to know!

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• Aaron Riccio 🤓2:13 · 2024-02-07T13:48:26.747Z

  I very much liked 1D, 2D, and 4A. I don't fully understand the /surface/ of 5A, but I love the wordplay. I think that given the painterly misdirect, "primer" could've just been lowercase, but maybe I missed something. Anyway, congrats on #50!

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  • ObscureFox constructor · 2024-02-07T19:13:05.692Z

    Thanks! I went back and forth on the surface. I settled on it being the movie Primer, which is a very opaque sci-fi, time travel movie--worth the watch if you enjoy hard sci-fi stories (and movies that you might need a flowchart to completely understand). I couldn't figure out how to italicize the title to indicate it is a movie though.

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    • Aaron Riccio 🤓2:13 · 2024-02-07T22:30:52.045Z

      I think Crosshare is based on .puz files which don't seem to support basic formatting. The .ipuz format lets you use HTML tags like . Not sure though; you can always ask the Crosshare devs on Discord.

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      • Mike D 4s · 2024-02-08T14:13:40.066Z

        You can use Markdown in clues (and pretty much anywhere else you enter text on this site. So for italics just surround a word with asterisks *like this*

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