Some of them have a definition, which is usually required in a cryptic puzzle, but some leave that part to your imagination. Most of today’s sequential clues are two steps. “To ssp ot” is rather ridiculous (and we also have a DIPSO in this puzzle).Ĭharades: If you have to break a clue into pieces to solve it, there’s a good chance it’s a charade. “Pa ssov er dinn ers” works perfectly “ Narrow s ection of a chi cken” is a little odd. Those missing letters, S-E-A, define the clue. I refer to this glossary of clue types for solving and explaining (and I’m leaving out one-step anagrams - entries that are strictly jumbles of one or more words in a clue).įill-in-the-blanks: “Po seidon’s dom ain” is a good place to start on these to see how they work. You can use crosses for every square and also rely on anagrams, the multiple choice of cryptic entries, to give you a boost on the pun clues. If you’re new to this type of puzzle, you will find a gentler setup than a true cryptic puzzle. He debuted in March and is just having an absolutely whiz-bang year - five daily puzzles and the P and A before this one.
Then I checked “my” records ( XWord Info, of course) and realized that Mr. PUNS AND ANAGRAMS - I was about to refer to today’s constructor, Michael Lieberman, as a puzzle stalwart.
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