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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.466 pp pianissimo pp very quiet/soft(ly) pr Puerto Rico pr Romans/Roman people pr electoral system pr image building pr president pr price pr prince pr public relations pr two pra academician pra artist pra painter pres president prison bird pro expert pro for pro public relations officer prof academic provos terrorists ps footnote ps peas ps pees ps postscript ps second thoughts pt part pt physical training pt pint pt platinum pt point pt post town pt stop pt training pub local pv peavy q Celt q Kelt q Quebec q Queensland q boat q cue q electrical charge q farthing q five hundred q five hundred thousand q koppa q ninety q ninety thousand q quality q queen q query q question q queue q quintal q rational numbers qp kewpie (doll) qt cutie qt quart qt quiet qu quart qu queen quad prison que what (Fr.) qui who (Fr.) r Reaumur r Regina r Republican r Rex r Romania r are r arithmetic r castle r eighty r eighty thousand r hand r king r monarch r month r queen r radius r rain r rand r reading r real numbers r recipe r resistance r rho r right r river r road r rontgen unit r rook r royal r run r side r take * r writing ra Royal Academician ra Royal Academy ra Royal Artillery ra academician ra academy ra artillery ra artist ra big guns ra gunmen ra gunner(s) ra painter ra soldiers ra sun (god) rab Butler rac motoring organisation race people rada academy raf fliers raf service rage fashion rain waterfall ram butter ram music school ram sheep ran managed ran smuggled ras head ras prince rat art nouveau rat desert fighter rat desert(er) rat scab rat strikebreaker rate speed rc Roman Catholic rc church rd little way rd road rd way re Royal Engineer(s) re about re again re concerning re engineer(s) re note re over re religious education re sapper(s) re soldiers re touching rebecca Welsh riots rec recipe rec take red anarchist red bloody red cent * red communist red leftist red revolutionary red socialist regan princess regan wicked sister reine French queen reme engineers rene French man rep agent rep salesman rep traveller res old thing resh Hebrew letter ret soak rev priest rev vicar rex cat rg argy(-bargy) rh right hand ri Rhode Island ri king emperor rib wife rid clear rid free ring circle rio port rip final message rip last word river banker river flower river runner rly lines/landline rly railway rly transport rly way rm Marine rm Royal Marine(s) rm jolly rm old Irish magistrate rm resident magistrate rma Sandhurst rms mailboat rn Navy rn Royal Navy rn fleet rn sailors rn service ro right hand roc fabulous bird rock diamond rod fast car rod pole rod sports car roi French king roi king (Fr.) rom gypsy rose flower rosinante poor horse rot corruption rot decay rot rubbish rr Right Reverend rr Rolls Royce rr ars rr bishop rr car rsm non-commissioned officer rt arty rt right ru football ru rugby ruc Irish police rue street (Fr.) run manage run smuggle rur Capek's play rv bible ry landline ry line(s) ry little way ry rail ry railway ry transport ry way s Bach's works s God's s Sabbath s Saturday s Schmieder s Sweden s as s bend s bob s bridge players s direction s dollar s es s ess s has s his s is s largesse s old Bob s old shilling s paragon s part of collar s point s pole + s quarter s saint s second s seven s seven thousand s shilling s side s siemens s sister s snow s society s son s south(ern) s space s spade s square s stokes s sulphur s sun s us sa South Africa sa South America sa essay sa it sa sex appeal sa without date sad blue sailor able seaman saint paragon salt able seaman sam uncle sas soldiers sat Saturday satin dressmaker sc namely sc self-contained sc small capitals sc specifically sc that is sc viz scot fine scot tax scr scruple sculptor blockbuster sd South Dakota sd without a day fixed sdp nationalists se Home Counties se London Area se bridge opponents se quarter se south-east sea deep sea main sec dry sec second sec short time sec time see look seed children semi half semi house sent ecstatic set group set put seth fourth man sgt non-commissioned officer sgt sergeant sh hush sh quiet sh silence she (the) woman she female she lady she novel sherpa mountaineer si South Island si agreement - foreign (Span.) si note si silicon si yes (Ital.) si yes (Span.) sib relation sic thus side team silk dressmaker sin err sin evil sin without sin wrong sine maths function sine without sir knight sis sister sly tinker sm French king sm French queen sm king (Fr.) sm non-commissioned officer smith economist sn Essen sn partnership sn tin so ergo so note so therefore so thus so well soh note sol note sol sun-god som county some approx(imately) son issue sop soprano sos appeal sp South Pole sp childless sp odds sp pole sp species sp starting price sp without children spa spring spire Oxford dreamer spy agent spy mole square unfashionable sr old railway sr senior srn nurse ss German soldier s Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu rec.puzzles:18150 news.answers:3081 Newsgroups: rec.puzzles,news.answers Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!questrel!chris From: uunet!questrel!chris (Chris Cole) Subject: rec.puzzles FAQ, part 9 of 15 Message-ID: <puzzles-faq-9_717034101@questrel.com> Followup-To: rec.puzzles Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers). It should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the rec.puzzles newsgroup. Sender: chris@questrel.com (Chris Cole) Reply-To: uunet!questrel!faql-comment Organization: Questrel, Inc. References: <puzzles-faq-1_717034101@questrel.com> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 00:09:26 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Sat, 3 Apr 1993 00:08:21 GMT Lines: 1553 Archive-name: puzzles-faq/part09 Last-modified: 1992/09/20 Version: 3 s Sunday School ss liner ss saints ss ship ss steamship st good man st hush st little way st paragon st road st saint st silence st stone st street st stumped st thoroughfare st way st weight stag speculator sten gun stet don't change it stir prison stop traffic signal sts saints sty filthy place stye eyesore su Soviet Union sub U-boat sub stand-in sub substitute sub warship supra over sure certain sw Cornwall sw Devon sw bridge opponents sw quarter sw south-west swift screecher swiss roll jammed cylinder sx Essex t Thailand t Tuesday t bandage t bar t bone t cart t cloth t cross t crossed t half dry t hundred and sixty t hundred and sixty thousand t junction t model + t peg t perfect letter t plate t rail t shirt t short time t square t tau t te t tea t tee t tesla t the t time t ton(ne) t tritium ta Territorial Army ta army ta cheers ta reserves ta soldiers ta terriers ta territorials ta thank you ta thanks ta volunteers tab label tace silence tag label tan beat tan brown tan maths function tar able seaman tar art nouveau tar sailor/salt/seaman tata Tosti's song tata goodbye tate gallery tau cross tay river tb torpedo boat td medal te Lawrence te note tea leaves tec detective ted Edward ted Heath tee peg teen old injury tees river tell archer temp secretary ten PM's address tene old injury tent wine ter three (triple) ter thrice test educational journal test examination test match teth Hebrew letter the article the articles - English ti note tic note tic spasm tic twitching tier row time father times daily timon misanthrope tin can tin cash tin money tin vessel tiny small tion empty container tit bird tit inferior horse tit poor horse tnt big banger tnt explosive tod fox todo commotion toe extremity toe member tom big bell tom cat tome book ton fashion ton hundred ton large amount ton weight tonne weight tor hell tor hill tor mountain tor point tor prominence tory Conservative tory party tory politician tp teepee tr Turkey tr transaction tr translation tram transport tree actor tres very (Fr.) tri three (triple) tri thrice troy ancient city troy old city try attempt try essay ts teas ts tees tt abstaining tt dry tt on the wagon tt race tt teas tt tees tt teetotal tt teetotaller tt thank you tu tradesmen tuck friar twelve eec two company u Conservative u Uruguay u Utah u about turn u acceptable u bend u boat u educational establishment u ewe u film u for all to see u high class u on view to all u posh u socially acceptable u suitable for children u superior u trap u tube u turn u union/Unionist u universal u university u upper class u uppish u upsilon u uranium u yew u you uc you see uk United Kingdom uk this country uk this island ule rubber ult last month um doubt um hesitation un United Nations un international un number one (Fr.) un one un one (dialect) un peacekeepers una number one (Ital.) unco very (Scot.) une number one (Fr.) uno international organisation uno number one (Ital.) up at university up excited up in court up mounted up riding up superior uq you queue ur ancient city ur hesitation ur old city ur primitive ur you are ure river uru Uruguay us America us American us as above us ewes us no good us transatlantic us undersecretary us use us useless us yews us you and me usa America use application use custom use employ(ment) use practice use practise ussr Soviet Union ut note ute half minute uu ewes uu use uu yews ux wife v Vatican v against v agent v bomb v day v five v look v neck v neckline v notch v opposing v see v sign v vanadium v vee v velocity v verb v verse v versus v very v victory v vide v volt v volume v win va Virginia vad nurse vale farewell vale goodbye vat tax vau Hebrew letter vb verb ve victory ver rev up very light vet surgeon vg for example vi half dozen vi six via old way vid see vid tanner/sixpence vide look vide see vin French wine vip big noise vip tanner/sixpence vir man/Roman vis viscount vj victory vo left hand vol book vol volume vy various years w Wednesday w Welsh w William w bridge players w direction w point w quarter w tungsten w watt w weak w west(ern) w whole numbers w wicket w width w wife w woman ward disadvantage (drawback) washington young feller we partnership we you and I wee little wee minor wee small who doctor wi Mayfair wi West Indies wi Westminster winner fabulous tortoise wise youth leaders wist knew (old word) women monstrous regiment woof bark wt small weight wt weight x Christ x PM's address x Xmas x across x body x chi x chromosome x cross x draw x ex,Exe x film x illiterate's signature x kiss x particle x ray x sign of love x sign of the times x spot marked x ten x ten thousand x thousand x times x unknown x vitamin x vote x wrong sign x xi xc ninety xi eleven xi side xi team xl excel xv side xv team y alloy y chromosome y level y measure y moth y one hundred and fifty y one hundred and fifty thousand y track y unknown y why y yard y year y yen y young y yttrium yard detectives yd measure ye the (old word) ye you (old word) yea agreement yew tree yr year yr your ys wise ys youth leaders yt that (old word) yu jade yule you will, say yy wise z Zambia z bar z bend z cedilla z final letter z integers z izzard z last character z last letter z omega z seven z seven thousand z sound of sleep z zed z zee z zero z zeta zo cross * zr Zaire zz (sound of) snoring ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Ross Beresford, | Email (trusted): rberesfo@cix.compulink.co.uk 10 Wagtail Close, | (work): ross@siesoft.co.uk Twyford, Reading, | (under test): ross@dickens.demon.co.uk RG10 9ED, UK | ==> games/crosswords/cryptic/double.p <== Each clue has two solutions, one for each diagram; one of the answers to 1ac. determines which solutions are for which diagram. All solutions are in Chamber's and Webster's Third except for one solution of each of 1dn, 3dn and 4dn, which can be found in Webster's 2nd. edition. ####################################################################### #1 |2 | | |3 |4 |5 #1 |2 | | |3 |4 |5 # # | | | | | | # | | | | | | # #----+----###########----#----#----#----+----###########----#----#----# #6 | |7 | | # # #6 | |7 | | # # # # | | | | # # # | | | | # # # #----#----#----######----#----#----#----#----#----######----#----#----# # # # #8 | | | # # # #8 | | | # # # # # | | | # # # # | | | # #----#----#----######----#----#----#----#----#----######----#----#----# #9 | | | # # # #9 | | | # # # # # | | | # # # # | | | # # # # #----#----#----######----#----#----#----#----#----######----#----#----# # # #10 | | | | # # #10 | | | | # # # # | | | | # # # | | | | # #----#----#----###########----+----#----#----#----###########----+----# #11 | | | | | | #11 | | | | | | # # | | | | | | # | | | | | | # ####################################################################### Ac. 1. What can have distinctive looking heads spaced about more prominently right. (7) 6. Vermin that can overrun fish and t'English tor perhaps. (5) 8. Old testament reversal - Adam's conclusion, start of sin. Felines initially with everything there. (4) 9. Black initiated cut, oozed out naturally. (4) 10. For instance, 11 with spleen dropping I count? (5) 11. Provoked explosion of grenade. (7) Dn. 1. Some of club taking part in theatrical function, for the equivalent of a fraction of a pound. (6) 2. Close-in light meter in one formation originally treated as limestone. (6) 3. Xingu River hombres having symmetrical shape. (5) 4. About sex-appeal measure - what waitresses should be? (6) 5. Old penny, least damaged, was preserved. (6) 7. IRA to harm ruling Englishman; extremes could be belonging to group. (5) ==> games/crosswords/cryptic/double.s <== +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |r e d c a p s|d e x t r a l| + + +-+-+ + + + + +-+-+ + + + |o t t e r|o|a|r o a c h|s|a| + + + +-+ + + + + + +-+ + + + |u|a|h|f a l l|a|z|m|t o m s| + + + +-+ + + + + + +-+ + + + |b l e d|r|i|t|c o o n|m|i|t| + + + +-+ + + + + + +-+ + + + |l|o|i r a t e|m|o|n o b l e| + + + +-+-+ + + + + +-+-+ + + |e n r a g e d|a n g e r e d| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Notes. Left grid: Ac. 1. R + spaced (anag). 6. T'E tor (anag). 8. F-all. 9. B-led. 10. I-rate. Dn. 1. Ro-ub-le. 2. T.A.L. in one (anag). 4. it in pole. 5. anag of D+least. 7. anag of initial letters. Right grid: Ac. 1. D-extra-L. 6. 3 mngs. 8. OT (rev) + m-s. 9. initial letters. 10. No.-b(i)le. Dn. Dra-c-ma. 2. Zoo(m) in one (anag). 3. hidden. 4. SA (rev) + mile. 5. anag of D+least. 7. anag of final letters. -------------------------------------------------------------------- How I built it: it was hard! Basically, I started with a couple of word pairs which were easy to clue (e.g. enraged/angered - same meaning and anagrams of each other) and built a grid around them, trying to ensure corresponding words had something in common, either in meaning (their, among) or structure, (EtalON, EOzooN) and making sure that there was at least one word which could be used to distinguish the two grids (dextral). The clues were built in one of two ways: either the words had a common definition, and so a subsidiary indication which could refer to either was needed; or it was necessary to define each word in such a way that it was a subsidiary definition for all or part of the corresponding word, and deal with any remaining parts as before. I think the single hardest part was finding a definition of "interferometer" which could also be interpreted as "zoo" or "ozo". Roy rt@ukc.ac.uk ==> games/crosswords/cryptic/intro.p <== What are the rules for cluing cryptic crosswords? ==> games/crosswords/cryptic/intro.s <== This is a brief set of instructions for solving cryptic crossword puzzles for those of you who are intrigued by these puzzles, but haven't known how to begin solving them. For a more complete introduction, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to The Atlantic Puzzler, 745 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. The characteristic common to all cryptic crossword puzzles is the format of the clues. Each clue is a miniature word puzzle consisting of a straight definition of the answer and a cryptic definition of the answer. For example, Axle is poorly splined (7) yields SPINDLE. Axle is the straight definition. The cryptic definition (poorly splined) indicates an anagram of "splined". The number in parentheses is the number of letters in the answer. Punctuation and capitalization may be ignored in interpreting the clues. There are only eight categories of clues, as follows: 1. Anagram An anagram is a word formed by mixing up the letters of another word. An anagram clue is indicated by some word that means "mixed up", for example, out, crazy, bizarre, insane, etc. One or more words may contribute to the anagram. For example: Tim goes insane from selfishness (7) for EGOTISM (anagram of "Tim goes") 2. Double Definition A double definition is simply two definitions of the word. Most two-word clues are double definitions. For example: