IMDb v2.0 Cryptic Crossword
Jun 10, 2018 21:32:16 GMT
sdrew13163, No Morpho, Only Bánh mì, and 2 more like this
Post by Nalkarj on Jun 10, 2018 21:32:16 GMT
In coldenhaulfield ’s word search thread, No Morpho, Only Bánh mì challenged me not to bury my head in the sand, resigned to not having known about Colden’s brilliant word search, but rather to face the world, chin up, to take the bull by the horns, and thus to make a puzzle of my own.
Thus the following.
It’s a cryptic-crossword, sadly little-known here in the States but a national tradition in England. (A few Canadian papers do cryptics too.) There’s a definition at the Wikipedia article to which I’ve linked, but suffice it to say that they’re like regular crosswords except that the clues are actually clues, rather than Jeopardy! “answers”: they’re not supposed to be obvious, and you have to think through them to see what they actually mean. All of them have hidden meanings, and quite a few have tricks contained within them.
The following is my first time setting a cryptic, so please go easy on my cluing ability. And one hint: like Colden’s puzzle, all of the answers refer to members here at IMDb v2.0’s MCU Board. I couldn’t include everyone, and I apologize for executive decisions like that; I was trying to determine who would fit best into the puzzle.
And one more thing: if anyone here really likes this, I’d advise looking into the cryptics Stephen Sondheim set from ’68-’69 for New York magazine. Far better than my novice effort!
Have fun!
Thus the following.
It’s a cryptic-crossword, sadly little-known here in the States but a national tradition in England. (A few Canadian papers do cryptics too.) There’s a definition at the Wikipedia article to which I’ve linked, but suffice it to say that they’re like regular crosswords except that the clues are actually clues, rather than Jeopardy! “answers”: they’re not supposed to be obvious, and you have to think through them to see what they actually mean. All of them have hidden meanings, and quite a few have tricks contained within them.
The following is my first time setting a cryptic, so please go easy on my cluing ability. And one hint: like Colden’s puzzle, all of the answers refer to members here at IMDb v2.0’s MCU Board. I couldn’t include everyone, and I apologize for executive decisions like that; I was trying to determine who would fit best into the puzzle.
And one more thing: if anyone here really likes this, I’d advise looking into the cryptics Stephen Sondheim set from ’68-’69 for New York magazine. Far better than my novice effort!
Have fun!
(Well, I did recommend the Sondheim pieces…)