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cryptic puzzle, anyone?
TeddyBloat
Member Posts: 1,419
poker players love a good puzzle to grapple with, right? the following are cryptic clues leading mainly to forum members, but also to a sky poker presenter and a well known poker player. for those not familiar with the cryptic clue or unsure on how to read them, consider the following clue which contains a definition and a cryptic component:
ex liverpool striker mutiliated dead girl [8]
this yields the answer aldridge
[definition]ex liverpool striker[aldridge] mutilated[anagram indicator] dead girl [anagram of 'aldridge']
basically, try and ignore the surface meaning, break the clue down to little parts, solve them and reconstruct for the answer. the following clues will not contain a definition, merely a cryptic component leading to forum members, a sky presenter and a prominent poker player. some are easy, some a bit fiendish, some assume some knowledge of the cryptic crossword clue form / grammar and one assumes knoweledge of liverpool slang for a certain recreational drug, ho-hum. good luck:
1 Tight player flipped and doubled up [6] tintin
2 Heard he spotted a yob [8] cenachav
3 I'm lost with a second shuffle [8] smitalos
4 Back to back articles on sound of something more vulgar [4,6] anna fowler
5 Takes trainees out of common post-flop line [10] calcalfold
6 Getting David Beckham's number left man with burning desire missing place all MTT players revere [7]larson7
7 Sound of time and temprature [5] tikay
8 Overheard: ogle a$$ without crucial component and shout 'uranium' [10] idonkcallu
9 He's sharp and on birds [5] talon
10 Drilling without force and one radius [10] borinloner
11 Common ecstasy tablet in liverpool and sound of line leads to questions [7] garyqqq
12 Orally pack plant with energy [4,4] phil ivey
13 The most welsh dale without victory or direction [7] maxally
14 Castrate youth leader [5] geldy
15 TV channel, not on freeview or virgin [3,4] sky dave
16 Animal with little hesitation and time gets top score [10] lambert180
note, some answers contain numbers
Edit fixed clue 7
Edit in clue 8, a$$ = a s s. The forum mods mild swear words.
good luck.
cheers,
TEDDY
Comments
Top work Teddy!
We need more stuff like this, well done you.
*read as - thats all I can get so far
Have got fourteen of them but stumped on the last 2.
Good work
Just wondering how many people will look at the clues and not figure out their own names
12. Phil Ivey
Retiring now!