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TOPIC: Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
#4303
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posted 01-04-2008 12:43

 		 
Quite a nice April Fools crossword in today's Guardian.
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posted 01-04-2008 12:48

 		 
The "American hats" could alternatively be a reference to royal headgear.
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posted 01-04-2008 15:15

 		 
To get to Melbourne, you might check out Thomas Cook.
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posted 01-04-2008 16:40

 		 
Is this an April Fools trick?
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posted 01-04-2008 16:46

 		 
Not in the least. I thought it was quite an easy one, but then I know the answer, I suppose.

QUOTE:
Okay, I'll give you some letters.

CEJ.


But not JCT.
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posted 02-04-2008 08:39

 		 
-E-------E
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posted 02-04-2008 10:41

 		 
What a way to spend one's hundredth post.

-E-----I-E
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posted 02-04-2008 11:41

 		 
-ER----I-E
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posted 02-04-2008 11:43

 		 
Got it.
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posted 02-04-2008 11:46

 		 
Is rep in Derbyshire? (7,5)
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Last Edit: 02-04-2008 11:55 By Wyatt Earp.
 
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posted 02-04-2008 11:49

 		 
I know it's hard to say in retrospect, but was it really that tough?
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posted 02-04-2008 11:51

 		 
I think making the hat singular would have helped with the spelling, but it's hard to know whether that would have helped. I was really very stuck on Victoria, with occasional desperate detours to South Cambridgeshire.
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posted 02-04-2008 13:09

 		 
OK, try

Is Rep a Derbyshire landmark? (7,5)
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posted 02-04-2008 13:17

 		 
I've got it. You'll probably understand what I mean when I say I'm having difficulty formulating a clue using the answer (in particular the first word) in a not-too-obvious way.
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Last Edit: 02-04-2008 13:27 By Andy C.
 
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posted 02-04-2008 13:25

 		 
Yes.
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