Questions tagged [explanation]
The answer to a problem may be known but it is not understood. These questions explicitly request additional details on how a problem is solved or why the current solution is appropriate.
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Explain why "Calf" is the answer to "Ice mass broken off a little lower?"
This question is 18 across in puzzle No 33, The Sun Two-Speed Crossword book...
Q: Ice mass broken off a little lower?
A: Calf
Some of my thought processes are: Ice (diamonds?); ice mass (iceberg?);...
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Cryptic Clue Explanation: Tree that's sported to keep visitors out at university (3)
Clue:
Tree that's sported to keep visitors out at university (3).
Answer:
Why?
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Large area left on the map of Canada (7)
Clue: Large area left on the map of Canada (7).
Answer: ALBERTA.
Why? I can see that Alberta is "of Canada".
Attribution: https://puzzles.standard.co.uk/ (Evening Standard Cryptic 5/29/...
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Explain answer to "Adventure beginning by way of hill. One in 10!"
The clue, from Which magazine, November 2023:
Adventure beginning by way of hill. One in 10!
The answer, I believe, is "aviator" from the first sentence but I don’t understand the ...
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Stuck on "The Persistence of Memory"
The Persistence Of Memory
The Memory Labyrinth Rules
You are currently just behind the door in the bottom right.
You must walk through each of the other rooms before returning to the first room. ...
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Man of note got TE Lawrence in one (7)
Man of note got TE Lawrence in one (7)
I guessed the solution from the cross clues and have, what I believe, is the correct answer. Please provide an explanation.
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Magic: the Gathering – Scry-sort
Let me start with a formulation of the problem for people who aren't familiar with Magic: the Gathering.
You have a stack of distinct cards face-down. You can apply the following actions arbitrarily ...
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2013 MIT Aquarium Hunt #1
The puzzle is Alter Rival from 2013 Aquarium Hunt. Every article or post I found tells me it is a fairly easy puzzle.
The answer of the puzzle:
What I tried: I noticed the capitalized letters at ...
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Beach Umbrellas puzzle: did I make a mistake or is Brainzilla wrong?
https://www.brainzilla.com/logic/logic-grid/beach-umbrellas/ has the following puzzle:
Four families are going to the beach in the morning and are bringing
their family-size umbrellas. Which family ...
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Three cryptic clues from 7 Directory magazine
Rainwear wrapped around heartless lothario (6)
ANSWER: Golash
It's not drunk at the Officer's Mess - the public can't buy either (7,4)
ANSWER: Private Sale
Improve at noon? (5)
ANSWER: Amend
I ...
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Explain why "A Fate who didn’t finish the material (5)" is Cloth
A Fate who didn’t finish the material (5)
Answer: CLOTH
This is a cryptic clue from The Post (NZ) and appeared on the 22nd Jun 2023
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Explain how the answer to "A world that was once bereaved of children" is "Orb"
Clue:
A world that was once bereaved of children
Answer: "ORB". What is the the connection between "orb" and "bereaved of children"?
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Rotational Symmetry on Digital Clock
In the NPR Sunday Puzzle recently, the "weekly challenge" asked about what times on a digital clock (not using military i.e. 00-24:00 time) would read the same if the clock was turned upside ...
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Explanation of NYT crossword clue 'front' with answer 'van'
The NYT crossword on 10/29/2005 had the clue 'front' for 34 across. The answer turned out to be VAN. Can someone explain the logic behind that to me?
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Explain answer "COURTESY TITLE" to cryptic clue "Certainly not a rude man."
The question is
Certainly not a rude man. (8 5)
The answer is
COURTESY TITLE
I’m relatively new to cryptic crosswords and I can’t figure this one out at all.
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