Hermione Wrote:
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> Sue Wrote:
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> > For instance, one clue was "musical females"
> and
> > the answer was -Rosemarie- .. and I have no
> idea
> > why. I think I put Rosymuses, and I knew
> that
> > didn't make sense but I had no idea what the
> clue
> > was after and still don't.
>
> When it's a question of clues like this, put a
> semi-colon between the two terms in your mind's
> eye. So the clue now reads: musical; females. A
> musical, "Rosemarie". "Rose", "Marie": female
> names.

Thank you! That makes sense, though it wouldn't have
helped me much cuz I didn't know Rosemarie was a
musical.

I'm getting better. I solved one of the Herald ones
completely except for one letter, and I solved three
or four of the Coffee Break ones without a single
mistake. I'm on a roll now. I'm gonna stick with
the easy to moderates for a while to get used to them.
I love these puzzles. I always did like Middleton's
cryptic acrostic puzzles but there were never enough
of them. Now I'm happy.

Sue