Cryptic Crossword...in DHTML
Here is a link to a crossword.
I just found this while I was housekeeping an old laptop.
It is completely implemented in dhtml and I wrote is about 6 years ago.
Read the instructions, it's pretty intuitive.
http://www.mindmesh.net/xword/xwrd.htm
I can't remember what the answers are but post your solutions and I'll award points randomly :)
Cheers.
I just found this while I was housekeeping an old laptop.
It is completely implemented in dhtml and I wrote is about 6 years ago.
Read the instructions, it's pretty intuitive.
http://www.mindmesh.net/xword/xwrd.htm
I can't remember what the answers are but post your solutions and I'll award points randomly :)
Cheers.
phileoca
doesn't work in firefox.
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no, probably cos firefox didn't exist 6 years ago.
... cross word??
osborne meets another guy and i ask you .. (10)
hope this helps but not too much ..
hope this helps but not too much ..
Uh.... I can fit "ARSEHOLES" into 9 across
bbrraaiinn hhaass mmeelltteedd!!!!!!
bbrraaiinn hhaass mmeelltteedd!!!!!!
22 Across is ELONGATES (ELON (anagram (poor) Noel) & GATES (rich Bill)
21 Down is STATIC (anagram (badly) It acts)
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Well done dagesi.
1 down : CAPITAL OFFENCE (anagram (outbreak) POLICE AFFECT AN)
1 down : CAPITAL OFFENCE (anagram (outbreak) POLICE AFFECT AN)
"offence" has a 'c' in it...? I thought it was "offense"...
17 Across FELINE ...?
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Offense is, I think, the american spelling.
In Englsih English :
Offence noun
Offensive adjective
In Englsih English :
Offence noun
Offensive adjective
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17 Across...looks like it should be...just not sure why
Damn those Americans and their inability to spell simple words... =P
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>>> Uh.... I can fit "ARSEHOLES" into 9 across
Actually, 9 across is PIMPERNEL (Elusive Counter-revolutionary = Scarlet Pimpernet) + (growth = flower)
Actually, 9 across is PIMPERNEL (Elusive Counter-revolutionary = Scarlet Pimpernet) + (growth = flower)
This was a bitch for a yank to find...
14 Across BREDON (Bredon Hill from "A Shropshire Lad" by AE Houseman)
14 Across BREDON (Bredon Hill from "A Shropshire Lad" by AE Houseman)
11a Poppy
26a oppulence
5d Pisces
ummmm, -not- easy!
26a oppulence
5d Pisces
ummmm, -not- easy!
>David_Ward...
I can see how you'd get poppy but if ozymandias is right about 1 Down, then 11 Across must start with a 't'...
Don't see how you got the other two answers though...
I can see how you'd get poppy but if ozymandias is right about 1 Down, then 11 Across must start with a 't'...
Don't see how you got the other two answers though...
Ok, so for 2 Down, I've found an entry in a dictionary that defines 'gong' as 3 Brit: MEDAL ...
That doesn't help me any though...
That doesn't help me any though...
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OK, I have made some progress but only in as much as the crossword now works in firefox and opera :)
24 Across is HATED. HAT + ED
I'm inclining toward INGOT for 10 Across (a gold piece)
4 Down looks like LAND GIRL
And the first word of 12 Across appears to be GREAT - GREAT SALE perhaps? Still working on that one.
I'm inclining toward INGOT for 10 Across (a gold piece)
4 Down looks like LAND GIRL
And the first word of 12 Across appears to be GREAT - GREAT SALE perhaps? Still working on that one.
Make that "inclining toward INGOT for 6 Down"
Damn...another major pain this one was...
15 Down REICHSTAG
15 Down REICHSTAG
BTW... as regards a word in 19 Across... is Resoration another English spelling of a word, like 'offence"? Any idea if it's what we Yanks call "restoration"?
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>>BTW... as regards a word in 19 Across... is Resoration another English spelling of a word, like 'offence"? Any idea if it's what we Yanks call "restoration"?
Damn, I think that must be a typo. I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be RESTORATION.
Well spotted.
Damn, I think that must be a typo. I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be RESTORATION.
Well spotted.
Very nice.
5 Down is SOLVER (anagram of LOVERS, you are the solver)
13 Across is LUKEWARM
13 Across is LUKEWARM
Ok, so SOLVER makes sense... and LUKEWARM makes sense for 'Hardly a hot"... what's the "GOSPELLER" have to do with it...?
Erf... having to think English is tough... =]
Erf... having to think English is tough... =]
11 Across couldn't be as simple as to be THYME, could it...? TYME with H...
dagesi,
The gospel according to Luke maybe? :/
THYME kind of makes sense, but it creates an ugly situation for 2 down. We're now looking for a word like --M-Y-K there.
The gospel according to Luke maybe? :/
THYME kind of makes sense, but it creates an ugly situation for 2 down. We're now looking for a word like --M-Y-K there.
>KelvinY...
True... But considering some of these answers, I didn't think it could automatically be discounted... =]
True... But considering some of these answers, I didn't think it could automatically be discounted... =]
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Remember that 11 a is not necessarily flower as in plant.
It could be flow-er, as in something that flows...like a river.
It could be flow-er, as in something that flows...like a river.
Then 11 Across could be Thame...
Guess here...
19 Across Robinson, as in Marilynne Robinson of the Caroline and/or Restoration periods...
19 Across Robinson, as in Marilynne Robinson of the Caroline and/or Restoration periods...
dagesi,
That fits in with my suspicion that 16 Down is COWS TAIL.
That fits in with my suspicion that 16 Down is COWS TAIL.
Ok... so... if 16 Down were "COWS REAR", then 26 Across could be either "TREATMENT" or "THEATRICS"... though except for the bit about "COWS" none of it has an obvious proof...
Alternatively, 16 Down could be either "COWS TAIL" or "COWS BUTT"... but again, no way to prove it...
Alternatively, 16 Down could be either "COWS TAIL" or "COWS BUTT"... but again, no way to prove it...
>KelvinY...
lol... hence the drawback to typing slow... =]
lol... hence the drawback to typing slow... =]
Hmmm... without any proof either way, I suspect either 19 Across or 24 Across are incorrect...
8 Down is (7,3,4) which with those two clues as is, makes the 3 N _ D... while not impossible, I consider it unlikely...
Personally, for 19 Across, I only rate my guess as "eh, maybe...?"
8 Down is (7,3,4) which with those two clues as is, makes the 3 N _ D... while not impossible, I consider it unlikely...
Personally, for 19 Across, I only rate my guess as "eh, maybe...?"
23 Down, seems like GENOA
>jkmyoung...
Right you are, I think...
Force (G) a single (AONE) over (backwards - ENOA)
Right you are, I think...
Force (G) a single (AONE) over (backwards - ENOA)
I do two cryptics a day ... or I try to do 2 cryptics a day.
The thing that bugs me the most is asking for help in doing them.
Holy cow
I do not understand why anyone would do a crossword puzzle as a community type thing.
The thing that bugs me the most is asking for help in doing them.
Holy cow
I do not understand why anyone would do a crossword puzzle as a community type thing.
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For the same reason that anyone does anything as a community...because they ennjoy it.
I do not understand why asking for help would bug someone.
I do not understand why asking for help would bug someone.
I wouldn't/don't ask for help when doing puzzles normally because my understanding of my intent is to do them solo...
If my intent is to do them as a duet or group, that won't bother me... I've tried to get my wife interested in joining me in crossword puzzles... obviously, not little I-can-do-this-in-five-minu
If my intent is to do them as a duet or group, that won't bother me... I've tried to get my wife interested in joining me in crossword puzzles... obviously, not little I-can-do-this-in-five-minu
>KelvinY...
Oh duh, I get it now...
13 Across...
"Hardly" = lukewarm
and
"a hot gospeller" = Luke warm...
lol... am I quick or what...
Oh duh, I get it now...
13 Across...
"Hardly" = lukewarm
and
"a hot gospeller" = Luke warm...
lol... am I quick or what...
Ok, I finally got an answer I believe in for 11 Across...
TWEED - Perhaps hash (WEED) with time (T) may come to flower (Tweed - a river in SE Scotland and NE England)...
TWEED - Perhaps hash (WEED) with time (T) may come to flower (Tweed - a river in SE Scotland and NE England)...
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Just throwing out some ideas here.
6 Across could be an anagram of GRATIS (free) minus the A (without a).
I've tried GRIST, GRITS and GIRST and none of them make sense within the context of the clue.
Of course, I could be on a completely wrong track. It has been known to happen. :)
6 Across could be an anagram of GRATIS (free) minus the A (without a).
I've tried GRIST, GRITS and GIRST and none of them make sense within the context of the clue.
Of course, I could be on a completely wrong track. It has been known to happen. :)
While I'm throwing ideas around, how about CROWN for 25 Across?
The crown is the governing power in the UK and King Charles would be CR (Charles Rex).
The crown is the governing power in the UK and King Charles would be CR (Charles Rex).
>KelvinY...
I tried the GRATIS track too... (though didn't think of GIRST as an anagram)... also couldn't logically make it work... without a MAJOR stretch...
I take it the rest of 25 Across would be read as King Charles's as in 'CR own'...?
I tried the GRATIS track too... (though didn't think of GIRST as an anagram)... also couldn't logically make it work... without a MAJOR stretch...
I take it the rest of 25 Across would be read as King Charles's as in 'CR own'...?
Damn! Got another one... I was just looking at the bottom part of the answer for 3 Down and thought DOWER... which would put an R in 17 Across... removing likelyhood of 'FELINE'...
So...
The answer to 17 Across is FLURRY - FURRY (like a cat) and L (starting to (beginning of) leap ) in (within it), meaning 'agitation'.
=]
*happy dance...*
So...
The answer to 17 Across is FLURRY - FURRY (like a cat) and L (starting to (beginning of) leap ) in (within it), meaning 'agitation'.
=]
*happy dance...*
18 Down - UROLOGY
But I don't understand the clue yet...
But I don't understand the clue yet...
Is 18 Down something to do with Euro- logy for the hard clue...?
And 27 Across is GYNAECOLOGICAL
Once gay (characters reform (anagram) GYNAECO ) reasonable (LOGICAL)
Obviously, an English spelling... =]
Once gay (characters reform (anagram) GYNAECO ) reasonable (LOGICAL)
Obviously, an English spelling... =]
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3 down is Glendower : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Glendower
>ozymandias...
Clearly, 3 Down is right... but how did you determine it...?
Clearly, 3 Down is right... but how did you determine it...?
K, so the hard for 3 Down is G (£1000) LEND (loan) debtor ower...
I didn't know that G was representative of £1000 just as it is with $1000 (not that it would have helped me get that one)... =]
I didn't know that G was representative of £1000 just as it is with $1000 (not that it would have helped me get that one)... =]
7 down = STIPEND (pay)
Mines (pits) about = STIP + END (to finish)
Mines (pits) about = STIP + END (to finish)
>KelvinY...
Of course, that shoots a hole in the 'GREAT SALE ' for 12 Across... =]
Of course, that shoots a hole in the 'GREAT SALE ' for 12 Across... =]
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Time to clean up..poinx to those who stuck it out the longest :)
Yes, I know it's closed... so...?
=]
Anyway... For 1 Across, could the first word be something like CALIGULA'S...? Not sure how to prove it yet...
=]
Anyway... For 1 Across, could the first word be something like CALIGULA'S...? Not sure how to prove it yet...