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While it was done some years ago I see, I thought I would try a cryptic crossword-like thread for fun and to try and boost a little more interest here. I made up the below question for anyone interested in such a challenge. I thought the first person to get it correct might come up with the next question. A clue though - if you copy one from a newspaper or magazine etc., the answer can often be found on the internet. I can explain the answer for anyone who asks. ๐Ÿ™‚

 

The prisoner at the cave would not stand for the electrically charged droplets of water.

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Time for a clue, please. ?

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Maryland?

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You might want to fish on the rock for tasty chicken (1 word, 8 letters)

 

c_a_____

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Clambake??

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no, sorry, dom

 

You might want to fish on the rock for tasty chicken (1 word, 8 letters)

 

c_a____l

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Oh, it's charcoal?

 

 

Spoiler

If so, it would break down as:
Char = fish (Arctic char, which I've never tasted, but its taste is supposedly somewhere between trout and salmon - yum!)

coal = rock

for tasty chicken = chicken barbecued on charcoal for that authentic delicious flavour...?

You definitely fooled me with "fish on the rock".

 

 

Now I'm hungry for fish. I haven't had dinner yet (busy day); I think I'll fry some trout with saffron and cumin, and it's all your fault, twyngwyn.

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you've got it and saved me the explanation....over to you, countess

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curtsey.gif

 

 

Blown away, I knew peril would be beneath the rainbow. (10 words)

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periwinkle

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Blown away, I knew peril would be beneath the rainbow. (10)

 

blown away [anagram indicator: of I knew peril]
iknewperil โ†’ periwinkle

beneath the rainbow โ†’ the colour that is within the innermost part of the arc โ†’ violet-blue colour = periwinkle

 

Over to you.

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