In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:
Took a picture that includes an animal (5)
The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?
Just a thought,
Duke
On Friday, 1 April 2022 at 8:25:50 am UTC+11, Duke wrote:
In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:
Took a picture that includes an animal (5)
The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?
Just a thought,The clue is: Took a picture that includes *an* animal. SHOAT requires: Took a picture that includes *a* animal. You could fix the surface with, say, "... a young animal" but, as it stands, the clue doesn't lead to SHOAT. Or am I missing something?
Duke
In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:I had to google Shoat:
Took a picture that includes an animal (5)
The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?
Just a thought,
Duke
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