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  • [seek] Cryptic Crossword Generator Software for Debian Linux OS

    From Byrl Raze Buckbriar@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 12 11:58:32 2025
    XPost: free.uk.puzzles, rec.puzzles.crosswords

    I need software for generating cryptics (British-style crosswords) on
    Linux platforms. My goal is to generate and print the puzzles on
    standard sheets of paper.

    Anything related to this would possibly be useful to me even if it
    doesn't do the whole job. Even tools that do bits and pieces may help.

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Byrl Raze Buckbriar on Wed Feb 12 20:14:54 2025
    XPost: free.uk.puzzles, rec.puzzles.crosswords

    On 12/02/2025 17:58, Byrl Raze Buckbriar wrote:
    I need software for generating cryptics (British-style crosswords) on
    Linux platforms. My goal is to generate and print the puzzles on
    standard sheets of paper.

    Anything related to this would possibly be useful to me even if it
    doesn't do the whole job. Even tools that do bits and pieces may help.

    1a) Worst crispy cod heartless customer ordered for challenge (7,9)

    6d) See 6d) (4,11)

    9d) Oil-bearing ordered to DIY (2,8)

    11d) Chews puce to make better puzzles (6,3)


    Whenever I think (as I do, from time to time) of cutting code to
    generate cryptic clues, I quench the notion by re-reading
    Shakespeare's "A Lover's Complaint" (1609). The whole thing,
    really, but especially this:

    "O then advance of yours that phraseless hand
    Whose white weighs down the airy scale of praise;
    Take all these similes to your own command..."

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Charlie Roberts on Fri Feb 21 20:04:43 2025
    On 21/02/2025 18:07, Charlie Roberts wrote:
    On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:14:54 +0000, Richard Heathfield
    <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:


    Anything related to this would possibly be useful to me even if it
    doesn't do the whole job. Even tools that do bits and pieces may help.

    1a) Worst crispy cod heartless customer ordered for challenge (7,9)

    6d) See 6d) (4,11)

    SELF REFERENTIAL? Doubt it, though.

    Tick VG.

    9d) Oil-bearing ordered to DIY (2,8)

    The Internet Anagram Server did not get this one. Surprising, as
    it is straightforward.

    Indeed.


    11d) Chews puce to make better puzzles (6,3)

    Beats me! Any hints?


    Verb noun.


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    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Charlie Roberts on Fri Feb 21 21:17:14 2025
    On 21/02/2025 20:23, Charlie Roberts wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:04:43 +0000, Richard Heathfield
    <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:

    On 21/02/2025 18:07, Charlie Roberts wrote:
    On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:14:54 +0000, Richard Heathfield
    <rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:


    ..........

    11d) Chews puce to make better puzzles (6,3)

    Beats me! Any hints?


    Verb noun.

    ESCHEW CUP?

    I tried hard to find three letter words and it seems
    to be the best fit. But, what do you mean by that?


    Eschew CPU.

    That is, set the computer aside when constructing cryptic clues,
    because it's one of those things humans do better than computers.

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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