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    From Duke@buttrey@gmail.com to rec.puzzles.crosswords on Thu Mar 31 14:25:49 2022
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    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
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  • From Steve = : ^ )@ssstevebbb@gmail.com to rec.puzzles.crosswords on Thu Mar 31 15:41:17 2022
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    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,
    Duke

    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?
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  • From Mark Iredell@wellimback@verizon.net to rec.puzzles.crosswords on Thu Mar 31 20:40:09 2022
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    On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 6:41:18 PM UTC-4, Steve = : ^ ) wrote:
    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,
    Duke
    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?

    But inclusion can be of an element the clue is defining, and "an" is a good enough definition for "a" I'd say.

    I'd also say "one clue, two answers" would make a pretty tough WG challenge.

    And speaking of tough, here's a clue from a recent Harper's that I struggled with for a long time, but in the end I think it's fair. See how you do...

    The onset of Ethel Merman's first musical sound (7)

    Cheers,
    Mark
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  • From daveh471@gmail.com@daveh471@gmail.com to rec.puzzles.crosswords on Fri Apr 1 08:33:36 2022
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    On 31/03/2022 22:25, 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,
    Duke
    I had to google Shoat:

    A young pig, especially one whihc is newly weaned

    or

    A Sheep-goat hybrid


    So we've now got three animals!

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