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Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:21 pm
by Mark Taylor
From today's Guardian cryptic:
"You're a loser, says European partner"
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:26 pm
by Reg Clucas
Mark Taylor wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:21 pm
From today's Guardian cryptic:
"You're a loser, says European partner"
(9)
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 3:35 pm
by Paul Habershon
Thanks for the (9), Reg. I was slow on the uptake without it. It's our hoary old friend CHECKMATE from Prague.
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:30 pm
by Simon Brown
From yesterday’s Times Jumbo, “See man on board, mostly very funny (9)”
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:38 pm
by Mark Taylor
From today's Guardian cryptic:
"Enquires about missing one rook and other pieces" (6)
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:49 am
by Phil Neatherway
This clue was in the Times Bank Holiday Cryptic:-
"Board manoeuvre brought to light audit" (10,5)
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:08 am
by Geoff Chandler
I got it!
Rueben Fine referred to it as the dive bomber of the chessboard.
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:26 pm
by Simon Brown
From today’s Times cryptic jumbo, “90s computer that made many checks? (4,4)”
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:32 pm
by NickFaulks
Simon Brown wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:26 pm
From today’s Times cryptic jumbo, “90s computer that made many checks? (4,4)”
I assume the answer is Deep Blue. but that doesn't feel cryptic enough.
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:37 pm
by Simon Brown
Correct. Not very cryptic for us perhaps, but not easy for your average solver I suspect
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:31 pm
by MJMcCready
I could get it and I am usually very bad at cryptic crosswords.
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:08 pm
by Paul Habershon
Sunday Times Cryptic 20th June 2021
IM isn't seen sat playing with a GM (7, 7)
The solution has nothing to do with chess but the clue is very chessy.
The definition is IM and 'playing' indicates an anagram of 'isnt seen sat a gm'. I was stuck on this for ages because I thought IM not GM was part of the anagram. Therefore I thought GM was the definition and was looking either for the name of a GM (that would have been amazing) or something to do with crops.
The first word begins with I and the second with M.
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:04 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Presumably the answer is something we old-timers might struggle to understand... I would have thought GM was part of the anagram as well. Not sure that's entirely fair, but well-constructed of course.
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:47 am
by Harry Duff
From this weeks Spectator crossword - "Top chess player in compound." (6)
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:16 pm
by Colin Purdon
Harry Duff wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:47 am
From this weeks Spectator crossword - "Top chess player in compound." (6)
If the answer's what I think it is, it seems a bit obscure on two counts.