# Cryptics **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 29, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525 "2016-03-29T14:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/81 "2016-04-15T16:59:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > This news pleases me. I spent a good part of the past winter’s nights doing over three years worth of backlogged monthly puzzles once I found out about this. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/82 "2016-04-15T17:06:20Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Takes aboard garden tool on feet (5) > > I know “takes aboard” is a clue for putting something before or within something, but don’t you need something for “ship” in the clue? Aboard is a nautical term, so it suffices. It is info-dense. Famous Robin tells: Williams (Dual definition, the first straight but the second whimsical). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/83 "2016-04-15T17:21:30Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I spent a good part of the past winter’s nights doing over three years worth of backlogged monthly puzzles once I found out about this. Enjoy. A three-year backlog of their puzzles would last me about three years. > [@Stanislaus](#): > > Aboard is a nautical term, so it suffices. It is info-dense. I’m with **gigi** on this, don’t care for that clue. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/84 "2016-04-16T02:13:08Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Sadist slips backwards through gate leaving room for interpretation (10) I got nothing. Any hints or crossing letters? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/85 "2016-04-17T01:41:06Z")
Sadist slips backwards through gate leaving room for interpretation (10) I am going to leave this in the unsolved file. Points to whoever gets it. I am stumped. ××××× New York school’s Hall of Fame pitching star (7) ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/86 "2016-04-17T19:22:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Sadist slips backwards through gate leaving room for interpretation (10) > > I am going to leave this in the unsolved file. Points to whoever gets it. I am stumped. > > ××××× > New York school’s Hall of Fame pitching star (7) Still working on the former (along with my own in post 48) but the latter is HOFSTRA (Hall Of Fame + STAR anag.). xxxxx I, among extreme Assyrian foes, have found it! (10) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/87 "2016-04-18T01:37:39Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I, among extreme Assyrian foes, have found it! (10) ARCHIMEDES Arch + I + Medes ××××× New York Hall of Fame pitching star finally defeats Middle Tennessee State (6) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/88 "2016-04-18T04:17:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m with **gigi** on this, don’t care for that clue. Maybe not, but enough cryptic solving guides mention “Aboard” as a signal for an SxS container that it’s certainly not an unfair clue. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/89 "2016-04-18T04:25:11Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > New York Hall of Fame pitching star finally defeats Middle Tennessee State (6) SEAVER (s+e+aver). Nice twinnery there. xxxxx Opposed to friend retreating from bloody field (8) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/90 "2016-04-18T04:31:06Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Opposed to friend retreating from bloody field (8) ANTIETAM (ANTI + MATE) Lacks activity. (5) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/91 "2016-04-18T12:05:17Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > ANTIETAM (ANTI + MATE) > > Lacks activity. (5) SLACK (anagram/definition) ××××× Has a bite to eat without the girls? (6) ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/92 "2016-04-18T15:55:57Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Has a bite to eat without the girls? (6) NOSHES (no shes) xxxxx Classic comedy from Philippine capital (6,8) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/93 "2016-04-18T16:07:47Z")
ANIMAL CRACKERS (Animal as anagram from Manila) Distressed Biblical character (6) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/94 "2016-04-18T16:33:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Distressed Biblical character (6) SAMSON ××××× First Ms. Paquin, then I leave pet food company where it is very very hard to make it to the top (9) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/95 "2016-04-18T17:13:41Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > First Ms. Paquin, then I leave pet food company where it is very very hard to make it to the top (9) ANNAPURNA (Anna + Purina without the I) ##### You follow the French sea and mountain (4) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/96 "2016-04-18T18:23:19Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > You follow the French sea and mountain (4) MERU Mer+u ××××× Extremely strong pet aromas Tiffany concealed (7) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/97 "2016-04-18T18:29:32Z")
MASTIFF concealed in aroMAS TIFFany Player - to initiate thread: defrag, restart 3 (and a bit more) times. (6) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/98 "2016-04-18T21:03:01Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > (along with my own in post 48) I sing of a drunk English sailor and a great one (5,5) MILEY CYRUS ? (Miley anag of LIMEY, is Cyrus a great sailor?) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/99 "2016-04-18T21:08:42Z")
Cyrus the Great, King of Persia, did have an extensive navy. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/100 "2016-04-18T21:10:17Z")
Aha, so just Cyrus the Great. Thanks! Something with a scramble of **scurvy** with five jumping overboard would work too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525.md?page=6)