# 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:** 9
**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 28, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/161 "2016-04-28T03:41:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I started from the newest cryptic and wanted to work my way backwards. I found a link to download the puzzle as a PDF, and printed it so I could take it with me to work on it. Did the same with the previous cryptic. Now I want to do the one before that and I can’t find a link to get the PDF, and the link to print the puzzle only brings up the solution. > > Did the WSJ change their site recently, or am I not getting the same page that I was before? I am having the same problem. It worked just a few days ago. Grrr… PDF links are gone.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/162 "2016-04-28T04:28:09Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Would it help you to know: > > “First Pacifican Wearing Sneakers” is title taken by Polynesian in 1945 (9) [SPOILER]PREAKNESS anag (P+SNEAKERS)[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/163 "2016-04-28T04:45:10Z")
Burning to take a vow in code (7) ---
**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 28, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/164 "2016-04-28T05:30:43Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I am having the same problem. It worked just a few days ago. Grrr… PDF links are gone.:mad: I suspect they made a change to the template for their web pages and didn’t do sufficient testing before they rolled it out. All the comments are gone as well. I sent them an e-mail; I’ll post here if I hear anything back. ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/165 "2016-04-28T14:21:19Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I am having the same problem. It worked just a few days ago. Grrr… PDF links are gone.:mad: A reply. It seems they changed the publishing platform (whatever that means) earlier this week, and some of the puzzles are missing download links. They’re trying to fix the archive, but she helpfully added download links back to the beginning of March. I’m trying to get the January puzzle, so that doesn’t actually help, but it sounds like they’re on the right track. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/166 "2016-04-28T16:18:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > [SPOILER]PREAKNESS > > anag (P+SNEAKERS)[/SPOILER] Thank goodness. Nice ones, Biotop! ---
**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 30, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/167 "2016-04-30T04:42:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Burning to take a vow in code (7) This one is driving me crazy. Anyone? Hints, \*\*Johnny Ace \*\*? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/168 "2016-04-30T05:52:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Burning to take a vow in code (7) Hmm the crossletter wouldn’t be very helpful, so I’ll just trash that rule… \_ U \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/169 "2016-04-30T06:38:29Z")
And further: Yes, we have no anagrammatics… ---
**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 30, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/170 "2016-04-30T14:01:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Hmm the crossletter wouldn’t be very helpful, so I’ll just trash that rule… > > \_ U \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ AHA!!! Clues! “I’ll” = “take a vow” “Rule” = “code” and… and… … and I still got nothing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/171 "2016-04-30T16:46:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > AHA!!! Clues! > > “I’ll” = “take a vow” > > “Rule” = “code” > > and… and… > > … and I still got nothing. ☹ One of those is the definition, not the clue. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/172 "2016-04-30T16:46:46Z")
Burning to take a vow in code (7) \_ U \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ Could the vow be IDO? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/173 "2016-04-30T16:48:56Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Burning to take a vow in code (7) > > \_ U \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ > > Could the vow be IDO? Just might be, at that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/174 "2016-04-30T17:10:48Z")
All I’m getting is HUMIDOR so I will hope the big dog gets this one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/175 "2016-04-30T19:10:20Z")
Joshua tosses his beer can before trashing a Straight Dope Classic topic [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:** [May 2, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/176 "2016-05-02T03:10:06Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Joshua tosses his beer can before trashing a Straight Dope Classic topic [10] Hints please. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/177 "2016-05-02T03:13:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Hints please. Yeah, since I may be out of line with the design of this one, let me just say “beer can” = “empty” = E. And the Joshua is the same pattern as Burning in Johnny Ace’s previous cryptic (I finally broke down and looked it up in oneacross). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/178 "2016-05-05T04:34:38Z")
Fresh from the diabolic mind of…me. 😃 Not sure whether this one is easy or not: First in esoteric notes were ancient custodians. (7) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/179 "2016-05-06T14:44:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Fresh from the diabolic mind of…me. 😃 > > Not sure whether this one is easy or not: > > First in esoteric notes were ancient custodians. (7) Hint – are we solving for “custodians”? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptics/750525/180 "2016-05-11T02:19:55Z")
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