Saturday 26 December 2015

I've got the answer, but I still don't understand the question.

I enjoy crosswords, the crypticker the better, but there is one thing that really gets up my wick and on my nose: when I get the solution to a clue, but I don't know how to derive it from the clue. The whole point of crosswords is that the compiler is a devious bugger and the solver's task is to outwit the compiler by working out what he means as distinct from what he seems to mean.
Anyway, it's Christmas, so I will restrain my grumpiness. After all, without these compilers, I wouldn't have such an elegant way of wasting time.

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