Timeline for Simply Cryptic #1
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| Sep 14, 2016 at 12:09 | comment | added | paolo | @RosieF, that's a much better clue, although "plenty of" suggests an adjective rather than a noun. The "of" is only there to make the sentence grammatical and does not form part of the clue. Better might be: "More than enough cake in a performance", where "More than enough" is an adjective in the surface reading but can also refer to a noun. | |
| Sep 7, 2016 at 4:26 | comment | added | Deusovi♦ | @James: The definition must go either at the beginning or the end, not in the middle. You should be able to split a clue into "the definition part" and "the wordplay part" by simply drawing a single vertical line. Also, definitions have to agree in part of speech with their answers, just like in regular crosswords. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 19:59 | comment | added | James Webster | My breakdown was: one - a, cake - bun, performance - dance. "Large" was supposed to indicate "abundance" | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 19:58 | vote | accept | James Webster | ||
| Sep 6, 2016 at 19:58 | comment | added | James Webster | "Bun" is indeed a regional synonym for cake, specifically a small individual cake, sometimes also called "fairy cakes" | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 19:57 | comment | added | James Webster | @RosieF, this is the answer I intended. And good feedback thanks. I'll consider this in future posts. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 15:56 | comment | added | John | @RosieF, that's good, I just don't think of a bun as cake. Maybe the British/American difference there. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 15:40 | comment | added | Rosie F | Perhaps this would be better: "Plenty of cake in a performance" (BUN in A DANCE). | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 15:11 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor | @RosieF Would it be better if it was something like "Large: one cake performance"? | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 14:55 | comment | added | Rosie F | If this is what James intended then it is not a good cryptic clue. The clue should have a definition, and there is no indication of "large quantity" here. "Large" won't serve, and anyway the definition should be separate from the cryptic part, not in between two parts of it. Nothing to do with bundt cake. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 14:45 | comment | added | John | I think maybe you meant this, but it's not written. This might refer to a bundt cake? +1. Good answer. | |
| Sep 6, 2016 at 14:41 | history | answered | Tom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |