tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693147627822122828.post4969382187983642651..comments2023-10-01T11:54:25.357-04:00Comments on The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum: Starting Here, Starting Now (Sunday brunch: January 13, 2013)Brazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10070662439318019527noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693147627822122828.post-84317205264668334042013-01-15T07:48:29.097-05:002013-01-15T07:48:29.097-05:00Got 2D last night just as the brain was powering d...Got 2D last night just as the brain was powering down. "Say" is the first part of the wordplay, and the word "transcendentalists" is vacuous. And using "off" as a fake anagram indicator is really clever given the actual answer.<br /><br />Don't get how you can lengthen the word for the shaded-in figure, but maybe I'm not clear on what you mean.Bill the Secondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693147627822122828.post-14118151978023292802013-01-14T19:26:26.149-05:002013-01-14T19:26:26.149-05:002d in "I Scrambled Here:" "Staves o...2d in "I Scrambled Here:" "Staves off" is the definition. But I'm also stuck on the wordplay "say vacuous trancendentalists." Maybe "overts"? Hot? You have any idea?<br /><br />I did eventually get that anagram though. Kept having to lengthen the word I was using for the shaded-in figure.Brazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070662439318019527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693147627822122828.post-56988566857050429122013-01-14T09:30:03.913-05:002013-01-14T09:30:03.913-05:00Good one from Kevin Wald (I Scrambled Here). Had t...Good one from Kevin Wald (I Scrambled Here). Had to use Google for the final anagram, but don't feel bad because I figured it had to be some kind of variation of my first guess and I had never heard of the actual answer.<br /><br />Can't parse 2D - hint?<br /><br />Also, is there an answer to the cryptic clue from the anagrams? Don't want to strain my brain looking for something that Bill the Secondnoreply@blogger.com