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Subject: One clue, two answers
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 by: Duke - Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:25 UTC

In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:

Took a picture that includes an animal (5)

The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?

Just a thought,
Duke

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 by: Steve = : ^ ) - Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:41 UTC

On Friday, 1 April 2022 at 8:25:50 am UTC+11, Duke wrote:
> In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:
>
> Took a picture that includes an animal (5)
>
> The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?
>
> Just a thought,
> Duke

The clue is: Took a picture that includes *an* animal. SHOAT requires: Took a picture that includes *a* animal. You could fix the surface with, say, "... a young animal" but, as it stands, the clue doesn't lead to SHOAT. Or am I missing something?

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Subject: Re: One clue, two answers
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 by: Mark Iredell - Fri, 1 Apr 2022 03:40 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 6:41:18 PM UTC-4, Steve = : ^ ) wrote:
> On Friday, 1 April 2022 at 8:25:50 am UTC+11, Duke wrote:
> > In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:
> >
> > Took a picture that includes an animal (5)
> >
> > The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?
> >
> > Just a thought,
> > Duke
> The clue is: Took a picture that includes *an* animal. SHOAT requires: Took a picture that includes *a* animal. You could fix the surface with, say, "... a young animal" but, as it stands, the clue doesn't lead to SHOAT. Or am I missing something?

But inclusion can be of an element the clue is defining, and "an" is a good enough definition for "a" I'd say.

I'd also say "one clue, two answers" would make a pretty tough WG challenge.

And speaking of tough, here's a clue from a recent Harper's that I struggled with for a long time, but in the end I think it's fair. See how you do...

The onset of Ethel Merman's first musical sound (7)

Cheers,
Mark

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 by: daveh471@gmail.com - Fri, 1 Apr 2022 07:33 UTC

On 31/03/2022 22:25, Duke wrote:
> In one of today's on-line quick cryptics, I found this:
>
> Took a picture that includes an animal (5)
>
> The answer is the hidden word OKAPI, but I originally put in SHO(A)T. Are there other classic examples of one clue leading to two quite different words?
>
> Just a thought,
> Duke
I had to google Shoat:

A young pig, especially one whihc is newly weaned

or

A Sheep-goat hybrid

So we've now got three animals!

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