Dictionaries, as Fenn probably took advantage of from time to time, aren't prescriptive, only descriptive.
Trivially speaking, apart from...
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He could have been a politician. The art of equivocation!...Leave a comment:
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I think Forrest said he'd put two accidental hints in ttoc. likewise, i could be wrong and probably am!
So wyoming must be ruled out as an...Leave a comment:
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I also seem to remember him saying that they were accidental. If we assume that he labored and scrutinized every word, as writer might, I think its safe...Last edited by deano; 01-17-2021, 10:31 AM.Leave a comment:
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Without a manmade structure nearby, how would you know that you'd stumbled onto private land necessarily? Yet Fenn said it wasn't near one.
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For me, the only thing that has proven unsatisfying about the find is the lack of a picture of Jack clearly in possession of the chest. I.e. alone or...Leave a comment:
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I'm positive he didn't, me old mucker!
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I don't think Fenn would know about bacon butties and cockney rhyming slang!Leave a comment:
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I honestly believe (hope?) that this line refers to something like this. Literally too far to walk, so get in your car, but there is some sort of traversal-noun...Leave a comment:
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Certain papers in England you wouldn't wrap your chips in....Leave a comment:
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So, 15 years (or some fraction of) to write "get in your car" albeit poetically? No 'layers'?Leave a comment:
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Not Far...
IIRC, Jack said he asked himself what is not far etc or what is near yet not close enough or some such. I always thought that this was the most cryptic... -
Im fond of this solve 5L, but its main flaw is the other lines that take a bit of squinting to see clearly (i'm thinking of the 'willow' line for example)...Leave a comment:
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And it's boiling point.Leave a comment:
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