[R] [off-topic] crossword

[Ebert,Timothy Aaron]

Ok, that answer I understand and see it fitting. In that context there are several other possibilities that could also work:
Programmer, hacker, geek, cracker. There are other choices, but the other options like “skiddie” are ones that I do not recognize and have omitted.

Tim

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Well to complicate things, I don't think RULES is the answer.

This is a cryptic crossword clue. They usually contain the answer twice (well... Cryptically!!)

Writes in C or R, say.

I think the answer is CODER

If you look up the definition of say in the dictionary one option is:



  1.  give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (verb)

That's the simple part of the clue. (Notice the comma cryptic clues have two parts giving the "same" answer)

The more complex part I think is  that and 'ode' (a poem that is written like it is said or something) is written in between C and R  giving C ODE R,

...



Very happy to be corrected...



(Oh and as a third part a coder writes in C or R... I hope the JavaScript kids are listening ;-) )

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, 04:26 Ebert,Timothy Aaron, <tebert using ufl.edu<mailto:tebert using ufl.edu>> wrote:
I do not understand the question and I do not understand the answer. Possibly one confounds the other.

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RULES!


Erin Hodgess, PhD
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> The New York Times crossword this morning had the clue (51 down, 5
> letters) "Writes in C or R, say".
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