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Cryptic crossword clue

BerkshireBob
BerkshireBob Posts: 91
in Not Sports Related
Any crossword fans out there? Try this one:

Barking or Charlton, in a state (5,8)

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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    edited August 2023
    Could the "in a state" bit suggest it might be an anagram?
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    North Carolina

  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Propa doooomed ?
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,385
    edited August 2023
    Gribbo said:
    Could the "in a state" bit suggest it might be an anagram?
    No, but Barking might..... (I agree with PBS answer above)

    "or Charlton in a" is the anagram.  "state" is the non-cryptic bit of the clue

  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,677
    edited August 2023
    Oops just seen the PBS answer.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    Oops just seen the PBS answer.
    I don't get it (even with PBS's answer)  :D
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
  • BerkshireBob
    BerkshireBob Posts: 91
    OK. It is indeed North Carolina. If you are not familiar with cryptic crosswords, this is a useful introduction. This is an anagram, a common tactic in cryptic crosswords. Words like ‘confused’, ‘rearranged’ or in this case ‘barking’ are a clue that this is a crossword. Next there is always a key word in the clue that tells you what you are looking for. In this case the word is ‘state’. Finally the number of letters in the answer (13) must obviously match the remaining words ‘or Charlton in a’ which is an anagram of North Carolina. QED. 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Chizz said:
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
    Tampon socks?
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    ....sorry, too many o's
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  • BerkshireBob
    BerkshireBob Posts: 91
    Sorry, that should read ‘….are a clue that this is an anagram’
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    edited August 2023
    Tampon sacks
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Chizz said:
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
    Anyone? 

    (It's not an anagram)
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    BerkshireBob said:
    Sorry, that should read ‘….are a clue that this is an anagram’
    Ha ha - glad you added that.

    I was just thinking, surely the clue that it is a crossword is the fact that you are doing a crossword!
    :-)
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,258
    Chizz said:
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
    Mailbag?
  • BerkshireBob
    BerkshireBob Posts: 91
    Chizz said:
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
    How many letters?
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    BerkshireBob said:
    Chizz said:
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
    How many letters?
    quick @Chizz we have a biter 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,990
    BerkshireBob said:
    Chizz said:
    This is a crossword clue I really like. Can anyone get it? 

    "Postman's sack" 
    How many letters?
    Loads.
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,437
    BerkshireBob said:
    OK. It is indeed North Carolina. If you are not familiar with cryptic crosswords, this is a useful introduction. This is an anagram, a common tactic in cryptic crosswords. Words like ‘confused’, ‘rearranged’ or in this case ‘barking’ are a clue that this is a crossword. Next there is always a key word in the clue that tells you what you are looking for. In this case the word is ‘state’. Finally the number of letters in the answer (13) must obviously match the remaining words ‘or Charlton in a’ which is an anagram of North Carolina. QED. 
    What's Barking got to do with it? I get how 'rearranged' could point to that but not Barking
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,740
    PrincessFiona said:
    BerkshireBob said:
    OK. It is indeed North Carolina. If you are not familiar with cryptic crosswords, this is a useful introduction. This is an anagram, a common tactic in cryptic crosswords. Words like ‘confused’, ‘rearranged’ or in this case ‘barking’ are a clue that this is a crossword. Next there is always a key word in the clue that tells you what you are looking for. In this case the word is ‘state’. Finally the number of letters in the answer (13) must obviously match the remaining words ‘or Charlton in a’ which is an anagram of North Carolina. QED. 
    What's Barking got to do with it? I get how 'rearranged' could point to that but not Barking
    Barking = Mad

    So a mad (anagram) version of ‘or Charlton in a’ = North Carolina. 

    That’s my best explanation ?!?
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  • GoldthorpesHeel
    GoldthorpesHeel Posts: 107
    edited August 2023
    Further to the above, I'm putting together a quiz for a friend's birthday, and was working on a "cryptic fishes" table round (since she swims a lot). The clues hopefully range from dead easy to not so easy. All the answers are types of fish. Interesed to know what anyone makes of them.
     
    A fish was found among the Movers and shakers

    Did The Carpenters originally sing about a fish

    I found A fish in a Spiked drink

    She wears this so we know she's married to a fish

    On reflection lee looked like a fish

    Another Cuba radar identified a fish

    Ms Berry's rear end made a sound like a fish

    The tsar dined and hid a fish

    The man who came to service the piano could have been mistaken for a fish

    Elkcits, the name of the fish!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    GoldthorpesHeel said:
    Further to the above, I'm putting together a quiz for a friend's birthday, and was working on a "cryptic fishes" table round (since she swims a lot). The clues hopefully range from dead easy to not so easy. All the answers are types of fish. Interesed to know what anyone makes of them.
     
    A fish was found among the Movers and shakers

    Did The Carpenters originally sing about a fish

    I found A fish in a Spiked drink

    She wears this so we know she's married to a fish

    On reflection lee looked like a fish

    Another Cuba radar identified a fish

    Ms Berry's rear end made a sound like a fish

    The tsar dined and hid a fish

    The man who came to service the piano could have been mistaken for a fish

    Elkcits, the name of the fish!


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