Pine tar uncovered (4)
D Denis Senior Member Joined Feb 17, 2004 Messages 1,707 Feb 15, 2019 #2 Otis said: Pine tar uncovered (4) Click to expand... Well, I learned what pine tar is... but "uncovered" s'got me completely buffaloed!
Otis said: Pine tar uncovered (4) Click to expand... Well, I learned what pine tar is... but "uncovered" s'got me completely buffaloed!
Otis Elite Member Joined Apr 22, 2015 Messages 4,414 Feb 17, 2019 #3 Hint 'uncovered' is an indicator; it means: remove the "top". :cool:
Otis Elite Member Joined Apr 22, 2015 Messages 4,414 Feb 17, 2019 #5 Denis said: c/rave ? Click to expand... Can you explain that?
D Denis Senior Member Joined Feb 17, 2004 Messages 1,707 Feb 18, 2019 #6 crave = pine remove the 1st letter leaves rave rave = pine
Otis Elite Member Joined Apr 22, 2015 Messages 4,414 Feb 20, 2019 #7 Denis said: crave = pine … rave = pine Click to expand... Nope. Looks like yer wordplaying with the direct (unless you're thinking some sort of &lit, which it's not). Hint: 'tar' is not a surface word (i.e., can't be ignored).
Denis said: crave = pine … rave = pine Click to expand... Nope. Looks like yer wordplaying with the direct (unless you're thinking some sort of &lit, which it's not). Hint: 'tar' is not a surface word (i.e., can't be ignored).
Otis Elite Member Joined Apr 22, 2015 Messages 4,414 Feb 20, 2019 #8 Last hint folks: Pine = direct (which means synonym of tar "uncovered" = answer)
Harry_the_cat Elite Member Joined Mar 16, 2016 Messages 3,693 Feb 20, 2019 #9 tar = pitch itch = pitch - p (tar uncovered)
Otis Elite Member Joined Apr 22, 2015 Messages 4,414 Feb 21, 2019 #10 The cat bags it. ? By the way, we have spoiler capability again. \(\displaystyle \;\)