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Re(9): Guardian Clue IP: 5.64.255.47 Posted on March 15, 2017 at 01:16:20 AM by Richard Rogan
"Say what you mean" is the principle I go by.
Everything else is secondary.
Much as I of course admire Ximenes, I don't think it is necessarily helpful for us to go hunting through his works to try and justify or condemn any aspect of clue writing. He put us all on a sound footing (or some of us) and I think we should leave it at that. Replies: There have been no replies.