Telegraph Toughie 2539 by StrangelyBrown

12th November 2020, 10:48

7d Viewer plainly hinting at end of story (5,3)

I've got -a-e- e-e. Something eye? Naked eye maybe?

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12th November 2020, 10:58

I’m sure that’s right. Plain is naked, the end of story is the letter y, and stripping the word “eye” by removing the beginning and end leaves y

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12th November 2020, 11:00

If the word Eye was stripped, naked, had its outer letters removed, you'd have Y, end of story?

Naked Eye, viewer.

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12th November 2020, 12:23

Thank you, that make sense, though I'm not sure what 'hinting at' is doing. All seems very contrived.

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12th November 2020, 13:18

I think “hinting at” is shorthand for “could be cryptically represent by”

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