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As far as crossword clues go, that one is way beyond meI don't think it was a crossword, I believe it was a cryptic, though I've never really done many. and now I know why... 
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believe it was a cryptic
That's what I thought, given the count of letters in the individual words. but I've never seen a cryptic that was either 50 spaces wide or divided answers up over many entries, a common enough technique for normal crossword puzzles. Besides, the clue is not cryptic, it's a simple statement of the answer. Well, maybe not all that simple, but still…
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ah. shows to go ya'...
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Tom Waitts was also in Ironweed, which that phrase matches well with. Excellent movie, btw.
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yeah, it was a cryptic crossword, one of my favourite setters as well. I'm disappointed with the answer though, glad to have it but not what I expect from a cryptic crossword. In my view a cryptic clue should be possible to deduce using standardised ( even only to each setter) rules and without actually having to know the word or phrase. The thing I like about cryptic crosswords is that usually when you get a clue you absolutely know it is right because each part adds up to only one possible conclusion, as opposed to quick crosswords where several synonyms are often possible and you can tell which one is right by fitting them into the grid.
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Many's the time I've gotten the answer to a cryptic clue and had to work to rationalize it.
So tell us, dody, was the puzzle really 50 spaces wide?
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So tell us, dody, was the puzzle really 50 spaces wide?
no it was a standard 16, the answer was split up over several lines.
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Am I stating the obvious, or has no-one else realised that this is an anagram of
to blotto- "oh no" to iffy brain removal (Neanderthal aftermath)
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(the anagram indicator is the word "resort" !!)
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anagram
Did I miscount or is there an extra "o" in the clue?
And an extra "t". So I guess the first "to" isn't part of the anagram. I take back all I said about it not being cryptic. It's ingenious.
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Just done a quick recheck - there are fifty alphabetic characters in the phrase, and when I checked before, they all corresponded with the Tom Wait quote. (All those letters writing all those letters to all those other letters! just think!)  EDIT and what a marvellous clue. Same letters, in different order, saying (more or less) the same as the original phrase - I really admire people who can make anagrams which refer to the actual answer, as this one does.
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