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Thanks for the clarification, Faldage. I was trying to find some hidden meaning, and wondering what on Terra MDC meant, in regard to CDs. I thank you for ending my futile search.
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Do you want it now, or shall we give the latecomers until Sunday morning?
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it doesn't mean anything to me.
AS: How so, Bingley? Your answer is correct.
Because like my honourable friend the member for NZ I was expecting a cryptic clue with some sort of connection between MDC and compact discs.
The mate's cry clue. Is it from a cryptic crossword or quick crossword?
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It was from a regular crossword in the New York Times.
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Connie, maybe you could give us one of the four letters -- as if we had solved one clue that crosses it.
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Ends in "y" 
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G'day -- on the grounds that Australian males are popularly supposed to greet each other with the cry g'day, mate.
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oy! clue removed because it was too obvious...
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Also from NYT, but not Sunday's
mate's cry (4 letters)
I don't do much crosswording, but I've heard the "unwritten rule" which says that if the clue is abbreviated, then the answer will be... does this equation also *go for the use of an apostrophe?
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apostrophelik'ly...
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I would expect (1'3) for an answer with an apostrophe or (1-3) for a hyphenated answer. But I have no idea what the practice might be in a US publication.
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Bingley, the NYT crossword puzzles are just made for you, it appears. The answer to "mate's cry" is indeed "G'day"
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In both cases my answers were wild guesses. It's why I prefer cryptics, I can check my answers from each part of the clue against each other.
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First, I'm sorry that my parenthetical qualifier in the opening post may have led some to believe the NYT clue was a cryptic.
USns are used to crosswords that address your knowledge ("Basball Hall of Famer," e.g.) and your ability to work out a theme (especially in the bigger Sunday puzzles); sometimes puns are used.
The Brit norm is the cryptic, which is more ecumenical in that any intelligent English speaker has a good chance of solving it knowing the skills involved.
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