For a forum like this, having daily input, I think we need to point out in the clue if the search needs to be other than the simple kind.

A puzzle in the newspaper can be noodled over for days or weeks (or years, as I do with crosswords), but that doesn't work in this kind of venue.

"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous