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Subject: if anyone can figure that one out, let us know :)
Author: rick	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:49:25 01/16/03 Thu In reply to: Father Tim 's message, "Don't ask me to explain but No. 8 is HOUDINI" on 14:31:24 01/15/03 Wed [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Could it possibly be a double definition (in the eyes of the constructor)? Isn't houdini a slang term for getting away from it all, or disappearing? Just guessing.
Author: Pandora [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:32:10 01/16/03 Thu [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: HA! He made the direct vanish!!
Author: Denis Borris [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 00:29:16 01/17/03 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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He he he, this is what is known as a "Pure Cryptic" - More common in Britian/Austr/NZ - see -->

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Shroeder
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Date Posted: 15:01:13 01/21/03 Tue

From "How to Solve - Guardian"

Pure cryptics

The occasional clue (usually aimed at producing a chuckle) where the definition and the whole clue are the same thing.

Famous examples:
Bar of soap (3,6,6) = THE ROVERS RETURN
- the pub in the soap, Coronation Street

H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O (5) = WATER
- H to O sounds like H20, the atomic composition of water

Amundsen's forwarding address (4) = MUSH
- what the Norwegian who got to the South Pole first said to his dog teams to make them move

SHROEDER'S NOTE:

However, I don't think that this is a particularly good example of one! Harry Houdini was however the best known escape artist of all time so I suppose he did knnow how to get away from it ALL!

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