Genuine Crypt?

[mmm4444bot]

I used to work at an ad agency. One client was The Washington State Fair. Here's their first 60-sec TV ad (1976). This 30-sec spot is more recent (2009), but I don't know who produced it. Anyway, the pigs always said, "We don't need no stinkin' ad". They claim:

Proper oinks heard without ad (6)

 

[mmm4444bot]

Hints

L: direct

1: e

2: indicators

 

[Denis]

No idea!

Looks like a homophone of "oinks" from which "ad" is removed....

 

[mmm4444bot]

No idea!

Looks like a homophone …

:idea:

If I were to exhaust ideas trying to get a homophone clue to work, at some point I would start considering other clue types.

 

[Denis]

Huh? You clued 2 indicators; no homophone?
Yaggot me beat!

 

[Harry_the_cat]

"heard" without ad is "her" ?

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Hints

L: direct

1: e

2: indicators

Hi mmm,
I've been away chasing mice.
Can you please explain what this means?
Harry

 

[Denis]

Hi mmm,
I've been away chasing mice.
Can you please explain what this means?
Harry

HEY...welcome back, Harry; btw, nobody missed you

This is what Mark's hints mean:
Hints:
L: direct = the direct is on Left side of clue

1: e = the answer word contains 1 "e"

2: indicators = there are 2 indicators in the clue

His clue is probably illegal :lol:

 

[mmm4444bot]

"heard" without ad is "her" ?

Yup :cool:

I missed you, btw. (Denis has been picking on me.)

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Yup :cool:

I missed you, btw. (Denis has been picking on me.)

Thanks mmm. I'm gutted that Denis didn't! NOT!

 

[Harry_the_cat]

HEY...welcome back, Harry; btw, nobody missed you

This is what Mark's hints mean:
Hints:
L: direct = the direct is on Left side of clue

1: e = the answer word contains 1 "e"

2: indicators = there are 2 indicators in the clue

His clue is probably illegal :lol:

Thanks Denis the menace. (didn't miss you either!)

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Yup :cool:

I missed you, btw. (Denis has been picking on me.)

"kosher" ? but I'm not 100% sure why.

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Good guess.

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Answer = KOSHER

Proper = direct

oinks = KOS ('o' in 'ks')

heard without ad = HER

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"o in ks" - that's great!! Missed it completely.

 

[mmm4444bot]

XXXXXX … I'm not 100% sure why.

Good guess.

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Answer = KOSHER

Proper = direct

oinks = KOS ('o' in 'ks')

heard without ad = HER


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This post has corruption; I tried editing, rearranging and retyping it, but vBulletin bugs keep corrupting it. (It posts as typed at another site.)

 

[mmm4444bot]

… that's great!! Missed it completely.

You'll like this one, too.

Snitching is free (6)

 

[Harry_the_cat]

There's a bit of a time warp happening here! My response (8:16) to your post was apparently posted before you posted(8:17). G# A G# E

 

[Harry_the_cat]

You'll like this one, too.

Snitching is free (6)

Nice!

***
Snitch = rat
in gis
GRATIS
***

 

[mmm4444bot]

There's a bit of a time warp happening here!

That's my fault. I deleted and retyped my post because I couldn't fix screen corruption by editing. When I reposted from scratch, you had already replied to the original. :cool:

vBulletin is what is warped.