CCC

[Dalek Dave]

The CCC returns after it's brief sojourn. "To hear sea about stone in that place one operates the death rattle"(11) There you go my lovlies, Pour l'amour d'aubergine!

------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

[Balolia]

crepitation? To hear sea : C About : re Stone in : Pit that place : at one : i operates : on Crepitation is the unusual noise akin to a death rattle

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[Dalek Dave]

Have points for the answer, but... do you have the solution?

------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

[Abhinav S]

Well done - I found this one to be very tough.

[Balolia]

Thank you! I've noticed that some clues often get repeated, such as the "To hear sea" for "C", "one" for "i" etc.. After that, figuring out the rest of the alphabets depends on whether you can recollect having come across the actual answer before..

[Dalek Dave]

Things like One for I, or Point for N,S,E or W for example are standard flags for Cryptic Clues.

------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

[Michel Godfroid]

Dave, they're on to you. Won't take long before one of these buggers develops a program to automate the answers.

[Abhinav S]

Michel Godfroid wrote:

Dave, they're on to you. Won't take long before one of these buggers develops a program to automate the answers.

I'm sure people have tried and failed for years already. :)