Hallelujah!!! Insider news just arrived in my inbox. And I'm already laughing with: Microservices are technical debt (Don’t worry, it’s only micro technical debt) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Sorry for my bad English

They can also get a cot just by inverting the tan!

All good now, thanks :) Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche

It was a good clue In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

Yay - YAUT! :) Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

Thanks a lot.

"in" usually means word within another...? OK, got it :-) Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

I completely agree - especially (for me) the "highly unlikely" part. :laugh:

It was a much better clue In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

As pkfox says, it's a matter of practice. The way I start is with a random word (Random Word Generator[^] is a good place for that) and try to break it into bits. For example: RWG gave me "improvement" at the top of the list. I can see four parts there: IMP ROVE MEN T IMP synonyms might be demon, devil, elf ... or perhaps "not metric" ROVE: to travel, wander, roam, or maybe an anagram of OVER MEN: Pretty obvious T: Shirt or junction. So try to make it difficult: "Upgrade non metric guys who roam around the junction (11)" Then I'd park it somewhere for a few hours and come back to see it it works! Would I use it as is? Probably not - it doesn't "scan" well. But it's a start. :-D "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

I posted the solution... [The Lounge](https://www.codeproject.com/Messages/5942442/CCC-2023-05-12-Solution) Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

OK. Trim: PARE this French guy: IL endless nothing: NON confused - indicator for the above sets jumbled up Is the best! - NONPAREIL Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

:thumbsup: In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

I can certainly agree with setting being much more difficult. Many of the regulars here could tell you that some of my clues have been an absolute GOAT RODEO (a laughably epic failure). :-O

Must be some kind of a record time :) Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

That one lasted 2 minutes :-) YAUT Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon

I think many of us solve them everyday. We just don't agree with being the Setter.