Redactle - THE HINTS THREAD

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Given how difficult it is to offer hints for redactle, without giving it away/being too obvious, this is a specific thread for hints.

Doesn't mean that they should give the game away, but it just stops other players seeing the hint every time they access the main thread.

So from now on, just keep your stats and general comments on the main thread and come here for any hints!

Great clue, thank you!

I thought it was something more specific relating to some of the things mentioned in the first paragraph.

I was annoyed that I got the other spelling of the last word quite quickly. If they'd been prepared to accept that spelling as part of the title, I would have got there in half the time.

I had 150 guesses from the other spelling to the title word 😖

I am utterly stumped today. I've made some progress, but don't really feel I've found any key parts, and not enough to google.

I'm in rather desperate need of hints!!

Have you got any key words?

At first I thought it was an artist or performer but think more of who could facilitate the space they would need

No I don't think I've found any key words! I was wondering about academia, also performance arts, but just can't get anything that feels like it could crack it

I'll have a ponder about facilitation and the stage.....

Stick with the arts and build around it. (that's a clue btw)

Thank you!

Got there and couldn't have done it without you.

568 guesses!

I'm still stuck!

Dur I reread the clue - thank you

@Plantstrees come over ‘ere and tell us about your one guess!!

Sorry, just seen this! My logic for working these out is as follows:

Is it a person or an object. Does the first paragraph start with the same blank as the title or does it begin with A or The?
Look for dates - is there a date of birth or both birth and death (Living or dead?)
Does the person have a title - pattern of text can give this away - eg. President(9)
Is the person American (8) or British (7)? Do they have a foreign name (often spelt out in brackets)
Is it an animal or plant, etc (given away by Latin name in brackets)
What sub-headings are there in the text
History - blanks representing 1st or 2nd World War or other significant periods
Is is scientific? Any notation or mathematical symbols.

In the current puzzle, there are none of the above.

It was a short entry so something simple. It obviously started with A [blank] is a ...

There are a few simple numbers/dates in the text
There is a history section
Then there are headings of different types of this object
It's a 5 letter word.

I worked out the first part of the first sentence - the 4th word first.
The the use of the singular and plural form of this word is interesting as the sub-headings are a mix
After the first sub-heading (which is a fairly common sub-heading) there are some words that lead me in eg. "from the" is a reference to this word coming from another language.

There is clearly very little technical language in this article so it was always likely to be something we are all very familiar with.

Hope this helps those who are struggling.

Should have added that I check my guesses/theories on Wikipedia before I put any guesses in at all.

So how is that different to checking your guesses in the actual game? 🤔

Please can I have a hint? I have the area and era, but struggling with specifics.

The first word is often found with one hinted at by 'vin '

It means I don't put the word in until I am confident it is correct so minimising the final score.

Not putting your guesses in also means you have to keep track of what you think it is in your head, and you don't get unexpectedly helpful clues in places you weren't expecting.

I'm sorry but I am still struggling with this 😫

kim wilde

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she sang a song about this

Thank you, got it now!

Please may I have a clue for this one? It's doing my head in!