Meaning of cluemanship | Babel Free

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uncountable

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“And if anyone nowadays feels like calling this resort to dull definition a weakness, let him remember that Torquemada was a pioneer, and also that he was a genius of a most original kind; rules of cluemanship are for ordinary mortals, not for such as he was.”

“Neither does JAC bind himself rigorously to the oft-sung and, at times, overstated rules of cluemanship formulated by XIMENES and AFRIT.”

“Among occasional setters I admire for their inventiveness and cluemanship are Phi, Sabre and Kea.”

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