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On hitting the 5K mark. I remember when I did it, and it seemed as if it had taken forever. The milestones get easier as you go, though.

Word 3 is an extra space.

Cryptic clues generally have definitions or hints (often synonyms) for parts of the answer word mashed up with a definition or hint for the whole word. One way to see a bunch at once (with the answers) is to do a search here on TI on the word "cryptic." You'll see some are incredibly easy ...

Add a letter to the end (which doesn't change the pronunciation).

Things like this give me a little cold feeling of dread in my stomach. It's been happening more and more often lately.

Word 3 disagrees with 1 & 2 (plural vs. singular).

Please check word 2 of answer.

WTG, indeed.....before you know it, you'll hit 100K (and maybe a mil on guesses).

I tried it because it's supposed to have an umlaut, but TI doesn't accept an umlaut. The traditional way to spell things with an umlaut in English is to add an e after--you don't see it as often anymore, but when I took German, I saw it all the time. So when it didn't work with a '"plain u,&quo...

I've had more chances lately than I did for a while. Maybe it's the time of day. I remember going through a period some years back when I was only getting a few chances a week; that was when I "vowed" to not let any chances get by.