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GeneralCCC 2024-10-08 PinPopular
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GeneralRe: CCC 2024-10-08 - WINNER Pin
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Peter_in_27803hrs 1 min ago
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This clue (and my previous one) are what is called "double definition".
Two definitions of homonyms (words spelled the same but maybe with different meanings).
So in this case, pinch >> steal >> appropriate (verb) and
fitting >> suitable >> appropriate (adj).
There are many other forms of cryptic clues, involving things like anagrams and other trickery.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

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GeneralUbuntu recovery option - opinions wanted. Pin
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GeneralGonna make a C reference implementation of TinyVG now. Pin
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