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comma is correct - I am sorry that I did not explain the clue very well. The question mark in a clue usually means (in american style crossword puzzles)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08PUZZLE.html
"One answer that always seems to trip solvers up is R-A-N-D-R, which was clued as "Leave time?" when it first appeared in a Times puzzle several years ago. Afterward lots of solvers called and wrote me saying that they couldn't find the word RANDR in their dictionaries, and where did I get it? I had to inform them gently that the answer was three words, R AND R, as in the time when one goes on leave.
A question mark at the end of a clue can mean several things. In the above clue for R AND R, it means "This clue is tricky! Be careful!" It can also indicate that the answer only loosely fits the clue. For example, "Cause for a head-slap?" (BONER). Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one's forehead. When question marks appear at the ends of the clues for all the long answers in a puzzle, usually the marks are signals for related puns."

<blockquote data-quote="mskmoorthy" data-source="post: 325740" data-attributes="member: 19529">comma is correct -&nbsp; I am sorry that I did not explain the clue very well. The question mark in a clue usually means (in american style crossword puzzles)<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08PUZZLE.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08PUZZLE.html </a>&quot;One answer that always seems to trip solvers up is R-A-N-D-R, which was clued as &quot;Leave time?&quot; when it first appeared in a Times puzzle several years ago. Afterward lots of solvers called and wrote me saying that they couldn&#039;t find the word RANDR in their dictionaries, and where did I get it? I had to inform them gently that the answer was three words, R AND R, as in the time when one goes on leave.A question mark at the end of a clue can mean several things. In the above clue for R AND R, it means &quot;This clue is tricky! Be careful!&quot; It can also indicate that the answer only loosely fits the clue. For example, &quot;Cause for a head-slap?&quot; (BONER). Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one&#039;s forehead. When question marks appear at the ends of the clues for all the long answers in a puzzle, usually the marks are signals for related puns.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mskmoorthy, post: 325740, member: 19529"] comma is correct - I am sorry that I did not explain the clue very well. The question mark in a clue usually means (in american style crossword puzzles) [COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia][url]http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08PUZZLE.html [/url] "One answer that always seems to trip solvers up is R-A-N-D-R, which was clued as "Leave time?" when it first appeared in a Times puzzle several years ago. Afterward lots of solvers called and wrote me saying that they couldn't find the word RANDR in their dictionaries, and where did I get it? I had to inform them gently that the answer was three words, R AND R, as in the time when one goes on leave.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=georgia]A question mark at the end of a clue can mean several things. In the above clue for R AND R, it means "This clue is tricky! Be careful!" It can also indicate that the answer only loosely fits the clue. For example, "Cause for a head-slap?" (BONER). Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one's forehead. When question marks appear at the ends of the clues for all the long answers in a puzzle, usually the marks are signals for related puns."[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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