is that right?
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Is what right?
Maybe it wasGold gun author? (6)
― Cowsill Communication (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
nm i'm not even in the game lately
― the waitress and the frogbs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Austen.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
:)
― Cowsill Communication (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
I get so few I have to jump in when I get one. Reminds me of when a visit to my grandparents involved a drowsy post-lunch word game of some sort - you had to get as Manu words of a type beginning with a certain letter - and when something like 'parts of the body beginning with V' came up my hitherto somnolent little brother suddenly excitedly bawled out at the top of his voice VAGINA!
'Ooh, I suppose it is, dear, yes' said my grandmother.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair to him, some little thought was required before we could come up with some non-vagina parts of the body beginning with V.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
vestibule
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
vertebrae
― j/k lacan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
vulva
― koogs, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
vagus nerve
― j/k lacan (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 08:50 (twelve years ago) link
vitreous humour
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 08:54 (twelve years ago) link
vienna sausage
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
I said 'ventricle' thoughtfully and took a sip of sherry iirc.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
vas deferens
― koogs, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
Gold gun author?
Sten shows up quite frequently in American crosswords; baffled the hell out of me the first few times until I realized it's one of those "Asta"-type words that setters seem to love. (See also: Snee.)
― Duke Manfist: Action Hero (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
Or Smee
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
Bob Marley hits foot? (6)
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
Or:Marley hits foot? (6)
so you might think it has something to do with Scrooge and clumsy chain-rattling specters.
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
legend
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
mythic tale of ilx poster dropping dime and losing all (6)
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
speaking of, quite enjoyed this lightly themed guardian a few weeks ago.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Think there was a recent one in which that ilx poster was the answer. Maybe was Independent.
― SB Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
Sulky quality encountered downtown? (9)
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
also:
Soft piece, tiny piece (8)
Cross-fills are: _A_T_C_E, which should make the solution pretty obvious, but I'm still not understanding the why.
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
P = Soft (music)Article = Piece (journalism)
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, my brain totally did not go in either of those directions!
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
"Soft" clueing P is a common-ish crossword practice so I was looking for it.
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Not getting this one either:
Landlord is a drag after the first (5)
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
struggling with that one, have you got any letters?
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
O_N_R, which seems obvious too, but I'm not getting the cluing.
The other, sulky, one is P_T_L_N_E which again is very apparent, but the cluing is perplexing me.
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
a drag = "downer", all letters after the first = "owner"
petulance dunno why yet
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
oh i see, it's to do with Petula Clark.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
HAHA xpost:
If it somehow has something to do with Petula Clark my head will explode.
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
feel like it should be annoying me that, but in fact it's just making me find 'Petula' a really weird name. petula petula petula.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
haha don't stare at it too long. i feel like that clue is slightly iffy, can only assume it's positing "Petula-nce" as a joke coinage
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's iffy whimsy, jocular adjective from 'petula' i think.
Sounds gynecological to me now. petula majora.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
what was the clue
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
lazy tbh
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, Petula-nce is really horrible.
RE: "Is a drag" = downer, I've discovered I really suck at having to first think of a word and then drop letters off. I had one over the weekend:
Transported unwrapped sketch (5). The answer was ROUGH, and even after I got it through process of elimination, I didn't understand why. (BROUGHT minus B & T.) Maybe I'll get better in time, but those are my least favorite.
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
they are often tough i think because the clue is less tight, i couldn't get near downer/owner until you'd given me the letters.
― SB OK (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
my light is green, perhaps, when my insect is perfect (5)
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
i clean cut in order to instruct (9)
― VIRGIN ROO (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 July 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
inculcate
― Safe European HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 July 2011 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
ya i know
― VIRGIN ROO (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 July 2011 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
but we needed a kickstart dont u think
smart minge? i'm not being clear, it's a mixup (10)
― VIRGIN ROO (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 July 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
lol i shouldn't set clues when i'm tired
― VIRGIN ROO (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 July 2011 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
Stammering?
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Sunday, 10 July 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
what about that insect
― ledge, Monday, 11 July 2011 08:18 (twelve years ago) link