Marmalade. Thanks for hint
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 October 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
correctamundo
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 28 October 2011 08:38 (twelve years ago) link
there is a new crossword compiler in the irish times
he is shit
― the ghost-fisting is a one-off thing (darraghmac), Friday, 28 October 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
Help! The clue was: Shrub or rub (5)
Answer was Wahoo. I understand the shrub reference, but what's the rub?
― Dan Peterson, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
s'thing to do with burro???
― DeLonge and Winding Refn (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
idg the shrub reference, wikipedia tells me it's a fish.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
Chambers says it's also an ornamental shrub and a kind of buckthorn 'which yields cascara sagrada' (a laxative). I still dgi.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
From the Guardian before Christmas:
Arch, perhaps, to correct — getting better (2,3,4)
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
'emend' is 'correct' which leaves you with the month of m arch.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
wonder if the oed is any help on wahoo...
1. wahoo, n.1 view full entry 1770...The N. American shrub Euonymus atropurpureus....
2. wahoo, n.2 1909...A large marine fish, Acanthocybium solandri, belonging to the family Scombridæ and found in tropical seas....
3. wahoo, v. 1936...intr. To shout ‘Wahoo!’....
thanks for that.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
Thnx Ledge.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:42 (twelve years ago) link
that march/month thing is some bullshit imo
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:08 (twelve years ago) link
if the clue hadn't been easy enough to get through other means i would agree.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
sophistry mere sophistry
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
Bollocks or bullshit about everything (5)
― ledge, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
balls
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
fuck you
― ledge, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
Looking for more? Might be a little time. (7)
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
:)
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
seconds
― koogs, Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
congrats
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
Buckethead covers "Rain on the Scarecrow" : must-have (5)
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
needs? Only goin on the final definition tho
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Nope
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
Blood?
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
That's a wee bit closer
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Errr water? Only because bucket - rain - essential 4 lyfe
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
Colder
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
ha
Brain
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
Yes :)
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
leap of faith required!
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
Boost this joint to praise success (4,5,2,4,5)
― knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
More power to your/one's elbow.
― woof, Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
correct :)
― knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 19 February 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
somehow i knew it was elbow related...
― koogs, Sunday, 19 February 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
today's guardian is a tour de force, starts off v entertaining, ends v irritating when you have to cheat for all the words that you've never heard before.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25565
― watercooler challenge (ledge), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
and don't look at this link if you don't want spoilers or clues, but holy hell he's led a busy life.
― watercooler challenge (ledge), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
This is driving me crazy:
How one behaves in the evening (7)
A_E_G_S
I'm 99% sure the G is correct, which leaves only one solution I can see, and I still don't understand it.
― Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
sure about everything else?
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
'evening' is a pun, answer is 'avenges' imo
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
Ohhhhh, evening as in getting even? ffs......
― Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
don't shoot the messenger
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
^ trying to work that into a clue
― steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
d, your screen name is proof you're WAY better at punning than I am!
― Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
heh, still?
― Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
this is ridiculous, but anyway:
Pregnant with a girl after being smashed by a randy young stag - Spooner isn't bothered (5,3,1,5,4)
― ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
--t--,---,-,--c--,---
― ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
--t--,---,-,--c--,---- i mean
?
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
really struggling with this one
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:02 (twelve years ago) link