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Assassin of sci-fi mob of Iowa (6)

letters?

ledge, Sunday, 29 July 2012 09:18 (twelve years ago) link

-o----

Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link

trying to think of a sci-fi assassin ending in 'ia'...

ledge, Monday, 30 July 2012 08:46 (twelve years ago) link

or not.

borgia.

ledge, Monday, 30 July 2012 08:46 (twelve years ago) link

ha! got hung up on the sci-fi mob being "nova" which was probably overthinking it

Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 July 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link

from today's Guardian:

Pubs' motto, possibly? (7,2)

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:10 (twelve years ago) link

nice

koogs, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:20 (twelve years ago) link

a good thing about cryptic crossword clues is that they don't have to be difficult to be satisfying to solve.

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link

no, that's just pleasurably concise

Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Baffled here:

Philosopher's telephone assistant, keeping money, rejected no taxis? (3,7,5)

S_R_R_N_I_B_C_N

Got the answer easily enough, but I have no idea what's going on with the most of the cluing.

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link

i think it's this:

Philospher's (Sir Francis Bacon) telephone assistant keeping money SIR(FRANC)I rejected no taxis = NOCABS backwards

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (twelve years ago) link

if telephone assistant really refers to a fucking android app then fuck this clue imo

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (twelve years ago) link

And if I can't even tell what it really refers to, then ditto.

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago) link

And what would indicate that iris is backwards in addition to nocabs?

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link

Okay, I see, there's SIRI as well as IRIS.

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link

ah, didn't know about SIRI. still ridiculous.

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link

50 into 500 sheets makes 18 (5)

Got the answer, REALM, but don't get 'makes 18.'

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:59 (twelve years ago) link

I kinda hate 'rejecting' for backwards. Is that an okay thing?

Gravel Puzzleworth, Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link

it's okay, it immediately makes me consider that backwardness will happen.

Dan, what's the answer to clue number 18 in that crossword?

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link

PURVIEW (Reach sexual deviant you reported)

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link

purview = realm, i suspect

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link

That works. Never dawned on me to look at clue 18. D'oh!

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link

One more since I'm on a roll. I guess I figured this all out properly, I just think it's lame that George Sand is female and the clue goes on to use 'his.'

George twice uncovered his lights in Hawaii, formerly (8,7)

SANDWICH ISLANDS (wasn't that hard.) But: George SAND, (t)WIC(e), his is just that, HIS, and lights = LANDS.

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link

"Veto the short genuflecting American football player, alright?" goes into journalist's pad (8)

ledge, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 08:18 (twelve years ago) link

Don't know where to start with that one. Clue please!

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 09:54 (twelve years ago) link

got it (thanks site new answers for keeping me up-to-date with foreign sport)

woof, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link

googling the key noun phrase is not unhelpful.

ledge, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:03 (twelve years ago) link

having no luck and I'm someone with a basic knowledge of NFL :/

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:22 (twelve years ago) link

I got it, are you supposed to post the answer

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:32 (twelve years ago) link

just noticed how appallingly photoshopped that pic is.

yes go ahead, take all the acclaim and plaudits.

ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:37 (twelve years ago) link

well woof already got it so

NOTEBOOK (veto = NO, short football player = TEBO(W), alright = OK)

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:39 (twelve years ago) link

that's, imo, quite terrible 8)

perhaps there's mileage in doing this the other way around - someone chooses a word and others come up with clues for it. maybe 'genuflect' would be a good starting point.

koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link

Gentle cuff nearly creates obeisance.

not quite perfect, hurrying

Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:09 (twelve years ago) link

Fence glut is fashionable for the action of bowing and scraping?

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:13 (twelve years ago) link

need number of letters for both of those

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:14 (twelve years ago) link

Well the answer's in the previous post! But for the record 9 in both cases.

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:16 (twelve years ago) link

oh I'm sorry, I forgot we were creating clues for "genuflect", I thought those were new clues

as you were

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link

That's an exercise I sometimes do myself when bored - trying to construct crossword cryptic clues for a particular word that is rattling around my brain.

NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link

xp no problem!

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:31 (twelve years ago) link

xp you should post 'em here then!

clunky as usual:

pleasure reflected in gentleman's first special action taken for marriage proposal

ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link

letters?

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:49 (twelve years ago) link

or is that genuflect? cos

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:50 (twelve years ago) link

do keep up, dear

ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:50 (twelve years ago) link

heh

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:53 (twelve years ago) link

problem is genuflect is a verb so "action taken" doesn't really work cos it suggests a noun

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link

show reverence for old fashioned guy with poxy fule caught inside

woof, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link

missing a "c"?

Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link

"c" for caught innit?

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link


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