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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
xp no problem!
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:31 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
letters?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
or is that genuflect? cos
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
do keep up, dear
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
heh
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:53 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
show reverence for old fashioned guy with poxy fule caught inside
― woof, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (eleven 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 (eleven years ago) link
"c" for caught innit?
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah missed it
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
bent leg etc. fun!
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:00 (eleven years ago) link
(hmm, not sure there isn't something missing there, or it's too twisted up in itself. bent and fun could be anagram indicators but fun is part of the anagram. bent leg being the definition but leg also part of the anagram... plus the english isn't great.)
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:02 (eleven years ago) link
it almost works as a semi &lit, araucaria e.g. is always pretty happy to play fast n loose with those.
painfully aware of this but gave up on trying to fix it.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
i guess the real test is whether anyone could solve these clues.
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Returned suitor's put-down: you spattered paint, one hears, to bow
(ho hum)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
genuflect?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
(yes. don't mind me, rolling in several hours late with my terrible word-manglings)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
idk is genuflect a great word for this experiment, which is otherwise a v interesting one imo
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
we didn't do too badly IMO, but yeah it's not the easiest. Throw one out there then!
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
yes, someone suggest another word
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
srsly whenever i'm put on the spot i can only think in obscenities
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Dodgy PC flaunts lippiness? (4,5)
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
filth
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
that's the only one I've gotten in ages
― kinder, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
word of the day: primrose
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:13 (eleven years ago) link
Blooming proper get-up!
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:24 (eleven years ago) link
(wouldn't that need to be past tense?)
― koogs, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
yes, damn you, yes (weeps)
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:30 (eleven years ago) link
Stand around border regarding first flower
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:33 (eleven years ago) link
Proper pink flower (8)
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:34 (eleven years ago) link
was trying to get rim within ("outside inside") prose but couldn't think of a decent synonym for prose
also, april 19th = primrose day. more interesting that just 'flower'
― koogs, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:47 (eleven years ago) link
"prose" = "writing" was what i was working on, was considering using "yellow" for "primrose".
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:54 (eleven years ago) link
Disturbed improviser drops the sixth flower
― bham, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Does "vi" mean "the sixth" there?
― Tim, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, that was the idea. As in Henry VI. Not sure it quite works.
― bham, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
If we wanna keep this going we could just use http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/ or http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/
― ledge, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:23 (eleven years ago) link
happy enough with that one, tbh
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:25 (eleven years ago) link
might be an idea to tag these posts with WOTD if you're posting a clue to a known word (either from those websites or nominated). another thread altogether is another.
1 Ceres might be red (6, WOTD)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_%28dwarf_planet%29
(would 'shift' work as an anagram specifier? 'red shift' would keep the astronomy thing going, if in a slightly nonsensical way)
― koogs, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:17 (eleven years ago) link
Before ecstacy, cries popped French cherry. (6, WOTD)
― Tim, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:40 (eleven years ago) link