nice!
― ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:29 (eleven years ago) link
rockists.
― koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:42 (eleven years ago) link
if yr gonna link with extraneous terms you gotta make them bland/innocuous imo, 'steal' would have my eyes tearing to do somethin with it
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
First time I've ever attempted writing a clue, does this work for WOTD?
Excessive loss of energy after dark creates wave (8)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
works for me.
― ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Yay me!
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's a decent clue :)
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks, I was proud that it it incorporates three elements that often trip me up as a novice solver: having to solve one word and then subtract from it, single letter abbreviation, and noun/verb mismatch for wave.
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Polite hero turns purple (10 wotd)
― koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
(tried working in the creator of brazilian jiu jitsu but just couldn't)
― koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
Light brown tops of elegant chiffon, raw, unbleached (4,wotd)
― ledge, Friday, 14 September 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, I got that one quickly. I'm getting better at these.
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 September 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
nobody tempted by 'diapason', 'coetaneous' or 'tartuffery'?
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
I'll give one a (maybe farfetched) shot:
Organists' group reject help, loudspeaker systems activated. (8)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
not at all bad
― ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks, this is really fun, I've never attempted to think up my own. I'd never heard of diapason. Rules-wise, could 'with' be added before loudspeaker to improve the surface reading?
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
sure, with works in the 'put these together' sense.
― ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
I can't come up with anything for those other two, though.
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
Pious fakery! Roxy Music singer entangled in a clump of trees. (10)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
You'll have to explain that one...
Ate one half portion of cous-cous, digested at the same time (10)
― ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
FERRY + A TUFT, entangled = TARTUFFERY
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
maybe it's nitpicking but that 'entangled' reads to me as only applying to ferry, then put it inside a tuft (unentangled). 'entangled with' would work, although not as well on the surface.
also never come across 'tuft' used for trees before!
― ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
Confused Roxy Music singer entangled with a clump of trees... enh, it's still not that good.
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
Word of the day, down clue:
Sick coming up in a to-go container to make a mess of things. (6)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
Hip-hop's great comeback getting into fight leads to ruin (wotd, 6)
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
v much not loving wotd stuff, so there ilxwordians
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
it's all a load of bollix if you ask me
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
Not loving the words themselves, our attempts to set them, the whole concept?
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
thread was dead before so <shrugs>
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I'm not really worried, couldn't resist a terrible pun though. Happy to keep up the word of the day thing, I've learnt some new words!
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
the attempts are ok, but only ok, tbh i'm not able to keep great track of what wotd is a lot of the time which is more the issue
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
practice makes perfect.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordofthedayhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
right-click, bookmark this link.
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
i am once again reminded how much of a 2nd class ilxor i am while surfing on my shitty nokia ;_;
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Jesus H Christ on a (numerical spoiler) I thought today's Graun was a bastard.
Crossword: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25746The answers explained: http://fifteensquared.net/2012/09/20/guardian-cryptic-25746-crucible/
And yes I do see that most of the commenters on the second site declare it "easy"! I do not know what stimulants they had to ingest to get 13A.
(Admittedly I was never very good at these and am quite out of practice)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah we had to cheat with 13a and a handful of others.
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:13 (eleven years ago) link
Goblin takes letter to underworld visitor (wotd, 6)
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:17 (eleven years ago) link
nonononono
Goblin takes letter referring to underworld visitor (wotd,6)
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:18 (eleven years ago) link
tinkering...
Goblin clutches letter concerning visitor to the underworld
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:27 (eleven years ago) link
(ha, watched the film yesterday...)
'a letter' isn't specific enough, i don't think. needs to specify that it's greek.
― koogs, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:08 (eleven years ago) link
idk, it *is* a letter, and greek ones are common enough in crosswords. overspecifying it would give the game away too much imo.
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:15 (eleven years ago) link
would go for "... letter in greek ..." if necessary tho.
mystical? or sounding stupid? (6 wotd)
― koogs, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:30 (eleven years ago) link
Probably pretty easy, wotd:
To begin with, kitten starting school is tacky (6)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Monday, 24 September 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
:) quite like it tho
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 September 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh, just got it
― kinder, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Today's wotd, keeping with my feline theme!
Hypothesis, for the sake of argument: needle the kitten takes energy (11)
― Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
Dammit, that's not what I wanted.
Assumption, for the sake of argument: needle the kitten takes energy
― Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
It's a verb so I'd change that to 'Assume'.
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:18 (eleven years ago) link
All suggestions for improvement welcome:
One furiously torn by anger without any conclusion - put these together?! (wotd, 11)
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:29 (eleven years ago) link