the zero gravity bit at the end gave it away
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Monday, 1 December 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
^^^ yeah I worked backwards too. Here's an easy one I made up:
Singer staples most of map and half of visa. (5)
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 December 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Ah, crap, make that 'most of map and most of visa.'
― Deliciously hard yet very accessible (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 December 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
nice def. 'most' tends to be frowned upon, too vague (not really a problem in this case but...) - you could go for last letter deletion instead, incomplete visa or something.
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
I was happy to work this one out in today's Grauniad
Weapon offering promise of American woman? (10)
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Saturday, 13 December 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
Not 100% sure this works, but I wrote one for Merriam-Webster's 2014 word of the year:
Huge rut luckily consumes backward social group and its beliefs. (7)
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
^ Culture, yeah that works fine.
Little bleeder's reported break in to Electronic Arts' outpost in Devon (8,3)
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
No idea!
Is there a prize xword in today's guardian? It isn't on their (increasingly shit & buggy) iPhone app.
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:15 (nine years ago) link
yes, it's two grids so the app wouldn't be able to handle it.
― koogs, Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Ah ok, worth getting the paper for or no? I have a train journey later but ample reading...
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
it looks a bit convoluted "however, one letter must be added to one of each pair of solutions before entry into the grid"...
― koogs, Saturday, 20 December 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
Oh I hate those ftmp
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
"Forge the mine path". Primarily used in Minecraft when building a path into a mine.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
It's tough but I'm enjoying it, clues are pretty straightforward and the instructions are clear and not a huge stumbling block.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I mean I'm like less than a quarter done.
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - pianist
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
(4,4)
nope... gonna add an extra hint to mine.
Little bleeder's reported break in to Electronic Arts' south Devon seaside office? (8,3)
--d--t--/---
― ledge, Monday, 22 December 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm stumped
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Got it. (not sure why it's office though?)
― oppet, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh, 'outpost in Devon' makes sense though.
― oppet, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I threw a question mark in there to indicate something fishy but I think it's ok, if EA had an office in T------ you'd just call it EA T------. Like errrrrr DKNY?
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
r-d--t--/k--
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Guardian prize now the usual war of attrition, was hoping the parents would help but they'd completed less than me.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
Omg just got it
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
radiator key!
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
:)
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
That kind of cryptic definition would normally have me decrying the compiler as a scoundrel.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
It gets by because we like "little bleeder"
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Did you get mine?
Nope, give us letters!
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Given up on the guardian in a huff, if anyone can explain how "comrade - stan's" is at all cryptic for "oliver" - well it probably won't change my mind.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20131210/339246_Laurel-%20Hardy-%20biographical%20film.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah but like
idgi
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
btw
--n-/-a--
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
those chuckleheads were the first thing I thought of, that still ain't no cryptic clue.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah unless "Oliver" is another word for "comrade" or sth
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
sth to do with the Song of Roland or...?
(don't even know if I'm overreaching here; did not attempt said crossword as the gimmick was beyond me, by which I don't even mean adding letters but the whole not knowing where to split the clues thing)
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Cromwellian perhaps, but that kind of "guess which Stan this refers to" isn't unheard of in cryptics
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
not especially hard but i always appreciate arachne and her politics:
Ends of Rice, Brown and Garner? Time for anger (6)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
nice
― Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
(talking of hard, i don't think i've ever been as irritated with a crossword as that maskarade prize one from the other week)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
There was a pop at ukip voters in the Boxing Day one, can't remember the setter
Gonna post this once more & then give solution
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - /pianist/ (4,4)
― bife claro (wins), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Oops zing
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - pianist(4,4)
― bife claro (wins), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Lang Lang
Thread could do w some more cryptic penile insertions
― joe selfie (qiqing), Friday, 2 January 2015 07:11 (nine years ago) link
Took me a little while to come up with this one
Cheeky old man, measure with huge one out and give head direction, faint ring of a one hit wonder? (4,5)
― joe selfie (qiqing), Friday, 2 January 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Bit long i know but here's a clue a la wins
--n-/--u--
― joe selfie (qiqing), Friday, 2 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Objective: refuse to be heard in a thriller about a duck? (9)
I couldn't get this one for the life of me. Homonym AND a double definition!
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 January 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Damn that is a tough one. All I can think is "equitable" fitting if the solution is another word for "objective", but I can't see how that works. Is refuse homonym something like nix/nicks or waste/waist? Still doesn't really help. Is duck referring to a type of duck eg pekin?
No bites for my clue so can I just
Wang Chung
― joe selfie (qiqing), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
>>> Is refuse homonym something like nix/nicks or waste/waist?
Neither. And part of my problem was the way I pronounce said word is not exactly a homophone with the word they're seeking, so I just didn't hear it.
Hint: G_L _ _ _ _ _ _
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link