Oh haha
(They aren't on the app version)
― Vaguely Fettening WAPCHAS (wins), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
It almost sounds like John Connor and Kyle Reese avoid Sinatra's regrets (3,3,2,7)
― ledge, Thursday, 4 June 2015 08:27 (nine years ago) link
don't get why the setter would want to italicize "almost" anyway
also "press" for cabinet is v obscure
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Thursday, 4 June 2015 09:23 (nine years ago) link
xp I could give this a more contemporary spin:
It almost sounds like Mad Max and Immortan Joe avoid Sinatra's regrets (3,3,2,7)
― ledge, Thursday, 4 June 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
c.mon, with the letter count it's a gimme
― ledge, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
too few to mention
but i don't get why. i recognise the terminator references and the mad max reference but...
i think last week's everyman is languishing in my bag with 0 (zero) clues done. 8(
― koogs, Friday, 5 June 2015 11:12 (nine years ago) link
two future men shun?
would not have got there without letter count (also, while reconstructing the pun got stuck on "Menschen" for a while, and now I'm trying to think of a not completely tortuous context where that could work... afraid I didn't like the "future"/"few to" part so much)
― undergraduate dance (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 5 June 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
groans, tortuously constructed ♥️♥️♥️
― Vaguely Fettening WAPCHAS (wins), Friday, 5 June 2015 13:13 (nine years ago) link
afraid I didn't like the "future"/"few to" part so much
i'd certainly have been cursing the compiler if i'd seen in a real crossword. even with the 'almost'.
― ledge, Friday, 5 June 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
^this post is a clue btw xp
― sink marker (wins), Saturday, 6 June 2015 12:01 (nine years ago) link
aw
― ledge, Saturday, 6 June 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
It was a cult AND a sincere post! thats why it's so clever.
― sink marker (wins), Saturday, 6 June 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
*clue ffs
Two points in dog delight (7)
Made me laugh out loud on the train this morning.
― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
still working on it...
grauniand puzzle after lex's heart today, but i struggled.
― ledge, Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's a toughie. Got the long anagram, scratching my head over the rest
― Keith Moom (Neil S), Thursday, 2 July 2015 13:38 (eight years ago) link
Tuesday's Guardian had Eric Clapton as an anagram of Narcoleptic, which was pretty good.
― mahb, Thursday, 2 July 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
So I finished the prize crossword yesterday, but I can't for the life of me parse this clue:
Guardian Prize crossword No 26,615, 18 Down: President might introduce ads to create trends or reach family men? (4)
I have the answer but don't see how "create trends" fits in? The clue would work without it, so it must mean something, but what?
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Sunday, 5 July 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
I can't solve the clue but I think trends = fads
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Sunday, 5 July 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
ok that makes no sense to me still. The answer is ford (for dads), I think you're right that fads fits in somehow but I can't make it work. Seems an overstuffed clue to me but maybe it all works lovely once you can see it idk
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Monday, 6 July 2015 08:46 (eight years ago) link
ah then it's "might introduce ads to create trends" = F + OR + "[might introduce ads to] reach family men" = D
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Monday, 6 July 2015 11:47 (eight years ago) link
Oh yeah lol
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Monday, 6 July 2015 12:03 (eight years ago) link
Having no preference in bedroom, police enter here, finding killer in bed (9)
maybe cheeky, maybe offensive, who can say
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
Seems like setters are really into clueing "bi" recently
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
first time i've noticed it but i've not been doing crosswords very often lately
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
One was like "fan of guys and dolls" something something
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
surely time for setters to start incorporating "cis" into their work
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
*writes letter to editor*
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
just seems a handy 3 letter block
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
Hard to clue for in a non-obvious but non-offensive way prob
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Friday, 10 July 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
didn't stop them with "bi"
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 July 2015 16:17 (eight years ago) link
Ha true, it's just I can't even think of a way to clue that without adding like a sentence to the clue
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Friday, 10 July 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
It's not sufficiently clear or accurate ("having no preference in bedroom" is obv super-accurate) but the first thing that came to mind was e.g.
Pope's father gets first point as assigned (7)
(I'm not verr good at these; mostly do quicks/GKs these days tbh, over booze w/a cryptic-hating companion)
― Abraham raves doubtlessly (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 10 July 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
that's nice. the SJW crossword movement proceeds apace
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 July 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
Annoying one in front of king and son in capital city (7)
i had I _ K _ O _ _ and really wanted this to be INKTOMI but it wasn't to be
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iktomi
― koogs, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 09:38 (eight years ago) link
that must've been irritating ;)
― the lion tweets tonight (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 10:05 (eight years ago) link
The answer looks really obvious but I can't parse the capital city part?
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 10:19 (eight years ago) link
somewhere in Italy
― Neil S, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 10:21 (eight years ago) link
yes indeed
― paolo, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 11:44 (eight years ago) link
did all but one of that one on the train on sunday with an eyebrow pencil. left with 'Overall employment system', N_T_O_K, I daresay it will come to me five seconds after typing this...
― ledge, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:03 (eight years ago) link
nope.
― ledge, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:06 (eight years ago) link
cheated. kicking myself. not sure about 'overall' though - seems like exactly the opposite?
― ledge, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:12 (eight years ago) link
I think it works
― killfile with that .exe, you goon (wins), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:14 (eight years ago) link
overalladjectiveˈəʊvərɔːl/1.taking everything into account.
― killfile with that .exe, you goon (wins), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:16 (eight years ago) link
I agree with ledge, it's hard to see the relationship between 'overall' and the answer
on the earlier one, d'oh. I was thinking of R as 'king' and trying to work around that.
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:17 (eight years ago) link
Net = taking everything into account, it's like a straight definition
― killfile with that .exe, you goon (wins), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:19 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's fine IMO
― Neil S, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:21 (eight years ago) link
I can see how that works but:
2: covering or including everything
my salary, including everything (ie tax) = gross
So it's ambiguous - imo - but legit.
― ledge, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 12:23 (eight years ago) link
Did that puzzle this morning on the train. I thought "overall" was fine, but elsewhere "ending in rubble" = E threw me. I kept trying to put "dreams ending" (S) into a word for rubble.
― Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 6 August 2015 13:58 (eight years ago) link
Guardian Cryptic crossword No 26,644, 13 Down: Actors awarded stars? Done! (9)
Classic Paul but so does "done" mean this? Is it a farming thing?
― killfile with that .exe, you goon (wins), Friday, 7 August 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link