― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm not sure whether this one is really nasty, or really easy:
"All of us complained crassly", said Spooner, "about Elizabeth's character, and Dick's too" (9)
― lurker #2421, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― lurker #2421, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link
I like your clue but cannot get it, yet.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
A tribe's = a nation's
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― MrArchel (Archel), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
(Don't worry, though, it wasn't too UK-centric -- I'd be a hypocrite if I were to complain about that.)
xpost: Ha, you got it! Not too US-centric, then!
― lurker #2421, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― lurker #2421, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
Scantily-clad woman reportedly gave birth to baby horse in wake of recent accident (10)
― lurker #2421, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― lurker #2421, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link
Still Archel's turn to post a clue, I think
― frankiemachine, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 10:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 10:25 (eighteen years ago) link
To be going along with:
Batting record before tea, we're told, is useless (5)
― frankiemachine, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 10:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 11:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Root beer, frozen (9)
― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Female's punishing triathlon (7)
― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― mrArchel, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― ArtVandelay (Archel), Thursday, 9 February 2006 08:37 (eighteen years ago) link
never odd or even? (10)
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 9 February 2006 08:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― ArtVandelay (Archel), Thursday, 9 February 2006 08:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 9 February 2006 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― art vandelay (what?), Saturday, 11 February 2006 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Dancer's brain scattered around cut-off backstreet (9)
― Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
I was missing this thread!
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Female's punishing triathlon (7) - or (4-3) if you prefer
― ledge (ledge), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Monday, 13 March 2006 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Clue to mine:
--l--- ---e-
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Are you sure that 'l' shouldn't be in fourth position, Archel?
(xpost)
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Ah that extra 'l' hint gave it away... Yellow Pages!
― ledge (ledge), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link
I guess if I'd done a bit of elementary triathlon research I would have got yours...
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I am not very good at cryptic crosswords. Though I did manage to half-complete two real crossword puzzles recently, which made me prouder than almost anything else.
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Do published cryptic crosswords do this? I have to admit it totally throws me off, I'd always assumed that every part of the clue had to be functional.
― lurker #2421, Monday, 13 March 2006 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link