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mustang!

poster x (ledge), Monday, 21 December 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link

Gossip in gym class covered in vinegar (9)

Cage, Trintignant, Sheen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link

grapevine

ailsa, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link

Commodore gone to find a long trail west (6)

poster x (ledge), Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:11 (fourteen years ago) link

Oregon

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:34 (fourteen years ago) link

Cattle sound like fifty due (6)

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:36 (fourteen years ago) link

lowing

ailsa, Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link

Yeah, I just realised "like" is superfluous there and that spoils the clue.

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:54 (fourteen years ago) link

I didn't think so, it might make you think "sound like" which is nicely ambiguous rather than "cattle sound", the "like" being that it is like putting L next to owing. Or something. It worked for me anyway.

ailsa, Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:57 (fourteen years ago) link

haha thanks you've reminded me why I did it now.

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link

Monkeys in Budapest (4)
Girl four around city of third man (6)

Cage, Trintignant, Sheen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 December 2009 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link

Apes
Vienna

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 December 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Noodle's right, right on the hour. Sticky! Smelly! (5)

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 December 2009 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link

Dunno

About the greatest city in Colombia (4)

'tza you, santa claus? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 December 2009 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Myrrh for Noodle's.

Parenthetic hound (woofwoofwoof), Saturday, 26 December 2009 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link

myrrh is right.

James's is Cali

Domnesty International (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 26 December 2009 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link

When Santa travels with unknown mass, acceleration, and speed (4)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Saturday, 2 January 2010 11:12 (fourteen years ago) link

xmas! very nice

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 January 2010 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link

I see inside someone who looks secretly hot (5)

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link

spicy

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link

damnit i had 'tom' for someone who looks secretly

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link

Whine about original spice (5)

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link

fancy that! sounds like you could get splinters (5, 5)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link

Games company angry about money awarded in law suit (7)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 6 January 2010 09:28 (fourteen years ago) link

letters? mine's --m----

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Mine:
---r-

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link

Keep thinking yours should be "alimony"

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link

'comp---'?

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link

curry

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link

my letters will give it away, but

w---- ----h

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:09 (fourteen years ago) link

WS

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link

:)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

explain curry?

--m---s

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

cry around ur, whine about original

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link

although to be very picky, curry is not a spice! (spent ages going through the spices i know so i'm terribly bitter tbh)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link

aha; i looked on oed and found 'to give (a person) curry: Austral. slang. To abuse, reprove, express anger at a person.', which confused me.

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link

australians do not like curry; disgusting savages,

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link

Had got "ur" but was trying to make it e.g. "gourd" like something to do with "oh god", which was clearly not right on at least two levels

⍨ (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link

OK, ok,

Whines about original for Momus and his brother (7)

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link

whines about original to gain favour?

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link

Whine about original preparation of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, cooked with a quantity of bruised spices and turmeric, and used as a relish or flavouring, esp. for dishes composed of or served with rice.

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link

curries!

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link

just a bit of feedback- that was a little easy.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link

damn i thought longer clues were harder. btw actually it was curry, you idiot.

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Games company angry about money awarded in law suit (7)

I thought this might be DAMAGES but ... not 100% sure why?

Not the real Village People, Friday, 8 January 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link

SEGA+MAD reversed

damn i thought longer clues were harder. btw actually it was curry, you idiot.
roffle

nico anemic cinema icon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 January 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link

jesus harsh

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 January 2010 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link

Surely he was joking.

lex submerge (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 January 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link

we can only hope. anyway, about time for a clue.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 January 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link


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