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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

leading up to present day? (6)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 January 2010 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link

A couple wild guesses: advent, portal. (I'm not good at these even after I see the answer but I'd like to get one right sometime)

CaptainLorax, Saturday, 9 January 2010 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link

SEGA+MAD reversed

Ah! I got damages and tried to work backwards, thinking it was GAMES + AD (?) rearranged.

Not the real Village People, Saturday, 9 January 2010 07:04 (fourteen years ago) link

btw yes darra I was joking. YOU IDIOT. (joke)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Saturday, 9 January 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link

cpt lorax- advent is correct.

ledge- the internet is a notoriously difficult medium to transmit sarcasm correctly & i firmly believe u should take this into account in future.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 January 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link

well that's a good idea

Chelsea Rabbit Rapist (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 January 2010 20:47 (fourteen years ago) link

Sweet

CaptainLorax, Saturday, 9 January 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link

you guys crack me up.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Sunday, 10 January 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link

Cracking up.

lex submerge (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:34 (fourteen years ago) link

Like a worn-out shoe.

lex submerge (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 January 2010 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link

Lost cello case returned, inside, to pick up (7)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Monday, 11 January 2010 09:55 (fourteen years ago) link

collect

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Monday, 11 January 2010 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link

yo

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Monday, 11 January 2010 10:18 (fourteen years ago) link

Could they hold the basics together? (7)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Monday, 11 January 2010 10:22 (fourteen years ago) link

?

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link

-t----s

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link

staples

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link

easy when ya think about it :)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link

well i didn't want to say but yeah kinda.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link

Turn in around nine - fancy being bored! (5)

Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link

ennui

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link

ennui xp if it's not cheeky

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah

Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link

damn i was pleased with that too

Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link

cos y'know with a resonable connection i'd have been first there.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link

ok the timer's on...

Fancy queer is kinky with a going rate (9)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link

Feeling I spread around (7)

Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:47 (fourteen years ago) link

despair

everything ok hon?

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:49 (fourteen years ago) link

jeez seems like there's a lot going on in ledge's, and not enough to get hold of in noodle's.

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:51 (fourteen years ago) link

(i think noodle's probably using poetic licence, as 'happiness' is tough to parse)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 10:51 (fourteen years ago) link

i was working on a "dour grey wednesday at work" theme

Individualism, alcoholism, collectivism, activism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link

Ledge's is Frequency.

Astronaut's head lost during blast-off - time to take a break (5)

Parenthetic hound (woofwoofwoof), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link

lunch?

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link

Yes, yes it is.

Parenthetic hound (woofwoofwoof), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link

bless this lateral attack, possibly during a breakdown? (8)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link

(it's a little clumsy tbh)

Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah it's clumsy, fine then.

r------e

tired of my old display name (darraghmac), Monday, 18 January 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link

Can't get it yet, sorry.

Warhol-damaged actress (6)

the clones of tldr funkenstein (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 January 2010 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link

harlow

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Monday, 18 January 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link

it's a b-less broadside. i think i was tired, tbh.

david eli roth (darraghmac), Monday, 18 January 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link

that is so not a definition of crab dip

― ice cool HOOSicle (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 16:34 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This from someone who thinks "during a breakdown" is a good definition of "roadside"

OH SNAP

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link

anyway. this ones slightly unfair itself:

Two unknown terms translated in this problem (7)

CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link

jeez what a takedown.

ice cool HOOSicle (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 10:55 (fourteen years ago) link

i know, right

---t---

take me to your lemur (ledge), Thursday, 21 January 2010 09:32 (fourteen years ago) link


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