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I'm the crossword police.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm with Chris - I reckon one of the real strengths of cryptics is that when you get it, you *know* you can fill it in because there's only one word that could be right (mostly because you've gotten the same answer twice). It's no good doing all the fancy stuff and still having to guess at a normal clue and worry about same-lettered synonyms!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Useless gasps. (5)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Nobody bored yet this week then?

Um, pants?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I will doubtless continue to be bored all this week. Only here today for another hour though.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Well, I don't think 'pants' can be right but here's a new clue anyway:

Couple to hire band (8)

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Hmm. It's not a musical band is it?

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link

No, think other sense of band.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Ring, hoop... today I am stupid.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Bracelet!

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh Gooooooodddd...

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Yup! It took me ages too (and I needed the l and t filled in first, doh).

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Get a seat on a plane with diddley? You can! (4)

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Book?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Yup. I just made that clue up, so I'm glad you were able to get it.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Here's an easy one from today's Independent: Get off vehicle on fire (6)

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link

alight

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link

alight

xpost

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link

You're on, Huk.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Pay no more attention when apathetic (8)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Couple to hire band (8)

ha, that was out of theguardian today, and I didn't get it at all. D'oh! (and thanks)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

(It was pants. I didn't think it would take so long for people to get, though.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:18 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought I'd said "pants" before I went off to get my tea that night, but apparently I didn't. Oh well.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm stumped on Huk's.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link

And we were counting on you, Chris.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

And we were counting on you, Chris.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Counting up to 2, even.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Is it listless? Only that's not a usage of 'list' I'm familiar with.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 09:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh no that's rubbish, forget I spoke...

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Wait a minute is it careless?

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Or mindless... I'll shutup now.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Somethingless anyway!

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I think we should have a new clue until Huk can give us a hint.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:40 (eighteen years ago) link

LISTLESS IT IS!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Explain the list bit?

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Pay no more attention = keep no more lists!

I'm sorry, I stole it from yesterday's Nat'l Post.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link

HMMMMM...

New clue then, this was in the Times today and it tickled my fancy:
Setting for end of term production (9,4)

I can supply the letters we had in it before we got it...

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh dear, letters please! I'm thinking it doesn't mean school term?

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link

M-------Y ----

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link

okay, I was offtrack.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Maternity Ward?

― Sam (chirombo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Bingo!

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Maternity Ward?

(Xpost)

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooh I like it.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link

One from Private Eye (the only one I can do this week):

Taken by piss-artist to be how to position two entries in a sudoku grid? (3,4,3,5)

― Sam (chirombo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link

One over the eight!

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Curses, I've been staring at that for half an hour!

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Ok this one should be easy:
Dairy product made by EEC she-goat etc curdled (7,6)

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link

cottage cheese

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link

(But I still don't get the sudoku one)

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link

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