with a random letter at the end, like
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
most of all you're letting yourself down
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
conservatives
― portrait of velleity (woof), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
without the s
the second s
ayup
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
dealing with hounding press reporter, feel it was allowable in circumstances tbh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what was the baker one?
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
a bun dance
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
*groan, etc*
yeah i know but it's a crosaire standard and i thought it'd give ye a laugh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
like it!
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe i'll do a bit of a trawl later and have a few like it to hand for again
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah man we could always do with more activity here, don't mind if its cribbed from other sources.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
grand i dont do them every day but next time a few clues catch my eye i'll post em.
that said would welcome another batch of the ones Gravel Puzzleworth (?) posted before they were kinda hardcore
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
(bit iffy, this one)
Stolen small bed again (7)
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
cribbed
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
y
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm could try to work in 'double bed' tbh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
staying the french with cockney possession (7)
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry,
not staying the french with cockney possession(7)
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
leaving
― When Redd Turns To Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
pfft
took longer to come up with the fecking thing
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Paul being annoying in today's guardian:
soldier, daft don (8)
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
^ friend got that, I was all GRRRRR but :) but GRRRRR
― ledge, Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, swore/laughed when I got it. Paul can be a real dick. My favourite setter.
1ac/d also great, but needs checked letters, and too long to enter on phone.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
what's the solution to soldier, daft don?
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I think that's kind of evil and breaking the unwritten rules
rot13 - pbzznaqb
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
ha
― koogs, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i groaned audibly
― Not the real Village People, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
This was in the grauniad yesterday. Two possible solutions - the proper one is a bit meh but my colleague came up with a better alternative, perhaps more suitable for Private Eye.
Do bird (4)
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Shag
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
^ a bird with a bit of a hairdo
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
the other one fwiw is (in rot13) ebbx.
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
l∞l (8,4)
Corny but it came to me and i liked it so there
― l∞l (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Absolute zero
― my strange quest for maynesonge (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Infinite jest
^
― l∞l (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Araucaria worthy imo
― ledge, Saturday, 16 October 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Duh I only just got that one. Brilliant. (I was thinking the l l bit was the modulus, ffs me)
― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 16 October 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
ha i'm glad it was at least better than james redd's unseemly speedy solving of it
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 October 2010 11:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Truth be told I still don't get what the l l bit means.
― THE BOSS aka the steenspringer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 October 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
should have a !
― my sex drew back into itself tight and dry (abanana), Sunday, 17 October 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
they stand for 'laugh' and 'loud' iirc, sorry it's no cleverer than that
― cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 17 October 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha oh dear, I needed the explanation there as well. Good one. (Same grid should obv have both |∞| (8,4) and |0| (8,4), ie james redd's first suggestion, for extra confusion.)
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Headless gnat and midge, in essence (6)
― Gumby vs. Bridezilla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 October 2010 12:34 (thirteen years ago) link
... nature
― thomp, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Get better around midge (4)
― Gumby vs. Bridezilla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 October 2010 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
cure
― koogs, Friday, 29 October 2010 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Male midge, smelly (6)
― Neil S, Friday, 29 October 2010 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
manure
― a fucking abortion (onimo), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link