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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

yes!

Neil S, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link

Certain southern midge (4)

a fucking abortion (onimo), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link

sure.

100% soft midge (4)

Gumby vs. Bridezilla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link

pure

Wee Midge has one name (5)

portrait of velleity (woof), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link

(l∞l brilliant btw dmac)

portrait of velleity (woof), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link

for job security, midge sung last note of scale first - wrong note!

thomp, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link

oh wait that doesn't actually work, nevermind

thomp, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link

been sitting here for a while wondering what this obscure entomological term for midges is.

(i get it now)

all the love sent up high to pledge won't reach the (ledge), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link

FUN! begs midge (8)

portrait of velleity (woof), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link

Pleasure.

Midge not all that around red canal (7)

Gumby vs. Bridezilla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Urethra

Guiding lights caught nosy, muddled midges (9)

portrait of velleity (woof), Friday, 29 October 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link

Synosures.

Too busy at work, someone else do one.

Pork Pius V (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh balls - spelling. ignore me, I'm off to get drunk.

Pork Pius V (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link

A deep sky blue, pure, he who proclaims "if I was a painter" reflects within (8)

all the love sent up high to pledge won't reach the (ledge), Friday, 29 October 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link

(trying too hard, methinks)

all the love sent up high to pledge won't reach the (ledge), Friday, 29 October 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link

i guess so. was drunk, sorry.

c------- fwiw

all the love sent up high to pledge won't reach the (ledge), Sunday, 31 October 2010 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link

cerulean?

Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 October 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah I'm right, that works

Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 October 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link

yup.

all the love sent up high to pledge won't reach the (ledge), Sunday, 31 October 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Pretend attitude (7)

Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 October 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Actress's costume adds nothing (5)

Uncharted: Nick Drake's Fortune (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 31 October 2010 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link

Pretend attitude (7)

posture?

a fucking abortion (onimo), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link

Posture is correct

Owner of a Homely Face (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 07:55 (thirteen years ago) link

And "Garbo" for the other?

what is he like? the guy's a juggalo, man (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 09:28 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah well done

Owner of a Homely Face (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link

Rubbish costume adds years (7)

a fucking abortion (onimo), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link

garbage

ailsa, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link

hey at least I tried!

(correct)

a fucking abortion (onimo), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link

Captain Fantastic, informally, originally, age-addled and turning to Jamaican music (6)

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link

kinda ugh-ly clue imo

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link

reggae. not that i understand the first part but Jamaican Music (6) narrows it down quite a bit...

koogs, Monday, 8 November 2010 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah, what can y'do <shrugs>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Fantastic_and_the_Brown_Dirt_Cowboy

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link

insect in favour of root vegetables - sticking his nose out? (11)

thomp, Monday, 8 November 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link

protuberant

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link

y

thomp, Monday, 8 November 2010 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link

in favour of=pro
tuber=root veg
insect=ant

Pork Pius V (GamalielRatsey), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link

i think he knows that...

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link

heh

thomp, Monday, 8 November 2010 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Not approaching, not fitting. (8)

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link

guh. obviously. xpost (just dealing with a remarkably recalcitrant trainee and brought my patronising hand-guiding to ilx. Apologies.)

Pork Pius V (GamalielRatsey), Monday, 8 November 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link

xp

detached?

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link

n

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link

anyone else feel guilty when someone guesses wrong?

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link

nah i just think "idiots"

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link

phew, i mean i dint wanna say but...

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 12:39 (thirteen years ago) link

5 days, like

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link

clue?

Not the real Village People, Saturday, 13 November 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link

Not approaching, not fitting. (8)

or d'you need more?

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Saturday, 13 November 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link


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