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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

I meant a letter or summat (NB I suck at these)

Not the real Village People, Saturday, 13 November 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link

o i c.
**t***r**

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 November 2010 02:17 (thirteen years ago) link

That's 9 letters!

Not the real Village People, Sunday, 14 November 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link

its late...

Drop the last one!

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 November 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link

untoward?

Smiley panda mixed moniker (7,4) (onimo), Sunday, 14 November 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link

ya

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 November 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link

E.g. crash in skylab, my capsule recoils (6)

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 11:31 (thirteen years ago) link

cymbal

Smiley panda mixed moniker (7,4) (onimo), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 11:38 (thirteen years ago) link

bingoe

xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link

Bet God in verse? Pay it in crowns, perhaps. (9, 4)

Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Sunday, 28 November 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link

sovereign debt

e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Sunday, 28 November 2010 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Gahan's Mode rob backmasked sample from Osakan noise stalwarts (8)

e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Monday, 29 November 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link

tl;dr

koogs, Monday, 29 November 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link

boredoms

thomp, Monday, 29 November 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link

oh wait

thomp, Monday, 29 November 2010 15:48 (thirteen years ago) link

you are right

?

e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Monday, 29 November 2010 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link

pretty easy imo but it just came to me and can't be bothered to work on it further.

cease and recommence unholy painting style (2-3)

e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link

Op-Art

absinthe of malithe (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link

e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link


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