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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

A movement that starts before midnight and ends shortly after (4,4,9,3)

e.g. delete via naivete (ledge), Monday, 6 December 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link

SNAFU: A movement that starts before midnight and ends shortly after (4,4,9,3)

e.g. delete via naivete (ledge), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link

----/s---/---------/-a-

e.g. delete via naivete (ledge), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link

SSDD...

koogs, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link

cryptic answers to cryptic questions? correct, probably.

e.g. delete via naivete (ledge), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link

ooh, I get it now. Good clue :-)

ailsa, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link

i'm trying to learn how cryptic xwds work

cease and recommence unholy painting style (2-3)

...

Op-Art

cease - stop
recommence - start
unholy - remove "St." (from both?)
painting style - the confirmation of the clue

sort of?

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link

yep, good clue

Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 15:59 (thirteen years ago) link

kind of time that gravel puzzleworth made with some more of his supercryptics, i'd say

Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Metal point? Metal point. (4)

nanoflymo (ledge), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link

Tine.

V. good

Cars and Freedom (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link

German man turns green (4)

A Man Needs A Meme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link


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