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)
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Op-Art
cease - stoprecommence - startunholy - 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
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
Lime. Or Emil. But lime makes more sense i think.
― nanoflymo (ledge), Thursday, 27 January 2011 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Good Japanese artist, bad Irish singer (4)
― Roger "Destroyer" Kaputtnik (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 February 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
bono
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
from the observer
How movie ends is unimaginative (5)
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
damnit that was one of the three i couldn't get, after doing the rest in 15 mins.
― ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i have 4 left. most of which look like grep -i "^.s.r.n....$" /usr/share/dict/words would get them
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
(make that 3 - carafe)
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
(make that 2 - defect)
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
(taverna)
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
any letters for the one you're stuck with?
― ailsa, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, half of them.s.r.n.e.tbut all i can see is 'usernet'
Bitter line written in a hospital department (10)
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
done (and without dictinary aid)
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
huh, shoulda got that.
― ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
astringent
― ailsa, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually meant for this one though?
at the time of asking it was
i . . . .
but was later
i . a . e
― koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh boo for the pun
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
idgi
― ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
in an e
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
uh
― ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
last one on sunday's everyman. fell to a dictionary attack... wasn't something i'd heard before.
Is coming back low, male in wind (6)
― koogs, Friday, 4 March 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i guessed, i googled, i was right.
there's a lot of winds out there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Winds
― ledge, Friday, 4 March 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's quite basic and obvious if you know a lot about winds. Which I don't.
― ailsa, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
but i do like those clues where you figure out how it works, and come up with a made-up word that turns out to be right.
― ledge, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
not seen 'low' used like that before
― koogs, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
that's how my dad used to play scrabble
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
whats the answer btw? Hven't had the time to either puzzle it out nor go through wiki list
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
simoom.
low = moo is definitely an old standard. hoary, even.
― ledge, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
would not have puzzled tbh
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Do they not have Away In A Manger in koogsy Christmasworld? "The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes..."
― ailsa, Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:40 (thirteen years ago) link
in a crossword clue, perhaps
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 March 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Low man in Nordic troll (6)
― on... imo (onimo), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 09:58 (thirteen years ago) link
is is 'hattifattener'? 8)
― koogs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
moomin?
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 10:30 (thirteen years ago) link
yes - I know these are easy but I like remixing clues just to keep my hand in
American uncle out back Nordic troll (6)
― on... imo (onimo), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont understand
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
some please explain it to me?
I am wearing only my underpants, also.
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― on... imo (onimo), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
This is not this (9)
― the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
white collar retirement? (4,6)
― the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
second one's "holy orders"?
― a SB-in' artist that been in the game for a minute (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link