Ottoman!
― Neil S, Monday, 18 July 2011 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
From Sunday's Everyman:
Special peers, triumvirate reforming economic policy (11)
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
Perestroika, nice
― don't be so dayo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of possible avenues of enquiry with the way the clue is set, but the solution makes perfect sense. Very satisfying!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
SPOILERS!
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry koogs, I was unusually (by my standards) quick to answer your clue...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
(i meant 'perestroika'. i had the ....s.r.i.a but...)
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
aha sorry!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
so, how is your knowledge of oil terminals? i think i prefer the cricket clues...
Volume so staggering around large oil terminal (6,3)
obvious anagram, but the answer's a proper noun meaning that it could be anything.
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
and as for 26 across...
O? (4,6)
(please, no spoilers)
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:14 (twelve years ago) link
I had trouble with the oil terminal clue too, the answer is this though (link disguised to avoid spoilers!) http://bit.ly/opPoJ8
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
Annoyingly it's not a direct anagram either...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
ha, hadn't spotted that. i just wiki'd up a list of oil terminals and picked the obvious one.
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
what letters do you have for the "O" clue? I've had an idea...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
two more than i had this morning, but it's still in the wilderness there in the bottom right.
. o . e / . e . . . .
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ah. I get it. http://bit.ly/3ufq3S
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
love letter
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
beaten to the punch
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
spoiler alert!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:21 (twelve years ago) link
Uh isn't this the thread for answering crossword clues? Seems a bit pointless to not answer them.
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
koogs specifically said no spoilers above...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
ah ok, sorry koogs
(though why post? just sharing the pain?)
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
no spoilers is a bit against the spirit of this thread, but I assumed it was something to do with Everyman being a prize crossword.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
now we know the answer, why "love letter"? "letter" I can see, obv...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
love (tennis) = 0 = O.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
aha of course!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:31 (twelve years ago) link
'no spoilers' is a bit of an ask when posting a clue itt tbf
― CH3C(O)N(CH3)2 (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
> but I assumed it was something to do with Everyman being a prize crossword.
not really. i like to do these myself* it's just that it usually takes me til thursday before i give up on it.
* actually, not true. will happpily do them in the pub on a sunday. but that's real people, not internet mentalists (no offence!)
> no spoilers is a bit against the spirit of this thread,
i posted it because it was unusual.
not sure i like the answer though. 0 is not a letter and O is not 0.
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
is there another thread?
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
for unusual crossword clues you don't want solved?
I agree, but then I don't have a problem with it being reversed and "love" signifying "O" (think that was mentioned upthread somewhere).
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
I liked this one from today's Guardian:
Language sounding like a vegetable when drunk (7)
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
(s(w(e(d)i)s)h)
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
nope
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
but close
SPOILER DO NOT CLICK ???
― a million anons (onimo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
yes well done!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
Shouldn't (mightn't?) this clue Language sounding like a vegetable when drunk (7) have a ? at the end to signify its groan-inducing punniness?
― An influential prophet from Denton, Texas (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
i don't get the real answer (mine was better!)
― koogs, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
(hint) Shay, buddy, can you shpare a quarter for a drink?
― An influential prophet from Denton, Texas (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
koogs, I had same problem - answer is not title of linked article, but in second sentence.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Work in church and you may wear it (4)
I think I have the answer, but can't work out part of the logic- can anyone help?
― Neil S, Monday, 1 August 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
work = op (opus), church = ce (church of england). Not quite sure what it is that you would be wearing though...
― ledge, Monday, 1 August 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
I thought the solution was "cape", though the above fits. is "ap" an SI unit of some sort?
― Neil S, Monday, 1 August 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
where is KBP when we need him?
― Neil S, Monday, 1 August 2011 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
to "wear it" is to cope, perhaps?
that was my best guess.
― ledge, Monday, 1 August 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
i knew this, honestly, but i've just looked it up to be certain:
cope2 noun a long sleeveless cape worn by clergy on ceremonial occasions. verb (coped, coping) to dress in a cope.ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Latin capa.
― i'm sorry for whatever (Noodle Vague), Monday, 1 August 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
I was pretty ennhhhh about "to wear it is to cope" but that's good.
― Sugar-coated Satan Sandwich (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 August 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
I think that's the same meaning that's used for cope-stone as well - to cover.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 08:17 (twelve years ago) link