The official bored-at-work cryptic crossword pass it on thread.

epicarp

Good lord. Would have needed Chambers in hand + many filled-in letters for that.

had the letters for the anagram but never heard of the word

i had it for a bit and miscounted the letters. something to do with fruit iirc

Man, you guys are good! New word for me. At any rate, using "mache" as "chewed up" as anagram indicator was neat.

yeah i mightn't've picked up on that so quick if we hadn't already been discussing anagram indicators

i had 'rich' down as the anagram identifier in that christian dior clue... which didn't help.

Or couldn't "radio broadcast" even conceivably be construed as as a homophone indicator, too (like "on the radio?")

it's a strange conventional thing, because "broadcast" so often signifies anagram it's unlikely to be used in another sense i think.

unless it's the actual clue itself

Yeah, I'm pretty new to these things, so I often figure out the word by process of elimination and then backtrack and go "broadcast = anagram?!?!"

Like the "papier-mache" one upthread; I just guessed it was an anagram and then went "WHY? Ohhhhhhh........"

i feel like you acquire a feeling for words that could signify anagrams, but maybe you just learn all the major examples over time

Probably dead easy, but I liked it, from today's Guardian:

Adorable old mongrel (11)

bump- anyone?

hint - Graham Norton. It is a lovely clue.

got nothing

and the hint ain't helping

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/graham_norton430x300.jpg

http://labradoodle-dogs.net/wp-content/uploads/labradoodle1-300x213.jpg

this is only telling me just how fucked my head is at the moment tbh

http://int.ch.liv.ac.uk/Lanthanide/Group_folder/Graphics/LAB.gif
http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/images/egyptian-god-ra.gif
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/header2.jpg

lol

http://www.dur.ac.uk/geochem.www/group/pictures/labpictures/New%20lab%20pictures/Ultra%20clean%20lab%20copy.gif

ah the fist image didn;t show up for me at first!

labradoodle

anagram of adorable old

OTM, a really elegant clue! NV will be kicking himself...

i did look at the anagram but i got hung up on "blood" as part of it.

'labradoodle' is never a legit answer in a serious crossword imo

I don't get how Graham Norton is a clue? Does he own one? Do people generally know this?

he does, idk if it's common knowledge. i've just seen him with it on the street near where i work a bunch of times.

can a ledge be against autodefenstrationism? Surely it's more a matter for the latch, the frames, the panes etc

'labradoodle' is never a legit answer in a serious crossword imo

why not, it's a thing

lacks appropriate gravity imo

whole reams of smutty and slangy clues would be out of bounds by that logic.

Doesn't seem to be in Chambers which I thought it had to be

In The Times, maybe, they have strict rules like no names of living people. Guardian is a lot more slack. And smutty.

it's a legit answer i think

Candidate for a Daily Mail clue:

Intelligence with sex appeal is what makes this country great (7)

oevgnva?

without visiting rot13.com it think it's safe to say yeah.

(just use vim and ??)

I liked this one in today's Guardian:

Strategy to get Penny into Javanese orchestra (4,4)

I got the answer then had to Google to work out the clue.

it's a good one!

Prefer Balinese gamelan meself.

Preserve from harm and interminable suffering with a narcotic (9)

---m-l---

Can't do it yet.

Was there a recent grauniad about Ealing Comedies or was somebody pulling my leg?

That is a lady who had a song about her, I do believe. If we are trying to be all non-spoilery now and whatnot.

I liked the Javanese one, if the Wire magazine ever does a crossword they should call that guy up

Marmalade. Thanks for hint