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

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

correctamundo

there is a new crossword compiler in the irish times

he is shit

Help! The clue was: Shrub or rub (5)

Answer was Wahoo. I understand the shrub reference, but what's the rub?

s'thing to do with burro???

idg the shrub reference, wikipedia tells me it's a fish.