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somehow i knew it was elbow related...

koogs, Sunday, 19 February 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link

today's guardian is a tour de force, starts off v entertaining, ends v irritating when you have to cheat for all the words that you've never heard before.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25565

watercooler challenge (ledge), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link

and don't look at this link if you don't want spoilers or clues, but holy hell he's led a busy life.

watercooler challenge (ledge), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link

This is driving me crazy:

How one behaves in the evening (7)

A_E_G_S

I'm 99% sure the G is correct, which leaves only one solution I can see, and I still don't understand it.

Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link

sure about everything else?

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link

'evening' is a pun, answer is 'avenges' imo

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link

Ohhhhh, evening as in getting even? ffs......

Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link

don't shoot the messenger

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link

^ trying to work that into a clue

steep? that's where i'm off hiking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link

d, your screen name is proof you're WAY better at punning than I am!

Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link

heh, still?

Streep? That's where I'm a-striking! (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link

three weeks pass...

this is ridiculous, but anyway:

Pregnant with a girl after being smashed by a randy young stag - Spooner isn't bothered (5,3,1,5,4)

ledge, Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago) link

--t--,---,-,--c--,---

ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link

--t--,---,-,--c--,---- i mean

ledge, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link

?

Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link

really struggling with this one

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:02 (twelve years ago) link

decided against really struggling with this one tbh (sorry ledge)

less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 01:07 (twelve years ago) link

No no that's totally fair, I don't expect anyone else to share my enthusiasm for forced wretched spoonerisms.

--t-r --f a ---k- -a-k

See I'm more or less spelling it out, wheres the fun in that?

ledge, Sunday, 25 March 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link

Working too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack?

Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link

water off a duck's back but no idea why

less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link

Daughter/ water spoonerism. Don't get the rest though.

good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link

daughter off a buck's whack. buck=stag, whack=smash (as in ws).

i think we should all just put this sorry episode behind us and move on.

ledge, Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link

srsly

less of the same (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link

I was trying to work out some buck/fuck spoonerism but that's as far as I got

kinder, Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link

unmoving, curiously moved, moves uniformly (7)

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:18 (twelve years ago) link

noticeably stopped hitting (8)

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:22 (twelve years ago) link

because of a long lock, a strong hold? (8)

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:26 (twelve years ago) link

injure again for relief (7)

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago) link

might just make a crossword tbh

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link

because of a long lock, a strong hold? (8)

fortress

injure again for relief (7)

respite

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Monday, 26 March 2012 10:31 (twelve years ago) link

that's right pick up the soft ones first

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link

noticeably stopped hitting (8)
striking?

A BIG JOE JORDAN TYPE OF POSTER (onimo), Monday, 26 March 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link

ya

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 26 March 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link

unmoving, curiously moved, moves uniformly (7)

marches?

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 07:52 (twelve years ago) link

no but not bad

less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:00 (twelve years ago) link

that one might be a little dodgy tbn but sure we'll see

less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:01 (twelve years ago) link

can you explain what "stopped" is doing in the "striking" clue?

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:02 (twelve years ago) link

downed tools kinda thing

less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:14 (twelve years ago) link

ah right i get it

red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:18 (twelve years ago) link

tch tch

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 2 April 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link

Saw one in the Guardian Friday before last I wanted to share with you all but now I can't remember.

Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 April 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link

a_n__i_a

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 2 April 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link

fucked that up eh

less of the same (darraghmac), Monday, 2 April 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link

amnesia

explain?

kinder, Monday, 2 April 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link

Fuck knows

eh that wasn't the answer to the 'unmoving' clue! It was just a throwaway pun on the previous post.

Just sayin like

less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 12:35 (twelve years ago) link

give us some real letters then man

i remember when there was time for klax (ledge), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 12:57 (twelve years ago) link

fuckin phone does successive underscores as a filled line ffs

ends in ia

less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link

inertia. don't know why.

koogs, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago) link


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