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yep, well done! took me a while but I was really happy when I got it...

good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 13:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

Just got there myself and made a little noise halfway between a groan and a snort of laughter out loud in the office. Which was awkward.

Not got koogs' yet, though...

instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 13:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

what's the answer then koogs?

good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 26 April 2012 12:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

theft

which i only got as i had letters 1, 3 and 5. 'job' being newspaper headline speak for a big robbery, but that seemed unsatisfactory, like it was missing something. took 10 minutes to realise that it's also 'the FT'.

koogs, Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah nice one!

good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

from the latest games magazine

500 = 100 = 0 (4)

the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

got it. won't spoil it.

Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

also, like it.

Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

very neat

underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

took me a minute as I mistook 500 for 50

we are not bemused (onimo), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

50 + 1 + 100 + 1000 = total (4)

Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

One in crows nest reportedly is egomaniac (5-5)

Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

---K

--V--/-A---

Touché Gödel (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

LICK

Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

what was
500 = 100 = 0 (4) ?

kinder, Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

DISC

Touché Gödel (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Yep

Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

the sum of 50, 1, 100 and 1000 would be MCLI though. you mean the concatenation...

koogs, Thursday, 3 May 2012 11:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

+ is a concatenation operator...

Touché Gödel (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

D IS C "is"

Oh but ledge set another, which onimo solved. Carry on, Cluru.

Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Irrationally revere courses containing seed of giant sequoias, e.g. (9,5)

I figured out the answer, but I'm still not sure how the clue works.

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 13:59 (10 months ago) Permalink

anagram ('irrationally') of 'revere' with first letter (seed) of giant in it, followed by 'entrees' (= courses).

woof, Monday, 16 July 2012 14:06 (10 months ago) Permalink

ahhh, I was doubly screwed: never got entrees, so I was working on another way to get 'courses' via greens (like golf courses) and I have never seen 'seed' to mean first letter. Is that common?

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:10 (10 months ago) Permalink

Get greens via courses, but anyway...

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:11 (10 months ago) Permalink

never seen 'seed' iirc, pretty sure i would grumble if i came across it in the wild.

ledge, Monday, 16 July 2012 14:11 (10 months ago) Permalink

yeah i don't like it

Tartar Mouantcheoux (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:13 (10 months ago) Permalink

tho it's kinda obvious what it's doing and since you're likely to arrive at the answer before you break down the clue i guess it's okay

didn't know sequouias were evergreen i must admit

Tartar Mouantcheoux (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:14 (10 months ago) Permalink

don't think I've seen it before, it does a bit feel off.

woof, Monday, 16 July 2012 14:15 (10 months ago) Permalink

I think it *would* have been obvious if I had gotten 'entrees,' but my mind never went there.

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:15 (10 months ago) Permalink

Depicts, ultimately, under false pretenses. (10)

The way 'ultimately' works in this doesn't work for me, but I defer to the experts.

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:21 (10 months ago) Permalink

Pretty easy, but fun I thought, from today's Guardian:

Off limits, like an exhausted kangaroo? (3,2,6)

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:24 (9 months ago) Permalink

Ha

Sig Sig Ruman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:58 (9 months ago) Permalink

Assassin of sci-fi mob of Iowa (6)

Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 July 2012 03:39 (9 months ago) Permalink

btw mine was 'represents.' But anagramming pretenses it requires an extra 'r' -- so they're getting that from "ultimately under?" (Last letter of under?)

The way the clue reads seems like it should be the last letter of depicts (s) under anagrammed 'pretenses', but that doesn't work. Completely wonky, or just me?

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:18 (9 months ago) Permalink

wonky, but fair I reckon. I think the confusion is by design, so that's irritating. Don't like it tbh - don't really like that kind of word (lots of super-common letters, boring sequence), clue feels abstract, weightless.

(obvs just bitter because I didn't get it)

woof, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:52 (9 months ago) Permalink

Actually, the theme of this puzzle was E; every word used only that vowel. Once I caught on, it made the puzzle much easier, but LOTS of super common letters.

David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:59 (9 months ago) Permalink

Assassin of sci-fi mob of Iowa (6)

letters?

ledge, Sunday, 29 July 2012 09:18 (9 months ago) Permalink

-o----

Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:02 (9 months ago) Permalink

trying to think of a sci-fi assassin ending in 'ia'...

ledge, Monday, 30 July 2012 08:46 (9 months ago) Permalink

or not.

borgia.

ledge, Monday, 30 July 2012 08:46 (9 months ago) Permalink

ha! got hung up on the sci-fi mob being "nova" which was probably overthinking it

Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 July 2012 16:29 (9 months ago) Permalink

from today's Guardian:

Pubs' motto, possibly? (7,2)

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:10 (9 months ago) Permalink

nice

koogs, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:20 (9 months ago) Permalink

a good thing about cryptic crossword clues is that they don't have to be difficult to be satisfying to solve.

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:30 (9 months ago) Permalink

no, that's just pleasurably concise

Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 16:54 (9 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Baffled here:

Philosopher's telephone assistant, keeping money, rejected no taxis? (3,7,5)

S_R_R_N_I_B_C_N

Got the answer easily enough, but I have no idea what's going on with the most of the cluing.

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:14 (8 months ago) Permalink

i think it's this:

Philospher's (Sir Francis Bacon) telephone assistant keeping money SIR(FRANC)I rejected no taxis = NOCABS backwards

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (8 months ago) Permalink

if telephone assistant really refers to a fucking android app then fuck this clue imo

just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (8 months ago) Permalink

And if I can't even tell what it really refers to, then ditto.

Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:31 (8 months ago) Permalink


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