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Right.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 23 December 2005 11:11 (eighteen years ago) link

(I feel a bit daft calling everyone by screennames on a thread like this - should we do some introducing while we're waiting for Ndawny to mean savage? I'm Greg)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 23 December 2005 11:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi dere I'm Ole!

Mocking God's mother and ourselves (5)

(if it proves too hard, substitute FPBGGVFUNEGVFG for ZBPXVATTBQ (encoded in ROT13)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Momus!

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Indeed! Did you get it without applying the hint? (It does involve some semi-obscure mythology...)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link

The original pass-it-on rules seem to be ignored; fine by me.

Request the first of the fold (5)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link

(BTW that was *not* directed towards ailsa for not immediately coming up with another clue)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Sorry, I am rubbish at making up clues, have none to hand and had buggered off to the shops to collect my turkey. No offence taken :)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link

pleat

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 23 December 2005 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Pigged out in NYC (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Hint: it has the same answer as the other one you haven't solved.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Gotham.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't see how "blood" works in "new blood", which is what I otherwise thought that clue was.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link

The "to provide experience" is a clue for "to blood" - football managers often talk of blooding young players into a team, as in giving them a game to get them more experienced (is that the bit you didn't get?).

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link

This one is too easy:

Santa saw "Heck on drugs!" in part of Canada. (11)

(xpost, oh, I've never heard that term.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link

The "to provide experience" is a clue for "to blood"

Correct in essence, though the equation "provide experience to" = "blood" was the precise intention. Transitive verb and all that.

Redd H's "pleat" is right, as if s/he or anyone else needed telling.

This one is not mine; I proposed the answer @ web somewhere and person came up with a stroke of at least near genius going something like

Starting in one country, Roman spouse replaces myself, changes, and ends up in a neighbouring country (10)

Argh now I feel I cannot do any justice bcz cannot remember properly...

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 24 December 2005 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link

(It's a bit unfair due to my misremembering; please do not let it hold up flow of thread bcz I = drunqX0r)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 24 December 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link

It sounds perhaps clever but I can't get a toe in.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Azerbadjian?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 02:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Saskatchewan!

― reclusive hero (reclusive hero), Saturday, 24 December 2005 04:15 (eighteen years ago) link

But of course. Your turn!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link

(The near-impossible country one was yhkrzobhet (rot13) by the way.

Orytvhz -> "V" ercynprq ol "hkbe" ("jvsr" va Yngva) -> orythkbehz -> punatrq -> yhkrzobhet)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 24 December 2005 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Yowza.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 11:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Mixed-up muppet sauce (4)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link

I think, in a crossword, that would be gettable, in that you would have some letters and you'd get the answer and then slowly work out exactly where it came from with regard to the clue. But as a standalone, yikes, it's nasty!

(xpost - mole?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link

(Yup)

I almost wish I hadn't read/decoded the clue, as I think it is almost gettable in that the two countries ARE usually mentioned in the same breath.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link

by the clue I meant the hint

State nothing country (6)

French peak chills famous lover's family (8)

Superman's booty? (4-2-5)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 15:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Estimate sounds like somebody telling you a sob story (7)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Superman's booty? (4-2-5)

Buns of steel?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 24 December 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

French peak chills famous lover's family

Montague

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes and yes!

It's smelly around labor leader's stooge (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link

In translation, German song sounds like it's about Louisiana musician (4-4)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

And:

The sound of top German songs (6)

Hillbilly leader and first knight (4)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

(4-4) means it's hyphenated, (4, 4) means separate words.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Lieder.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

State nothing country (6)

State no country without me. (6)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link

OK, then (4,4)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Narnia?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link

No.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Dang! I was thinking N+Ar(me)nia

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 24 December 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Hm. OK, I'll allow it, but it wasn't what I was thinking of.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 December 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Oregon

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Sunday, 25 December 2005 09:02 (eighteen years ago) link

No trains for Christmas? (4)

Trap drum (5)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Sunday, 25 December 2005 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link

That's the one.

Noel. Snare.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 25 December 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Nobody here but us chickens, Chris.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Sunday, 25 December 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Someone has to leave a light on.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 25 December 2005 22:25 (eighteen years ago) link

I wanted you "state nothing country" to be "Borneo" but I don't think it is.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 25 December 2005 22:32 (eighteen years ago) link

No, but there does seem to be a good clue to be made there.

Royal drink: bottom's up! (5)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Sunday, 25 December 2005 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link

You calling me a muppet, Redd?

(kidding)

― OleM aka The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 25 December 2005 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Regal! Good one.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 25 December 2005 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

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