one of my fave films :)
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Nice one!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
there have been some nice unclued words lately - eidolon, mawkish, loup-garou, cantrip
untearable, tricksy (7 wotd, it's right there, look)
― koogs, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
Supreme happiness of topless dude pursuing proto hippy generation with sex appeal (9, wotd)
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
trademark ledge clue there...
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
you mean an awkwardly worded and obvious charade? ;)
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
lots of words chiselled into bits and reassembled.
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
they're the most fun to come up with imo, but i should branch out a bit.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
> lots of words chiselled into bits and reassembled.
like a 1-d mosaic
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
hexagonal bit causes conflict (4 wotd)
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
(not a word i knew tbh)
Dutch rave music, unusual at first, is confusing source of irritation. (7 wotd)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
oof. that's like you're double encrypting something. is a step too far.
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
ah, gabber. yeah indirect anagrams are a big no-no, shame as it's a really nice surface.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
(fyi it's just considered unfair to expect the solver to guess a synonym and then anagrammise it.)
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
From today's Guardian:
Ointment for a Frenchman round the bend? (7)
― Neil S, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
one of my favourite words.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
could've just put Gabber in the clue above tbh, made it a straightforward anagram.
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ yeah, I should've done it that way. Still learnin'.
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Practice makes perf... uh, better than the last one?
Edible stem, cob lie scattered (10, wotd)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Solid.
Araucaria today, had to look up three or four (obscure queens: zenocrate, hippolyta) and look up the explanations for another four or five (odyl = a hypothetical force, who knew?)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
I think this works. wotd
Ecosystem Wind Erosion: revealing, stirring speech. (4-6)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
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i swear the guardian setters do this all the time
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Nah man I do the grauniad every fucking day and if they pulled that shit i would fucking do one.
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
yeah you can turn 90 degrees once and once only imo
― threat of the author (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Not synonym exactly, but this one from The Nation is kinda in that ballpark:
Sort of where the partridge was at Christmas? That's clever! (8)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
i think if you can work them out (repartee, right?) and understand how you've worked them out then they're at least technically legit
― movember spawned a nobster (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. You guys are better at these than I am, and I guess there's only one obvious answer for this (peartree) vs. Dutch rave music, but I stared at this for a long time before I figured out it was a solve and then anagram clue.
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
tbh Dutch rave music only ever equalled Gabber to me when i read yr clue
― movember spawned a nobster (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
lols at today's words of the day...
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
maybe try to combine them somehow...
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
could you re-up the links for word of the day? i never know where i'm looking
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
this also useful:http://wordsmith.org/anagram/
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
ta
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
reveal breasts after attractive woman goes bottomless (wotd 7)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
er i mean (8)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
Confess hell rests on boobs (8)
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
grauniad is getting more and more risque btw:
Bird gets to lick syrup around man's rear (7)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Bird's vitals gets ILB all aflutter. (7 wotd)
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
mmmmmm
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ok ok, should've thought a bit longer.
Swift's contents gets ILB all aflutter
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
got it, nice! One for the US people this week...
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
I liked this one in today's Guardian:
Painter of some force? (9)
― Neil S, Monday, 26 November 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah we enjoyed that one.
― ledge, Monday, 26 November 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
I've actually nearly managed to finish today's, which I'm pretty pleased about, even if Rufus' puzzles tend to be easier than those set by say Araucaria.
― Neil S, Monday, 26 November 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
From one I just completed:
In a very short time, it may be this month. (7)
The answer is instant, because according to internet research "we received your letter of the 10th instant" was actually a thing that could be typed in a business letter in, oh, say 1865...
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
stuffy busy guys will still use "of the 1st inst." occassionally i believe
― Shane Breen is a gigantic tool (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
stuffy business guys i meant :p
it's a usage i suspect most Brits wdn't know either
― Shane Breen is a gigantic tool (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
There are also 'ultimo' and 'proximo!' Almost every example I can find seems antiquated as all hell. Might lawyers still use this, maybe? I learn something new every day.
“Besides the loss which he sustained on the night of the 23d ultimo, which is estimated at 400, he cannot have suffered less between that period and the morning of the 18th instant than 3000; having, within that time, been repulsed in two general attempts to drive us from our position, and there having been continual cannonading and skirmishing during the whole of it.”The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
― Naked webcam celebrity (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
I think ultimo or proximo might have the odd xword appearance over here, i remember my solving companions talking about them a little while back.
― ledge, Thursday, 29 November 2012 09:16 (eleven years ago) link