that's all-time
― Neil S, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
this was in the grauniad the other day, there are (at least) two answers that work perfectly, we put the wrong one in.
Stick that's split (6)
― ledge, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:38 (eleven years ago) link
that one fucked up our solving process for the longest time because the answer was so obviously BRANCH except it wasn't >:(
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:39 (eleven years ago) link
cleave?
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
wd be my first thought because it's one of those words with oppositional meanings
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it was extra-annoying when we realised because cleave is one of my all-time fav words for that exact reason
― lex pretend, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's an old chestnut, but obv when we thought 'branch' we didn't think on it any further.
so which meaning does 'cleavage' come from?
― ledge, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
"split", obv
― tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's an old chestnut, but obv when we thought 'branch' we didn't think on it any further
but if you're stuck on the connecting words b/c you can't make the letters fit then you should always revisit the one you think you've got right.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:47 (eleven years ago) link
A few I've come up with that probably break some setters' rules or other but they make sense to me:
masturbate, half-mad for goddess (6)no more cold (6)lower ground for one such as Merkel (9)
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Thursday, 28 February 2013 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
need help
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:07 (eleven years ago) link
in the meantime
Hear cry of admonishment after paedo Jimmy exposes sausage (7)
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:24 (eleven years ago) link
A+
I don't really know how to help! I'll put up the answers in a bit.
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:44 (eleven years ago) link
just give us some letters
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:49 (eleven years ago) link
"i'll have a P please bob"
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah, haha. It's early. Here goes:1. _ RI _ _ _2. _ U _ _ _ _3. _ A _ _ _ _ _ E _
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
the first one's Frigga i guess. had it when you posted it but not sure why
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:45 (eleven years ago) link
obv i get the "frig" part
"GA" half of GAGA?
― jlgt, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
Exactly.
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Is the third one "Hamburger" (ground-up cow, i.e. something that lows)?
― jlgt, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
oh man that is evil!
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
vg
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, was completely thinking Una Merkel!
BTW, I encountered this recently:
Use and reuse pieces of souvenir, eating deer perhaps? (14) Although I eventually solved what appeared to be a made-up word, this was my first experience with a "letter-bank" clue. More below:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/172926/going-bank#
― It's All Posable Colaboration (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
"hamburger" is tremendous, kudos.
i do not think i like the letter-bank, but i am wildly conservative so
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
Take it to the politics thread sonny
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
> Use and reuse pieces of souvenir, eating deer perhaps? (14)
venison... and a bit more?
― koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Yep. It was the bit more that threw me for the longest time as I tried to have venison eat, or surround, another word, which wasn't right. Answer is in that Nation hyperlink.
― It's All Posable Colaboration (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Woah. Never seen a letter-bank clue before ot a fan on the whole but this is brilliant: Snatch, using every element as needed in whatever way possible (5-2-5-3)
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
*and not
remaining clue of mine:
_ U _ _ E _
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
Summer?
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
_ UM _ E _
can I apologise in advance for this one btw
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
Number!
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
yuss
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
Not bad imo
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
idgi - I know number is anaesthetic...
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
no = #
more cold = more numb
sorry
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
got that "Snatch" clue btw but i'll leave it for a bit if you want.
now i see how they can work i can live with them but there's something about the inexactitude that niggles
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Ok. I would whinge that you need the dot in no. for it to work but will let you off 'cause hamburger.
Ah how about: More cold? No.
Xp
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Letter banks seem less intuitive/natural than other clues but this could be bullshit. I like the idea though.
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Dont mind either those guys imo clue was fine
― i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
lol I knew I would be breaking at least one rule! Will go with ledge's rewrite. Here's one: I kept trying to come up with a clever spoonerism-type clue for the dish "leek gratin". Sth about a dish containing tongues? but I couldn't make it work. Any ideas?bitl
my friend sent me this once & I take no responsibility whatsoever:
septic cunt (5)
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
lol yuk yuk lol yuk
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
Wouldn't be surpised to see that in Private Eye. Maybe in the Guardian in a decade or two. And the Times when hell freezes over.
Vegetarian dish? It contains tongues according to Spooner. Legions of xword fans complaining that's not how you pronounce gratin (or latin).
― ledge, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 09:11 (eleven years ago) link
answer please for the slow-witted amongst us
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 09:38 (eleven years ago) link
which one?
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 09:53 (eleven years ago) link
septic feline cunt.
septic feline or chicken cunt.
― ledge, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 09:53 (eleven years ago) link
nope, still don't get it
― Neil S, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
if a wound is infected it may produce an unpleasant yellow fluid
― a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 09:55 (eleven years ago) link