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Randy Andy gets fifty bob (5)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link

Dylan

ailsa, Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link

Wave wavy cones around me (6)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link

Cosine

Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link

Buddhist chant about the beginning of time gets seal of approval (1,1,1)

turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link

Single key cut a lens (7)

Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link

xpost ledge otm

Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Single key cut a lens (7)
cadence?

CaptainLorax, Monday, 6 April 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Beer getting extra strong Italian brewed tea and gin (9)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link

Reclue:
Beer getting extra strongly brewed tea and gin (9)

Flash emperor and country bass player (6)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link

Letters later today.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link

Mingus!

No idea about the beer though.

Was Lorax's "single key..." answer right? I don't get it either way, so some letters or an explanation would be much appreciated.

a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link

-e-------

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link

-e------r

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link

Beefeater?

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link

:)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link

teabagger..... :(

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link

Sorry, no Lorax was wrong about single key. Here is a letter.

-o-----

Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link

stab in the dark, concave?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link

cuticle

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link

no and no but maybe darragh was on the right lines?

Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link

monocle

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link

i see

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link

^^^ winner

Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Be off and stare if you want to search (6)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link

Strong but aged, even if one bends (6)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link

ok that's covered what i can from my desk!

(not a clue)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Is the last one folder?

Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link

ya

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link

as first efforts, they may be a little unwieldy. letters?

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link

google!

anatol_merklich, Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link

Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)

shields?

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link

google, y

shields,n

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Friday, 24 April 2009 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link

so, i killed this then.

Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)

-e---d-

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link

it's normally dead anyway, it only shudders into life occasionally and momentarily.

regards?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:40 (fifteen years ago) link

eh, i'd consider intentionally misspelling 'guards' a cheap trick. close though.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 08:59 (fifteen years ago) link

rewards? not exactly 'safer returns' though.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link

eh, a reward is a return. i feel justified.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:12 (fifteen years ago) link

yeah that's fine, but what about the 'safer'?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:37 (fifteen years ago) link

link back to the 'ward', and 'protects' in the clue. Not nobel winning, but a pretty solid effort imo, not deserving of this terrible interrogation.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:58 (fifteen years ago) link

I spent way too long hoping for a word ending in -er that would mean "safer" which would reverse to a word beginning with re- which would mean "protects again".

But then I like words which are other words backwards. Oh well.

a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link

Sorry to get all Guantanamo on yo' ass. But if protects again = re-wards and returns = rewards then the safer is redundant. xp.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link

redundancy is a fair call. possibly the returns is redundant also.

your turn anyway, pressure on for xword clue perfection

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link

uh-oh, pressure. here goes nothing:

Sade upset about a bill for storing records. (8)

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:26 (fifteen years ago) link

database

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:40 (fifteen years ago) link

Entire Swiss Army effort? Surely you can't mean that!

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link

boy you is fast

xp, you what?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link

it's a clue :)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:44 (fifteen years ago) link

it's dodge as fukk but topical. just throwin it out there.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link


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