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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

letters?

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:09 (fifteen years ago) link

uh, they'd be helpful.

(8)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:22 (fifteen years ago) link

if it's topical you'd better be giving us letters asap

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link

c------s

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link

challops!

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link

see, you could have got that on your own.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link

i was stuck on 'allsatry'.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link

also i remembered helvetia but forgot about ch. fuckin' swiss.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link

this is stupid:

Elephant drops worker in temper, makes a call (9)

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link


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