monocle
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i see
^^^ 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
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.
-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
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
--------e
― Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:48 (fifteen years ago) link
that's not very helpful is it
----p---e
― Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
telephone
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:55 (fifteen years ago) link
bingo
watch this space for more clues inspired by things on my desk.
― Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:56 (fifteen years ago) link
elephant .....
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:05 (fifteen years ago) link
ah!
uh, I'm rubbish at setting these
Red-hot Rambo messed up control centre (11)
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:23 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i can't do these without coffee.
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:32 (fifteen years ago) link
motherboard
― Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link
✓
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link
tiiight
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:17 (fifteen years ago) link