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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

i was stuck on 'allsatry'.

me too.

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!

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:05 (fifteen years ago) link

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

In bath a fool back scrubs with this (7)

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:28 (fifteen years ago) link

6 shrly?

loofah

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link

yes and yes

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link

i was trying to make loofahs work. not happy. toying with SB, tbh.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link

I can take it.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link

psycho bangs guest, kick him out! (7, 3)

I'm not taxing you much here, I realise.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Friday, 1 May 2009 10:04 (fifteen years ago) link

Permal ink.

Abbe Black Tentacle (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 1 May 2009 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link

was that a clue or a request?
:)

xp

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link

(not sure if this one works)

Round its limed borders (8)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 12:22 (fifteen years ago) link

limiters?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 1 May 2009 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link

delimits?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Friday, 1 May 2009 12:37 (fifteen years ago) link

yes, delimits is what I was going for

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:01 (fifteen years ago) link

Well techically that is an anagram of limed its, even though the its is still intact at the end, so I have to begrudgingly admit that it's sound.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago) link

uh thanks :)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:19 (fifteen years ago) link

Device by which selfish philosophy ensnares father of no. one (9)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link

is dadaist in there somewhere?

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link

nope

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link

vandalism?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link

nope.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link

But
--------m

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link


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