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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

yeah i was completely not confident with van anyway as a device

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link

-e------m

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link

methodism?

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link

-e---n--m

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link

mechanism?

ailsa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link

Yes. Thanks.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link

I can't quite work out why though, could you explain? I've got a kind of retrospective half-arsed attempt at making it work, but really I just went with it because it's a device, and it fits.

ailsa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

me(chan)ism. Charlie Chan is father of Number One Son.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link

So sorry. I think I will SB myself.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link

Ah, ok, I did not know that Charlie Chan thing at all.

xpost, why?

ailsa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link

So sorry. I think I will SB myself.

I don't think there are enough people reading this thread to 51 you there but good effort :)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link

You can tell the Chelsea game's gone quiet when you're reading crossword threads.

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link

It was a good clue! I thought of 'meism' but didn't think of Chan.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Ripped label is pretty Italian (5)

barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link

BE-lla. as they would say over there.

massive dynamic lady (ledge), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link

Heavy metal material worn by WASP and Extreme (7)

massive dynamic lady (ledge), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link

----D--

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Thursday, 21 May 2009 08:53 (fourteen years ago) link

Spandex

I got one, hurrah!

krakow, Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:06 (fourteen years ago) link

woo!

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link

A short time in small vessel broken up on Baltic coast (6)

krakow, Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link

I'll give a clue tomorrow if noone's getting it...

krakow, Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link

Latvia?

O Bama, Up Yours! (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 23 May 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link

oh yeah, a-t in vial

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Saturday, 23 May 2009 23:22 (fourteen years ago) link

Bingo!

I tried to make it Ximenean, if I understand correctly.

krakow, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:28 (fourteen years ago) link

Help Northern Ireland turn into another country (5)

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:38 (fourteen years ago) link


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