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
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
India.
I wish I had the reverse brain process that would let me set these instead of just solving them.
― ailsa, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I like it. Nice clue ledge.
You have to now though ailsa, it's the rules!
― krakow, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Quarry for stone (3)
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Pit
― krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
yup
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm on fire.
― krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:20 (fourteen years ago) link
letters?
― U2 raped goat (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
That was trumpet blowing rather than a clue (I've got my thinking cap on and will post one later). If you can distill an answer from it though, then I'd love to hear it.
― krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
nah, i got nothing
― U2 raped goat (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Political leader took off on a recording device (6)
― krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, clues? whatever.
camera?
― Not the real Village People, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah totally, cameron+a
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Bingo. Not the real Village People is up. ledge has the explanation there though. I was beginning to get worried.
― krakow, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
This has seriously made my day, I never get these! I'm gonna have to pass (is that allowed) on making one up as I'm a total utter amateur at these... anyone else want to take the mantel?
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 08:22 (fourteen years ago) link
This is pretty bad but I just thought of it after reading the word on another thread so whatevs
Like Asimov's robot brain, it turned around in a modern, sincere style (4-6)
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:22 (fourteen years ago) link
post ironic?
― go and put your f'kin torn jeans on (onimo), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 10:23 (fourteen years ago) link
yup. it could be improved slightly -
Like Asimov's robot brain, it switched in a modern, genuine style
getting a decent definition for post-ironic is the problem.
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Can you explain that one? I'm not seeing it, as I don't know what Asimov's robot brain refers to.
― krakow, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 10:26 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, a google search revealed that snippet, but is there any wordplay as well?
― krakow, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
positronic, switch the 'it' in the middle around to get post ironic.
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Slaps forehead. Nice.
― krakow, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 10:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Champs instrumental in ripping a quilt with key (7)
― barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Tequila! Nice use of def.
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks! Now I will press my luck and say
Tornados instrumental in stellar destruction in which thunderhead kills fifty (7)
― barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Telstar! Do another!
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Wednesday, 17 June 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Shadowy song for a cheap meal (6)
― barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 June 2009 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Ventures offering fifty thousand getting into wild drawn out noisy start (4,4,3)
― barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 June 2009 05:45 (fourteen years ago) link