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Ugly mutt has liberal endorsement (4)

ledge, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:29 (fourteen years ago) link

Plug?

Oz, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link

aye

ledge, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link

State, say and send a bill. (7)

Oz, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link

invoice?

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link

ha. that's the word i've been trying to think of for the last three hours.

ledge, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link

about this month the gallery might return to its previous position (9)

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link

I'm thinking 'reinstate' but I can't see INS as 'this month'...

Oz, Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link

i tell ya, if i've fuckt this one up i'm just giving up.

but i'm pretty sure about 'inst' as referring to 'this month' in written correspondence. if that doesn't sound too wanky.

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:32 (fourteen years ago) link

Ah... nice... but wouldn't that make it 'reinsttate'?

Oz, Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link

reinstall?

what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link

ah fuck fuck

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link

Soldier, worker, titan (5)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 August 2009 03:49 (fourteen years ago) link

giant

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link

Correct.

Android base on beachhead (5)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 August 2009 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link

robot?

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link

Corrupt brigadiers souls unto war film (11,8)

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 13:28 (fourteen years ago) link

inglourious basteds

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link

basterds

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link

yes

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link

Sorry, went off to get my dinner. here is my first attempt at making up a clue.

Shuffled naive harridans for an ILX photoshopping opportunity (7,4)

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link

Woops that should be (6,8)

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link

Andrei Arshavin

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link

Yep.

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link

Try original soundtrack with hesitation on drug, or a hormone. (12)

ledge, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 08:31 (fourteen years ago) link

testosterone

krakow, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:01 (fourteen years ago) link

yup

ledge, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:12 (fourteen years ago) link

Hurrah! Will think on a clue.

krakow, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:15 (fourteen years ago) link

sixteen hours later

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link

A man is allowed time to think is he not?

krakow, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 07:34 (fourteen years ago) link

P.S. go buy a newspaper! ;-)

krakow, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 07:35 (fourteen years ago) link

Dislike of delay to online chat with hospital users we heard (10)

krakow, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:21 (fourteen years ago) link

impatience

ledge, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link

Haha, bingo. Sorry Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), I have a big smile on my face, it's just a gentle thread-suitable ribbing, no hard feelings intended!

krakow, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:54 (fourteen years ago) link

I knew it was a relatively easy one, but I couldn't resist.

krakow, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:55 (fourteen years ago) link

Evil agents corrupt preacher (10)

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Friday, 4 September 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link

Evangelist

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 September 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link

correct

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Friday, 4 September 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link

See flying saucer after beers, if drunk (7)

ledge, Friday, 4 September 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link

Frisbee

krakow, Friday, 4 September 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link

Second note without lead for example makes an unholy racket (5,5)

Some may disagree with my definition! ;-)

krakow, Sunday, 6 September 2009 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link

Dunno.

Hammer tong slave port in Texas (9)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link

_ L _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ L

krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link

Galveston

ailsa, Monday, 7 September 2009 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link

Galveston.

Inclination towards prison spell (8)

Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link

d'oh. Okay, just the clue then.

Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link

How does Galveston work?

krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link

Anagram ("hammer") of "tong slave".

Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link

"tong slave" hammered into a different shape = Galveston, which is a port in Texas.

xpost!

ailsa, Monday, 7 September 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link

Thanks. I was looking at/for Gavel=Hammer somehow.

krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link


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