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I cheated on Matt's.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Seduce a group of finches (5)

Charm.

Useless pub quiz trivia comes in useful at last!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I cheated too.

You're not there yet, Huk.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link

beef slops?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

How does Switzerland = CH?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Now you've driven the car off the Alpine road.
(xpost!)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll let a European explain.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Chalets?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:55 (seventeen years ago) link

How does Switzerland = CH?

Switzerland = Confoederatio Helvetica. See also internet addresses, nationality stickers for cars etc.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Switzerland = Confederation Helvetica in Latin, except it's not spelt like that, but that's the general gist of it. It's named in Latin because it's got a zillion official languages and they didn't want to offend any of them by giving them the rights to the name.

(xpost)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link

(like you could offend the Swiss, being how they're the most neutral country in the world and everything)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Canadian with lots makes out (9)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Tool takes off head of snake in shack (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Bite silver neon bubbles (9)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Champagne

(can't get the other two at all right now - I have ideas *how* to get them, just can't formulate an answer from it)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Write and run away with a long suffering wife (8)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Canoodles! Is the first one.

The last one = Penelope.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 11 August 2006 11:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Nice work, ladies!

Admirer takes right, family member takes left to get to Benjamin (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 04:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Franklin

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 07:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Two constants, e.g. steak and kidney (3)

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Belgium was always producing lager (4)

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 08:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Seafood, uncooked - some hate it, initially (5)

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 08:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Pie
Beer
Sushi

Mm!

― Archel (Archel), Saturday, 12 August 2006 09:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Spain defeated, grew (8)

― Archel (Archel), Saturday, 12 August 2006 09:47 (seventeen years ago) link

sprouted

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:31 (seventeen years ago) link

latest directions? (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Camper entwined with camper? They say it's great! (5)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 12 August 2006 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

newest

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 12 August 2006 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes. I'm dying to know what Chris's is.

Mistakes take me right to animals that eat leaves (8)

Rotten guitar player rocks with first lady and Jughead (5,5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Keys Scotsman found in river (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Sunday, 13 August 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Mine is, I think, impossible to get, but I got really kinda pleased with the clue.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 13 August 2006 00:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, I kinda figured it was like that.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Sunday, 13 August 2006 00:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I had higher hopes for this clue:

Peanut, almond, black and orange bird -- all heard of the head of the state. (12)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 07:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Letters, need letterrrzzzz...

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 09:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Presidential? But I don't really get it

One poet is slowly played (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Not "Presidential".

Andante.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Keys found by Scotsman in river in Italy (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_Italy proves surprisingly unhelpful.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Really?

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Piano :)

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Party needs a hat from the start (2,4)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Keys = piano? Bah! Totally forgot Ian for Scotsman though :-(

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Fake one ending (4)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Tool takes off head of snake in shack (5)
---e-

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Hovel. Although I think, tense-wise, that clue might be fishy. "Special head removed from tool in shack", maybe?

The third letter of my 12 letter clue is "b".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link

change "takes" to "taking" then.

Gubernatorial!

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

but i still don't get it, apart from "goober"

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Goober. Nut. Oriole.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Very nice. Sorry my brane doesn't work properly.

Ace of Spades artist Agnes loses energy, buys time (9)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 17 August 2006 02:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Motorhead

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link

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