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Motorhead

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

Endless trouble about an endless mistake with iron (7)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:21 (nineteen years ago)

Ferrous.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:36 (nineteen years ago)

Confused attire showed the way. (7)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:44 (nineteen years ago)

dudsled?

Mother nurses eleven, tops (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 17 August 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

American uncle has degree in dance (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

Samba

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

ya bamba

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Dudsled is close-ish.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 August 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

No-one got mine and I'm VERY proud of it:

Phlegm issues, I hear (5)

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Thursday, 17 August 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Garbled!

Mucus?

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 17 August 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

War chief of East tangled in mooring (8)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

I think Onimo should get this one...

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I should have saved it for his birthday.

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

ha! Geronimo! (sorry gerry)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

After I am in the middle of mantra, I am kind of red (7)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)

Belly taking away third from Sign Of The Four at the beginning (7)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

First one is Chianti.

Many unwell - in short, it is from throat infection (10)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 24 August 2006 07:42 (nineteen years ago)

tonsillitis

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 25 August 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

Leaf Runner? (4)
-a--

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

---a----

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

--e-- -----

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

-a ----

Fake one ending (4)

---a

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Saturday, 26 August 2006 05:43 (nineteen years ago)

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

Steve Jones

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 August 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Leaf Runner? (4)

Page?

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

Giraffes

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

Da capo (Do + a cap)

Fake one ending (4)

I want this to be "coda", but I can't make it work.

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Saturday, 26 August 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

Sexually satisfied women are said to be three things: unrefined, malodorous, and Irish (8)

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Saturday, 26 August 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

Coda = cod [as in "fake"] + a.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 26 August 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Yes to everything.

Mother nurses eleven, tops (6)
-a----
Belly taking away third from Sign Of The Four at the beginning (7)
a------

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

Maxima

Abdomen

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:34 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah. Thanks, ailsa.

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, she's good, ain't she?

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:50 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I'm great :-)

Unfortunately I couldn't make up a clue to save my life, and I haven't actually bought a paper with a proper crossword in it for ages to steal clues from.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

Off the top of my head then: Red Rum down without Her Majesty- beat that!

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

Drum. And you didn't even tell us how many letters.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 August 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

God you're good. My head's full of gin though, I can't count letters. Off-topic, but how was KenFAP?

― scotstvo (scotstvo), Saturday, 26 August 2006 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

It was quiet. I was very drunk. We went to NPL and there was no bar queue, it was most odd. You weren't there, I notice. Other people were (me, the mister, stet, madchen, grimly fiendish, ward fowler at Mono, then dahlin, ally c, stew, probably some other people but I was pished and can't remember really). Part two in Edinburgh tomorrow, hurrah.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 August 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

A burning bed almost covered in disgusting fluid and kind of sheet (7)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Promise witches worker (8)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

Room with medal inside to burn (7)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

Want letters?

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

Promise witches worker (8)

Covenant. I'll get back to you on the others.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

I think those were solved over on nu-ILX.

Biology question: horse flies or man? (4,2,4)

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

---- o- ----

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:27 (nineteen years ago)

DNA search for the Guv (4,4)

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

French father gets two notes for a starter (8)

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Thursday, 14 September 2006 11:55 (nineteen years ago)

Premiere.

Maybe you should make a grid.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 14 September 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe, but I've only got time right now for one clue at a time.

I'm into Yoko, Dad! (5)

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Thursday, 14 September 2006 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

Cute.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 15 September 2006 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, nice! I really wish I could make clues up. I've tried, I'm rotten at it. My brain just works the other way round.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

Biology question: horse flies or man? (4,2,4)

---- o- -a--

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

Life on Mars

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. What about the other one?

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

DNA search for the Guv (4,4)
-e-- ----

― Run Ruud Run (Ken L), Friday, 15 September 2006 14:53 (nineteen years ago)

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