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George Mucus (ledge), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.brandonterranova.com/miniprojects/Heart.gif

George Mucus (ledge), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:29 (sixteen years ago)

Nice!

ailsa, Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)

Explain?

Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:50 (sixteen years ago)

notation for less than three is <3, which is emoticon for heart, which is a pump. Seemples!

ailsa, Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

Hahaha that is brilliant. Wouldn't get away with it off-line, mind.

Death to False Meta (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 November 2009 16:57 (sixteen years ago)

Ooof. The species of fish is news to me, but the answer's Bronzino.

woofwoofwoof, Monday, 9 November 2009 10:16 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic substitution when grand bird enters the turf backwards (7)

woofwoofwoof, Monday, 9 November 2009 10:38 (sixteen years ago)

Letters, please

Raggett Out Of Denver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 November 2009 15:10 (sixteen years ago)

- - - T - - -

('the' in 'the turf' is doing nothing and maybe shouldn't be there)

woofwoofwoof, Monday, 9 November 2009 15:24 (sixteen years ago)

dogtits

koogs, Monday, 9 November 2009 15:26 (sixteen years ago)

Yes, dogtits it is.

woofwoofwoof, Monday, 9 November 2009 15:33 (sixteen years ago)

a quiet lol from this one in the grauniad today:

Electrical salesman might do this, say, for a woman's enemy? (9)

George Mucus (ledge), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 13:29 (sixteen years ago)

Hysteresis?

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 14:32 (sixteen years ago)

Cellulite!

woofwoofwoof, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

hurrah

George Mucus (ledge), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 14:47 (sixteen years ago)

Eraserhead: confused, toxic, foreign (6)
Candy replaces nougat filling with original whisky (7)

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 18:34 (sixteen years ago)

Exotic

George Mucus (ledge), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 10:28 (sixteen years ago)

Support queue from the side (7)

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 11:58 (sixteen years ago)

Want to say "brachial"

Candy replaces nougat filling with original whisky (7)
-o-----

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

bourbon. yer skating close to the ice there son.

George Mucus (ledge), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)

skating close to the ice?!

George Mucus (ledge), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 16:56 (sixteen years ago)

The ice calling the skater thin.

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:01 (sixteen years ago)

I've been recently enjoying doing this Canadian puzzle http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/crosswords/. Would recommend it to other septic solvers.

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:15 (sixteen years ago)

God in honorific position in arch (7)

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 November 2009 13:33 (sixteen years ago)

Support queue from the side (7)

― I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 11:58

- - o - - - -

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Thursday, 12 November 2009 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

proline?

Noise prohibition gets the gas face (4)

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 November 2009 15:14 (sixteen years ago)

One more letter please.

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:33 (sixteen years ago)

proline is wrong

Support queue from the side (7)
- - o - i - e

:)

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:45 (sixteen years ago)

profile

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

very good

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

yes

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:48 (sixteen years ago)

thank you

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:49 (sixteen years ago)

God in honorific position in arch (7)

eh i've half got it i think but complete lack of classical education re gods and anrches is holding me back. that's my excuse anyway.

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:53 (sixteen years ago)

Receiving orders on an underwater vessel, not obeying orders (15)

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 November 2009 17:00 (sixteen years ago)

insubordination

George Mucus (ledge), Thursday, 12 November 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)

yap

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 November 2009 20:00 (sixteen years ago)

God in honorific position in arch (7)
---n---

Noise prohibition gets the gas face (4)
--n-

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:06 (sixteen years ago)

can only think of rainbow?

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:13 (sixteen years ago)

bang

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

Yes and yes.

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

ah ffs ra

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:38 (sixteen years ago)

Check alien's permit to travel (6)

George Mucus (ledge), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:52 (sixteen years ago)

ticket

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 13 November 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)

go look twice for information (6)

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:01 (sixteen years ago)

review?

Louis Cll (darraghmac), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:04 (sixteen years ago)

no (though that works)

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Friday, 13 November 2009 17:17 (sixteen years ago)

partll?

O.G. puts on tent, producing milky substance (6)

Bloggers Might Ride (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 November 2009 23:59 (sixteen years ago)

(not sure I'm using twice quite the way I want to here)

go look twice for information (6)

g - - - - e

I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Saturday, 14 November 2009 00:57 (sixteen years ago)

google lol

http://uktv.co.uk/ can fuck right off imo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 November 2009 00:58 (sixteen years ago)


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