It ain't my turn but here's one anyway
With gas in vehicle, stick around as the engine starts (10)
― ledge, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:36 (eighteen years ago)
become, but don't go straight there. (4,4)
sorry, am kinda flustered. this was jumped on me somewhat. i am copying from crosaire in the irish times, if that's cheating go suck eggs.
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:36 (eighteen years ago)
crankshaft?
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:38 (eighteen years ago)
turn into?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:39 (eighteen years ago)
Ugh, too late
― I know, right?, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:40 (eighteen years ago)
I hate you all.
no to crankshaft
― ledge, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:40 (eighteen years ago)
ah well, i gave it a shot and that's important, hey?
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:51 (eighteen years ago)
Sure, have a cookie.
― ledge, Friday, 4 January 2008 15:54 (eighteen years ago)
"carbonated", I reckon.
Oh, but I can't make them, sorry. I'll have a think but I can only come up with one a year and I don't think 2008's is due yet.
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:00 (eighteen years ago)
correct - have a gateau.
― ledge, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:03 (eighteen years ago)
damn no-one mentioned gateaux for winners
― darraghmac, Friday, 4 January 2008 16:11 (eighteen years ago)
This thread rolls like a dead moose.
Gent will wear this in city, take it off in wood (8)
― ledge, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 11:34 (eighteen years ago)
Still don't know what that is.
Salamander rose on circle in front of patch of land (7)
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)
Axolotl! axoLOLing at "rose" etc
As I said I can't do these, but I ought to try to earn my gateaux somehow, so...
One can stray endlessly next to insect wanderer (9)
There, that's pretty shoddily constructed. Just so you're warned.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:17 (eighteen years ago)
mine: P--------
d'oh! it's (9) not (8) ;_;
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:32 (eighteen years ago)
Itinerant
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:33 (eighteen years ago)
Correct! Have a blancmange while I consider this new information.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 12:45 (eighteen years ago)
Sophisticated poster gets fork, followed by pen, another fork and shortened key for Song of Tomorrow (2,5,7)
-- James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, March 26, 2007 9:21 PM (9 months ago) The answer to this was
My White Bicycle
if anyone was wondering.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:35 (eighteen years ago)
I know I was.
You need to work on your surface readings
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:40 (eighteen years ago)
Thanks for the advice.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:41 (eighteen years ago)
Here to help!
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:43 (eighteen years ago)
How about helping with another letter for yours?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:44 (eighteen years ago)
P-N------ !
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)
pinstripe
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:50 (eighteen years ago)
yay
― ledge, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 22:51 (eighteen years ago)
To summarize one point before crazy aunt's torment (2,1,8)
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 28 January 2008 21:23 (eighteen years ago)
In a nutshell. You might be able to make that clue less awkward, though.
― Casuistry, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:25 (eighteen years ago)
My flow is not glowing like phosphorus these days. But you gets wanna criticize, you provide an improved version of the clue.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:31 (eighteen years ago)
Well, the best I've gotten with it so far is:
To make a long story short, crazy aunt's between Gary's home and the underworld.
Which is maybe better, but not there yet.
― Casuistry, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 02:40 (eighteen years ago)
Short story beginning in crazy aunt's place in New York with kitchen
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:53 (eighteen years ago)
To cut a long story short, at home, crazy aunt's torment
doesn't work cause it needs to be crazy aunt is torment, not torment of crazy aunt.
To cut a long story short, it's awful inside a cashew :)
― ledge, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:06 (eighteen years ago)
Wilson accepts genuine German theatre style. (9)
― Casuistry, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 08:17 (eighteen years ago)
Brechtian
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 08:34 (eighteen years ago)
Nodding Colonel, we hear, leads soldier (6)
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 20:41 (eighteen years ago)
Dunno.
Fat man getting one hot wind (7)
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 23 May 2008 04:43 (eighteen years ago)
Chronicles about saga of cheese (7)
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 October 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)
i miss this thread. but unsolved clues should get an extra letter a day, or it just dies.
i remember looking at a list of named winds for that one four months ago. just tried again, still no joy.
― allez, allons-y, on y va (ledge), Friday, 17 October 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)
-a-----
(Although, now that I look, apparently this spelling is not considered correct by many)
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:11 (seventeen years ago)
is that the cheese chronicle or the fat wind?
― allez, allons-y, on y va (ledge), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:16 (seventeen years ago)
Taleggio?
― jaymc, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:17 (seventeen years ago)
Nope. The fat wind.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)
Fat man getting one hot wind in Baja California (7)
-a---n-
(note again that this now seems to be considered a variant spelling)
Chronicles about saga of cheese (7)c------
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 October 2008 12:59 (seventeen years ago)
Please to solve these clues before snarky remarks from Casuistry.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 October 2008 14:40 (seventeen years ago)
cheddar
― allez, allons-y, on y va (ledge), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:22 (seventeen years ago)
Please to explain reasoning?
― ailsa, Monday, 20 October 2008 15:24 (seventeen years ago)
edda is a norse mythology (saga), chr for chronicles (common abbrev. used for the book of the bible).
santana, santa + an ('santa ana' the more common rendering)
― allez, allons-y, on y va (ledge), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:26 (seventeen years ago)
Yes and yes, thanks.
― Retrato Em Redd E Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)
Small houses for too much, in pounds (8)
― allez, allons-y, on y va (ledge), Monday, 20 October 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)