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Yeah, frequently.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Ste:
Mi's + tress

You don't like it, you get what you pay for.

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Is oftentimes a word?

Lover asks non-commissioned officer to a dance (8)

― Sam (chirombo), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

haha oftentimes is awesome!

I think the explanation is notes = (mi)s, hair=tresses, woman could be mistress, Ste? So stuck to would just be "next to".

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

yes oftentimes is a word, and would make more sense to me

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

FOUR MINUTES TILL FREEDOM

I don't even get "frequently"!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

me neither

― Sam (chirombo), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

I just got carried away with of-ten

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

The clue is of x 10 = often = frequently. According to the place where I saw it before.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

oh right, i'm dumb, i couldn't see the hair/tress part. i was looking for musical note references for some stupid stupid reason.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

and great thread, but gotta go home. g'night!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

Though oftentimes will do, since no letters were specified. Fight amongst yourselves.

(night)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

Oftentimes is clearly awesomer.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Yes, it is. I liked that it went a stage further, as oftentimes is a bit too literal for my liking, but it's still a great word.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

A great cryptic clue should make it hard for you to see the word again without thinking of the clue, which that clue very much does for "oftentimes" but not so much for "frequently".

I wish I could remember exactly how my favorite clue goes, but I think I mentioned it the last time we did this thread anyway.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

I can ship from Spain. (8)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Hispanic.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

Though shouldn't there be a word telling you it's an anagram clue?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

That was in my National Post cryptic today. Possibly "I can ship OUT OF Spain"

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Hispanic (gah, xpost, casuistry OTM though)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

I'm the crossword police.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm with Chris - I reckon one of the real strengths of cryptics is that when you get it, you *know* you can fill it in because there's only one word that could be right (mostly because you've gotten the same answer twice). It's no good doing all the fancy stuff and still having to guess at a normal clue and worry about same-lettered synonyms!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

Useless gasps. (5)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 9 December 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Nobody bored yet this week then?

Um, pants?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

I will doubtless continue to be bored all this week. Only here today for another hour though.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Well, I don't think 'pants' can be right but here's a new clue anyway:

Couple to hire band (8)

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. It's not a musical band is it?

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

No, think other sense of band.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Ring, hoop... today I am stupid.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

Bracelet!

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Oh Gooooooodddd...

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

Yup! It took me ages too (and I needed the l and t filled in first, doh).

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Get a seat on a plane with diddley? You can! (4)

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Book?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Yup. I just made that clue up, so I'm glad you were able to get it.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Here's an easy one from today's Independent: Get off vehicle on fire (6)

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

alight

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

alight

xpost

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

You're on, Huk.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

Pay no more attention when apathetic (8)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Couple to hire band (8)

ha, that was out of theguardian today, and I didn't get it at all. D'oh! (and thanks)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

(It was pants. I didn't think it would take so long for people to get, though.)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

I thought I'd said "pants" before I went off to get my tea that night, but apparently I didn't. Oh well.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

I'm stumped on Huk's.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

And we were counting on you, Chris.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

And we were counting on you, Chris.

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

Counting up to 2, even.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Is it listless? Only that's not a usage of 'list' I'm familiar with.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

Oh no that's rubbish, forget I spoke...

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 10:44 (twenty years ago)

Wait a minute is it careless?

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 10:45 (twenty years ago)

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