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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)

Or mindless... I'll shutup now.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 10:46 (twenty years ago)

Somethingless anyway!

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

I think we should have a new clue until Huk can give us a hint.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)

LISTLESS IT IS!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Explain the list bit?

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

Pay no more attention = keep no more lists!

I'm sorry, I stole it from yesterday's Nat'l Post.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

HMMMMM...

New clue then, this was in the Times today and it tickled my fancy:
Setting for end of term production (9,4)

I can supply the letters we had in it before we got it...

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh dear, letters please! I'm thinking it doesn't mean school term?

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

M-------Y ----

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

okay, I was offtrack.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Maternity Ward?

― Sam (chirombo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Bingo!

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Maternity Ward?

(Xpost)

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Ooh I like it.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

One from Private Eye (the only one I can do this week):

Taken by piss-artist to be how to position two entries in a sudoku grid? (3,4,3,5)

― Sam (chirombo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

One over the eight!

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

Curses, I've been staring at that for half an hour!

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Ok this one should be easy:
Dairy product made by EEC she-goat etc curdled (7,6)

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

cottage cheese

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

(But I still don't get the sudoku one)

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Recieved lush wisdom: Eight drinks is okay, any more makes you drunk.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

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