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(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)

So if you've had "one over the eight" you're a piss-artist.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Pay no more attention = keep no more lists!

Is that some weird Canuck slang?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

Awfully sad picture of slapstick (7, 3)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

Custard pie.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

But, um, someone else can feel free to post a new clue, I got nothing right now.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

(I made this up, it's shit, but...)

Fred's lead in race is an absurdity (5)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

FARCE

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

correct

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Cross hog ill, disturbed by these female students (11)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

You need something in the clue to indicate that "race" is an anagram, also the f's not "in", it's "at the start of".

(xpost) schoolgirls

― crossword pedant (ailsa), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

easiest one from today's guardian: MP teased about mad rush (8)

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

(my clues are all shitty anagrams--FEEL MY CRYPTIC SHAME!)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

stampede

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

You need something in the clue to indicate that "race" is an anagram, also the f's not "in", it's "at the start of".

Did you see where I said "it's shit"?

Oh and I'm assuming you don't have an 'a' in your name...

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

He'd be incredible if he weren't so fucked up. (3-1)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

Huk-L (excellent clue, Casuistry)

Onimo, I was being helpful, or so I thought. I have never made a crossword clue up in my life, and wouldn't even attempt to due to my woeful lack of imagination - I'm just jealous of those who can do so and put me to shame, and doing my usual crappy thing of pointing out the speck of dust in another's eye before removing the plank in my own :)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

A cryptic pedant is snaking through Alabama. (5)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

hahaha :)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

I don't know why I can only come up with clues for people (or the board at large).

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 15 December 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)

Shrink turns wife into mountain (8)

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 15 December 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)

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