i mean you'd be looking for 'dawn broke' as the puzzle piece to go along with the 'poor state' straight definition, it's as simple as that. just not.
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 10:31 (fifteen years ago)
agree that dawn-as-misdirection is an obscenity, but I just can't see any other way to account for it. But I'm not really convinced myself, & wld be happier if we found a poem by Thomas Moore about the Undestitute Sunrise or something.
& re mid-clue defs, yes that doesn't feel too bad if it's fairly easy & used in moderation, but I'm not used to it & frankly fear a world where defs can be anywhere and letter jumbles are separated from anagram indicators.
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 10:58 (fifteen years ago)
Jagger and Johnson get Ailsa in a state (9)
― au secours madison (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 August 2010 19:07 (fifteen years ago)
louisiana
― Not the real Village People, Sunday, 29 August 2010 19:23 (fifteen years ago)
something i hastily constructed for a birthday card for my dad. not tricky, just a bit of fun.
1___21|_|_|_| |_|X|_|3|_|_|_|
Across1 Hill start leads to hesitation and sound of motor spinning (3)3 Irishman is apt to be confused (3)
Down1 It's hard work to jump (3)2 Join up in home town (3)
― ledge, Friday, 10 September 2010 10:25 (fifteen years ago)
ack, should be 'joined up'
― ledge, Friday, 10 September 2010 10:26 (fifteen years ago)
humoepat
― koogs, Friday, 10 September 2010 11:23 (fifteen years ago)
otm
― ledge, Friday, 10 September 2010 11:28 (fifteen years ago)
no shortage at the baker's ball (9)
soft one to get it rollin again
― illiterate mods are killing ilx (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:59 (fifteen years ago)
ho ho
― ledge, Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:59 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17216/17216-h/images/020-04.png
altho they look more like potatoes imo
― ledge, Thursday, 16 September 2010 16:00 (fifteen years ago)
yeah well get to it
― illiterate mods are killing ilx (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 September 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)
Public Relations acquire copy of The Times, say (5)
― ledge, Thursday, 16 September 2010 16:05 (fifteen years ago)
Paper?
― pissky in the jar (onimo), Thursday, 16 September 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_222t5surOxk/R6olVKh6M3I/AAAAAAAAAoE/HM21K7BCHuw/s400/hooray.gif
― ledge, Thursday, 16 September 2010 16:10 (fifteen years ago)
Orthodox type to convert natives all over the place, despite loss of holy book (12)
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:30 (fifteen years ago)
aboriginals?
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:32 (fifteen years ago)
with a random letter at the end, like
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:33 (fifteen years ago)
most of all you're letting yourself down
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:35 (fifteen years ago)
conservatives
― portrait of velleity (woof), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)
without the s
the second s
ayup
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:40 (fifteen years ago)
dealing with hounding press reporter, feel it was allowable in circumstances tbh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:09 (fifteen years ago)
what was the baker one?
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:27 (fifteen years ago)
a bun dance
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:28 (fifteen years ago)
*groan, etc*
yeah i know but it's a crosaire standard and i thought it'd give ye a laugh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:28 (fifteen years ago)
like it!
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:37 (fifteen years ago)
maybe i'll do a bit of a trawl later and have a few like it to hand for again
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:47 (fifteen years ago)
yeah man we could always do with more activity here, don't mind if its cribbed from other sources.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:50 (fifteen years ago)
grand i dont do them every day but next time a few clues catch my eye i'll post em.
that said would welcome another batch of the ones Gravel Puzzleworth (?) posted before they were kinda hardcore
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:53 (fifteen years ago)
(bit iffy, this one)
Stolen small bed again (7)
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:54 (fifteen years ago)
cribbed
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:58 (fifteen years ago)
y
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:58 (fifteen years ago)
hmm could try to work in 'double bed' tbh
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)
staying the french with cockney possession (7)
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:05 (fifteen years ago)
sorry,
not staying the french with cockney possession(7)
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)
leaving
― When Redd Turns To Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)
pfft
took longer to come up with the fecking thing
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 16:07 (fifteen years ago)
Paul being annoying in today's guardian:
soldier, daft don (8)
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:39 (fifteen years ago)
^ friend got that, I was all GRRRRR but :) but GRRRRR
― ledge, Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:52 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah, swore/laughed when I got it. Paul can be a real dick. My favourite setter.
1ac/d also great, but needs checked letters, and too long to enter on phone.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)
what's the solution to soldier, daft don?
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:02 (fifteen years ago)
I think that's kind of evil and breaking the unwritten rules
rot13 - pbzznaqb
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:23 (fifteen years ago)
ha
― koogs, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:49 (fifteen years ago)
i groaned audibly
― Not the real Village People, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:52 (fifteen years ago)
This was in the grauniad yesterday. Two possible solutions - the proper one is a bit meh but my colleague came up with a better alternative, perhaps more suitable for Private Eye.
Do bird (4)
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 13:38 (fifteen years ago)
Shag
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 13:39 (fifteen years ago)
^ a bird with a bit of a hairdo
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 13:41 (fifteen years ago)
the other one fwiw is (in rot13) ebbx.
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 16:15 (fifteen years ago)