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Metal point? Metal point. (4)

nanoflymo (ledge), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

Tine.

V. good

Cars and Freedom (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 17:07 (fifteen years ago)

German man turns green (4)

A Man Needs A Meme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 18:26 (fifteen years ago)

Lime. Or Emil. But lime makes more sense i think.

nanoflymo (ledge), Thursday, 27 January 2011 10:19 (fifteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Good Japanese artist, bad Irish singer (4)

Roger "Destroyer" Kaputtnik (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 February 2011 05:31 (fifteen years ago)

bono

CaptainLorax, Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:49 (fifteen years ago)

from the observer

How movie ends is unimaginative (5)

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:45 (fifteen years ago)

damnit that was one of the three i couldn't get, after doing the rest in 15 mins.

ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

i have 4 left. most of which look like grep -i "^.s.r.n....$" /usr/share/dict/words would get them

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:49 (fifteen years ago)

(make that 3 - carafe)

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:50 (fifteen years ago)

(make that 2 - defect)

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:51 (fifteen years ago)

(taverna)

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:52 (fifteen years ago)

any letters for the one you're stuck with?

ailsa, Friday, 25 February 2011 15:54 (fifteen years ago)

yes, half of them
.s.r.n.e.t
but all i can see is 'usernet'

Bitter line written in a hospital department (10)

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:03 (fifteen years ago)

done (and without dictinary aid)

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:05 (fifteen years ago)

huh, shoulda got that.

ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:09 (fifteen years ago)

astringent

ailsa, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:14 (fifteen years ago)

Actually meant for this one though?

How movie ends is unimaginative (5)

ailsa, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:14 (fifteen years ago)

at the time of asking it was

i . . . .

but was later

i . a . e

koogs, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:31 (fifteen years ago)

oh boo for the pun

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:33 (fifteen years ago)

idgi

ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:33 (fifteen years ago)

in an e

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 25 February 2011 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

uh

ledge, Friday, 25 February 2011 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

last one on sunday's everyman. fell to a dictionary attack... wasn't something i'd heard before.

Is coming back low, male in wind (6)

koogs, Friday, 4 March 2011 14:19 (fifteen years ago)

i guessed, i googled, i was right.

there's a lot of winds out there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Winds

ledge, Friday, 4 March 2011 14:22 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, it's quite basic and obvious if you know a lot about winds. Which I don't.

ailsa, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:11 (fifteen years ago)

but i do like those clues where you figure out how it works, and come up with a made-up word that turns out to be right.

ledge, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:14 (fifteen years ago)

not seen 'low' used like that before

koogs, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:22 (fifteen years ago)

that's how my dad used to play scrabble

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

whats the answer btw? Hven't had the time to either puzzle it out nor go through wiki list

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:25 (fifteen years ago)

simoom.

low = moo is definitely an old standard. hoary, even.

ledge, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:26 (fifteen years ago)

would not have puzzled tbh

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:28 (fifteen years ago)

not seen 'low' used like that before

Do they not have Away In A Manger in koogsy Christmasworld? "The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes..."

ailsa, Saturday, 5 March 2011 08:40 (fifteen years ago)

in a crossword clue, perhaps

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 March 2011 18:34 (fifteen years ago)

Low man in Nordic troll (6)

on... imo (onimo), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 09:58 (fifteen years ago)

is is 'hattifattener'? 8)

koogs, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 10:19 (fifteen years ago)

moomin?

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 10:30 (fifteen years ago)

yes - I know these are easy but I like remixing clues just to keep my hand in

American uncle out back Nordic troll (6)

on... imo (onimo), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:41 (fifteen years ago)

i dont understand

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:43 (fifteen years ago)

some please explain it to me?

I am wearing only my underpants, also.

Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:47 (fifteen years ago)

:)

on... imo (onimo), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 12:49 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

This is not this (9)

the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:22 (fifteen years ago)

white collar retirement? (4,6)

the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:29 (fifteen years ago)

second one's "holy orders"?

a SB-in' artist that been in the game for a minute (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:32 (fifteen years ago)

hate to just say nope but nope

the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

I think you'll agree my answer is better tho

a SB-in' artist that been in the game for a minute (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:37 (fifteen years ago)

i was gonna say

the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

post office

Suspicious Hive Minds (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 18:58 (fifteen years ago)

ya

the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 19:17 (fifteen years ago)

This is not this (9)

halp

ledge, Thursday, 24 March 2011 09:54 (fifteen years ago)


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