i had 'rich' down as the anagram identifier in that christian dior clue... which didn't help.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:33 (fourteen years ago)
Or couldn't "radio broadcast" even conceivably be construed as as a homophone indicator, too (like "on the radio?")
― Prostetnic Vogon Limbaugh (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
it's a strange conventional thing, because "broadcast" so often signifies anagram it's unlikely to be used in another sense i think.
― Louis Jaha (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
unless it's the actual clue itself
Yeah, I'm pretty new to these things, so I often figure out the word by process of elimination and then backtrack and go "broadcast = anagram?!?!"
Like the "papier-mache" one upthread; I just guessed it was an anagram and then went "WHY? Ohhhhhhh........"
― Prostetnic Vogon Limbaugh (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:06 (fourteen years ago)
i feel like you acquire a feeling for words that could signify anagrams, but maybe you just learn all the major examples over time
― Louis Jaha (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)
Probably dead easy, but I liked it, from today's Guardian:
Adorable old mongrel (11)
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 6 October 2011 12:31 (fourteen years ago)
bump- anyone?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:15 (fourteen years ago)
hint - Graham Norton. It is a lovely clue.
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:20 (fourteen years ago)
got nothing
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:24 (fourteen years ago)
and the hint ain't helping
http://www.virginmedia.com/images/graham_norton430x300.jpg
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:26 (fourteen years ago)
http://labradoodle-dogs.net/wp-content/uploads/labradoodle1-300x213.jpg
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:27 (fourteen years ago)
this is only telling me just how fucked my head is at the moment tbh
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:30 (fourteen years ago)
http://int.ch.liv.ac.uk/Lanthanide/Group_folder/Graphics/LAB.gifhttp://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/images/egyptian-god-ra.gifhttp://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/header2.jpg
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:40 (fourteen years ago)
lol
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:47 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.dur.ac.uk/geochem.www/group/pictures/labpictures/New%20lab%20pictures/Ultra%20clean%20lab%20copy.gif
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:48 (fourteen years ago)
ah the fist image didn;t show up for me at first!
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 7 October 2011 08:49 (fourteen years ago)
labradoodle
anagram of adorable old
― zvookster, Friday, 7 October 2011 09:22 (fourteen years ago)
OTM, a really elegant clue! NV will be kicking himself...
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 7 October 2011 09:27 (fourteen years ago)
i did look at the anagram but i got hung up on "blood" as part of it.
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 October 2011 10:13 (fourteen years ago)
'labradoodle' is never a legit answer in a serious crossword imo
― at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Friday, 7 October 2011 11:08 (fourteen years ago)
I don't get how Graham Norton is a clue? Does he own one? Do people generally know this?
― parasitical brain-weevil (onimo), Friday, 7 October 2011 11:13 (fourteen years ago)
he does, idk if it's common knowledge. i've just seen him with it on the street near where i work a bunch of times.
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 7 October 2011 11:15 (fourteen years ago)
can a ledge be against autodefenstrationism? Surely it's more a matter for the latch, the frames, the panes etc
― at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Friday, 7 October 2011 11:28 (fourteen years ago)
why not, it's a thing
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Friday, 7 October 2011 11:53 (fourteen years ago)
lacks appropriate gravity imo
― at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Friday, 7 October 2011 12:00 (fourteen years ago)
whole reams of smutty and slangy clues would be out of bounds by that logic.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 7 October 2011 12:10 (fourteen years ago)
Doesn't seem to be in Chambers which I thought it had to be
― RONG Persuader (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 October 2011 12:11 (fourteen years ago)
In The Times, maybe, they have strict rules like no names of living people. Guardian is a lot more slack. And smutty.
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 7 October 2011 12:25 (fourteen years ago)
it's a legit answer i think
― Dios mio! This kid is FUN to hit! (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 October 2011 13:00 (fourteen years ago)
Candidate for a Daily Mail clue:
Intelligence with sex appeal is what makes this country great (7)
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 21 October 2011 08:16 (fourteen years ago)
oevgnva?
― koogs, Friday, 21 October 2011 08:57 (fourteen years ago)
without visiting rot13.com it think it's safe to say yeah.
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 21 October 2011 08:59 (fourteen years ago)
(just use vim and ??)
― koogs, Friday, 21 October 2011 09:14 (fourteen years ago)
I liked this one in today's Guardian:
Strategy to get Penny into Javanese orchestra (4,4)
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:19 (fourteen years ago)
I got the answer then had to Google to work out the clue.
― a guy called Gerard (onimo), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:17 (fourteen years ago)
it's a good one!
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:20 (fourteen years ago)
Prefer Balinese gamelan meself.
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:27 (fourteen years ago)
Preserve from harm and interminable suffering with a narcotic (9)
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:28 (fourteen years ago)
---m-l---
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Thursday, 27 October 2011 13:03 (fourteen years ago)
Can't do it yet.
Was there a recent grauniad about Ealing Comedies or was somebody pulling my leg?
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 October 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)
That is a lady who had a song about her, I do believe. If we are trying to be all non-spoilery now and whatnot.
I liked the Javanese one, if the Wire magazine ever does a crossword they should call that guy up
― how do i shot slime mould voltron form (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 27 October 2011 20:08 (fourteen years ago)
Marmalade. Thanks for hint
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 October 2011 23:20 (fourteen years ago)
correctamundo
― antiautodefenestrationism (ledge), Friday, 28 October 2011 08:38 (fourteen years ago)
there is a new crossword compiler in the irish times
he is shit
― the ghost-fisting is a one-off thing (darraghmac), Friday, 28 October 2011 09:39 (fourteen years ago)
Help! The clue was: Shrub or rub (5)
Answer was Wahoo. I understand the shrub reference, but what's the rub?
― Dan Peterson, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
s'thing to do with burro???
― DeLonge and Winding Refn (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 02:34 (fourteen years ago)
idg the shrub reference, wikipedia tells me it's a fish.
― Quoth the raven "Nevermind" (ledge), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:36 (fourteen years ago)
Chambers says it's also an ornamental shrub and a kind of buckthorn 'which yields cascara sagrada' (a laxative). I still dgi.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:47 (fourteen years ago)