Just got there myself and made a little noise halfway between a groan and a snort of laughter out loud in the office. Which was awkward.
Not got koogs' yet, though...
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 13:11 (fourteen years ago)
what's the answer then koogs?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 26 April 2012 12:45 (fourteen years ago)
theft
which i only got as i had letters 1, 3 and 5. 'job' being newspaper headline speak for a big robbery, but that seemed unsatisfactory, like it was missing something. took 10 minutes to realise that it's also 'the FT'.
― koogs, Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:06 (fourteen years ago)
yeah nice one!
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:22 (fourteen years ago)
from the latest games magazine
500 = 100 = 0 (4)
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:30 (fourteen years ago)
got it. won't spoil it.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:31 (fourteen years ago)
also, like it.
very neat
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:35 (fourteen years ago)
took me a minute as I mistook 500 for 50
― we are not bemused (onimo), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:39 (fourteen years ago)
50 + 1 + 100 + 1000 = total (4)
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 11:43 (fourteen years ago)
One in crows nest reportedly is egomaniac (5-5)
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:58 (fourteen years ago)
---K
--V--/-A---
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:16 (fourteen years ago)
LICK
― Keith pissed on my chips (onimo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:19 (fourteen years ago)
what was500 = 100 = 0 (4) ?
― kinder, Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:22 (fourteen years ago)
DISC
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:27 (fourteen years ago)
Yep
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 10:37 (fourteen years ago)
the sum of 50, 1, 100 and 1000 would be MCLI though. you mean the concatenation...
― koogs, Thursday, 3 May 2012 11:49 (fourteen years ago)
+ is a concatenation operator...
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:10 (fourteen years ago)
D IS C "is"
Oh but ledge set another, which onimo solved. Carry on, Cluru.
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 13:34 (fourteen years ago)
Irrationally revere courses containing seed of giant sequoias, e.g. (9,5)
I figured out the answer, but I'm still not sure how the clue works.
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 13:59 (thirteen years ago)
anagram ('irrationally') of 'revere' with first letter (seed) of giant in it, followed by 'entrees' (= courses).
― woof, Monday, 16 July 2012 14:06 (thirteen years ago)
ahhh, I was doubly screwed: never got entrees, so I was working on another way to get 'courses' via greens (like golf courses) and I have never seen 'seed' to mean first letter. Is that common?
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:10 (thirteen years ago)
Get greens via courses, but anyway...
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:11 (thirteen years ago)
never seen 'seed' iirc, pretty sure i would grumble if i came across it in the wild.
― ledge, Monday, 16 July 2012 14:11 (thirteen years ago)
yeah i don't like it
― Tartar Mouantcheoux (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:13 (thirteen years ago)
tho it's kinda obvious what it's doing and since you're likely to arrive at the answer before you break down the clue i guess it's okay
didn't know sequouias were evergreen i must admit
― Tartar Mouantcheoux (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:14 (thirteen years ago)
don't think I've seen it before, it does a bit feel off.
― woof, Monday, 16 July 2012 14:15 (thirteen years ago)
I think it *would* have been obvious if I had gotten 'entrees,' but my mind never went there.
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:15 (thirteen years ago)
Depicts, ultimately, under false pretenses. (10)
The way 'ultimately' works in this doesn't work for me, but I defer to the experts.
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Monday, 16 July 2012 14:21 (thirteen years ago)
Pretty easy, but fun I thought, from today's Guardian:
Off limits, like an exhausted kangaroo? (3,2,6)
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:24 (thirteen years ago)
Ha
― Sig Sig Ruman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:58 (thirteen years ago)
Assassin of sci-fi mob of Iowa (6)
― Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 26 July 2012 03:39 (thirteen years ago)
btw mine was 'represents.' But anagramming pretenses it requires an extra 'r' -- so they're getting that from "ultimately under?" (Last letter of under?)
The way the clue reads seems like it should be the last letter of depicts (s) under anagrammed 'pretenses', but that doesn't work. Completely wonky, or just me?
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)
wonky, but fair I reckon. I think the confusion is by design, so that's irritating. Don't like it tbh - don't really like that kind of word (lots of super-common letters, boring sequence), clue feels abstract, weightless.
(obvs just bitter because I didn't get it)
― woof, Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:52 (thirteen years ago)
Actually, the theme of this puzzle was E; every word used only that vowel. Once I caught on, it made the puzzle much easier, but LOTS of super common letters.
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:59 (thirteen years ago)
letters?
― ledge, Sunday, 29 July 2012 09:18 (thirteen years ago)
-o----
― Like Monk Never Happened (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 July 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)
trying to think of a sci-fi assassin ending in 'ia'...
― ledge, Monday, 30 July 2012 08:46 (thirteen years ago)
or not.
borgia.
ha! got hung up on the sci-fi mob being "nova" which was probably overthinking it
― Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 July 2012 16:29 (thirteen years ago)
from today's Guardian:
Pubs' motto, possibly? (7,2)
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:10 (thirteen years ago)
nice
― koogs, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:20 (thirteen years ago)
a good thing about cryptic crossword clues is that they don't have to be difficult to be satisfying to solve.
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 12:30 (thirteen years ago)
no, that's just pleasurably concise
― Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 16:54 (thirteen years ago)
Baffled here:
Philosopher's telephone assistant, keeping money, rejected no taxis? (3,7,5)
S_R_R_N_I_B_C_N
Got the answer easily enough, but I have no idea what's going on with the most of the cluing.
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:14 (thirteen years ago)
http://aframegames.com/puzzles/Teleportland.pdf
― Safe European Momus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (thirteen years ago)
i think it's this:
Philospher's (Sir Francis Bacon) telephone assistant keeping money SIR(FRANC)I rejected no taxis = NOCABS backwards
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:19 (thirteen years ago)
if telephone assistant really refers to a fucking android app then fuck this clue imo
And if I can't even tell what it really refers to, then ditto.
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:31 (thirteen years ago)
And what would indicate that iris is backwards in addition to nocabs?
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 25 August 2012 13:34 (thirteen years ago)