got it (thanks site new answers for keeping me up-to-date with foreign sport)
― woof, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:01 (thirteen years ago)
googling the key noun phrase is not unhelpful.
― ledge, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:03 (thirteen years ago)
having no luck and I'm someone with a basic knowledge of NFL :/
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 10:22 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.chicagonow.com/lists-that-actually-matter/files/2011/11/tebowing.png
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:27 (thirteen years ago)
I got it, are you supposed to post the answer
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:32 (thirteen years ago)
just noticed how appallingly photoshopped that pic is.
yes go ahead, take all the acclaim and plaudits.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:37 (thirteen years ago)
well woof already got it so
NOTEBOOK (veto = NO, short football player = TEBO(W), alright = OK)
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:39 (thirteen years ago)
that's, imo, quite terrible 8)
perhaps there's mileage in doing this the other way around - someone chooses a word and others come up with clues for it. maybe 'genuflect' would be a good starting point.
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:43 (thirteen years ago)
Gentle cuff nearly creates obeisance.
not quite perfect, hurrying
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:09 (thirteen years ago)
Fence glut is fashionable for the action of bowing and scraping?
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:13 (thirteen years ago)
need number of letters for both of those
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:14 (thirteen years ago)
Well the answer's in the previous post! But for the record 9 in both cases.
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:16 (thirteen years ago)
oh I'm sorry, I forgot we were creating clues for "genuflect", I thought those were new clues
as you were
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:18 (thirteen years ago)
That's an exercise I sometimes do myself when bored - trying to construct crossword cryptic clues for a particular word that is rattling around my brain.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:19 (thirteen years ago)
xp no problem!
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:31 (thirteen years ago)
xp you should post 'em here then!
clunky as usual:
pleasure reflected in gentleman's first special action taken for marriage proposal
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:37 (thirteen years ago)
letters?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:49 (thirteen years ago)
or is that genuflect? cos
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:50 (thirteen years ago)
do keep up, dear
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:50 (thirteen years ago)
heh
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 10:53 (thirteen years ago)
problem is genuflect is a verb so "action taken" doesn't really work cos it suggests a noun
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:45 (thirteen years ago)
show reverence for old fashioned guy with poxy fule caught inside
― woof, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (thirteen years ago)
missing a "c"?
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (thirteen years ago)
"c" for caught innit?
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:48 (thirteen years ago)
oh yeah missed it
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:52 (thirteen years ago)
bent leg etc. fun!
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:00 (thirteen years ago)
(hmm, not sure there isn't something missing there, or it's too twisted up in itself. bent and fun could be anagram indicators but fun is part of the anagram. bent leg being the definition but leg also part of the anagram... plus the english isn't great.)
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:02 (thirteen years ago)
it almost works as a semi &lit, araucaria e.g. is always pretty happy to play fast n loose with those.
painfully aware of this but gave up on trying to fix it.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:47 (thirteen years ago)
i guess the real test is whether anyone could solve these clues.
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 13:04 (thirteen years ago)
Returned suitor's put-down: you spattered paint, one hears, to bow
(ho hum)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)
genuflect?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)
(yes. don't mind me, rolling in several hours late with my terrible word-manglings)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:31 (thirteen years ago)
idk is genuflect a great word for this experiment, which is otherwise a v interesting one imo
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:39 (thirteen years ago)
we didn't do too badly IMO, but yeah it's not the easiest. Throw one out there then!
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:46 (thirteen years ago)
yes, someone suggest another word
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:25 (thirteen years ago)
srsly whenever i'm put on the spot i can only think in obscenities
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:34 (thirteen years ago)
Dodgy PC flaunts lippiness? (4,5)
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:41 (thirteen years ago)
filth
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:44 (thirteen years ago)
that's the only one I've gotten in ages
― kinder, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:37 (thirteen years ago)
word of the day: primrose
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:13 (thirteen years ago)
Blooming proper get-up!
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:24 (thirteen years ago)
(wouldn't that need to be past tense?)
― koogs, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:26 (thirteen years ago)
yes, damn you, yes (weeps)
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:30 (thirteen years ago)
Stand around border regarding first flower
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:33 (thirteen years ago)
Proper pink flower (8)
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:34 (thirteen years ago)
was trying to get rim within ("outside inside") prose but couldn't think of a decent synonym for prose
also, april 19th = primrose day. more interesting that just 'flower'
― koogs, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:47 (thirteen years ago)
"prose" = "writing" was what i was working on, was considering using "yellow" for "primrose".
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:54 (thirteen years ago)
Disturbed improviser drops the sixth flower
― bham, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:09 (thirteen years ago)
Does "vi" mean "the sixth" there?
― Tim, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:22 (thirteen years ago)
Yes, that was the idea. As in Henry VI. Not sure it quite works.
― bham, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:17 (thirteen years ago)