show reverence for old fashioned guy with poxy fule caught inside
― woof, Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
missing a "c"?
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
"c" for caught innit?
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah missed it
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
bent leg etc. fun!
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:00 (twelve years ago) link
(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 (twelve years ago) link
it almost works as a semi &lit, araucaria e.g. is always pretty happy to play fast n loose with those.
problem is genuflect is a verb so "action taken" doesn't really work cos it suggests a noun
painfully aware of this but gave up on trying to fix it.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
i guess the real test is whether anyone could solve these clues.
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
genuflect?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
(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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
yes, someone suggest another word
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
srsly whenever i'm put on the spot i can only think in obscenities
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
filth
― koogs, Thursday, 6 September 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
that's the only one I've gotten in ages
― kinder, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
word of the day: primrose
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
Blooming proper get-up!
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
(wouldn't that need to be past tense?)
― koogs, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
yes, damn you, yes (weeps)
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
Stand around border regarding first flower
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2012 09:33 (twelve years ago) link
Proper pink flower (8)
― Une ville musulmane dans la Chine du Nord sous les Mongols (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 September 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
"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 (twelve years ago) link
Disturbed improviser drops the sixth flower
― bham, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Does "vi" mean "the sixth" there?
― Tim, Monday, 10 September 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, that was the idea. As in Henry VI. Not sure it quite works.
― bham, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
If we wanna keep this going we could just use http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/ or http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/
― ledge, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
happy enough with that one, tbh
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
might be an idea to tag these posts with WOTD if you're posting a clue to a known word (either from those websites or nominated). another thread altogether is another.
1 Ceres might be red (6, WOTD)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_%28dwarf_planet%29
(would 'shift' work as an anagram specifier? 'red shift' would keep the astronomy thing going, if in a slightly nonsensical way)
― koogs, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:17 (twelve years ago) link
Before ecstacy, cries popped French cherry. (6, WOTD)
― Tim, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
colour of cherries i rectally inserted backwards (6, wotd)
would 'shift' work as an anagram specifier?
last araucaria had 'demands' as anagrind iirc. i don't even.
― ledge, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://cryptics.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_anagram_indicators
― ledge, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 11:05 (twelve years ago) link
Crazy con lead caper to steal chinese pottery (7 WOTD)
(could i use caper as an anagram indicator? could then drop the crazy...)
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
what does the 'to steal' indicate?
― ledge, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
nothing. it's just there to make the two parts of the clue into something resembling a sentence.
― koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
wotd seems to be themed throughout the week, but a lot of the colour names have other or more specific meanings.
webster word of day for yesterday was peripatetic. but it was late...
― koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
xp you can't do that!
― ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:46 (twelve years ago) link
Every. Word. Must. Count.
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://cryptics.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_linking_words_and_phrases
― v for viennetta (c sharp major), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:06 (twelve years ago) link
obv there are good clues and bad clues, but i'm a purist about that shit
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
it's also why writing clues is damn hard, and anyone who can churn out well-formed clues with decent surface readings on a daily basis gets massive respect from me.
― ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
one of the least-regarded art forms of our time imo
webster word of day for yesterday was (REDACTED). but it was late...
Travelling Dr Who companion miserable without heroin (11, belated WOTD)
(just seeing what the Who/cryptic thread crossover is, like)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:27 (twelve years ago) link
nice!
― ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
rockists.
― koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:42 (twelve years ago) link
if yr gonna link with extraneous terms you gotta make them bland/innocuous imo, 'steal' would have my eyes tearing to do somethin with it
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
First time I've ever attempted writing a clue, does this work for WOTD?
Excessive loss of energy after dark creates wave (8)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link