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ledge, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 11:05 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

what does the 'to steal' indicate?

ledge, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 22:04 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

xp you can't do that!

ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:46 (thirteen years ago)

Every. Word. Must. Count.

syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:03 (thirteen years ago)

http://cryptics.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_linking_words_and_phrases

v for viennetta (c sharp major), Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:06 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

one of the least-regarded art forms of our time imo

ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:18 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

nice!

ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:29 (thirteen years ago)

rockists.

koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:42 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

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 (thirteen years ago)

works for me.

ledge, Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:11 (thirteen years ago)

Yay me!

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:15 (thirteen years ago)

yeah that's a decent clue :)

syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:18 (thirteen years ago)

Thanks, I was proud that it it incorporates three elements that often trip me up as a novice solver: having to solve one word and then subtract from it, single letter abbreviation, and noun/verb mismatch for wave.

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:12 (thirteen years ago)

Polite hero turns purple (10 wotd)

koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 19:02 (thirteen years ago)

(tried working in the creator of brazilian jiu jitsu but just couldn't)

koogs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 19:05 (thirteen years ago)

Light brown tops of elegant chiffon, raw, unbleached (4,wotd)

ledge, Friday, 14 September 2012 14:35 (thirteen years ago)

Wow, I got that one quickly. I'm getting better at these.

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 September 2012 14:41 (thirteen years ago)

nobody tempted by 'diapason', 'coetaneous' or 'tartuffery'?

koogs, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:50 (thirteen years ago)

I'll give one a (maybe farfetched) shot:

Organists' group reject help, loudspeaker systems activated. (8)

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:18 (thirteen years ago)

not at all bad

ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 19:28 (thirteen years ago)

Thanks, this is really fun, I've never attempted to think up my own. I'd never heard of diapason. Rules-wise, could 'with' be added before loudspeaker to improve the surface reading?

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 20:24 (thirteen years ago)

sure, with works in the 'put these together' sense.

ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 21:51 (thirteen years ago)

I can't come up with anything for those other two, though.

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:01 (thirteen years ago)

Pious fakery! Roxy Music singer entangled in a clump of trees. (10)

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:20 (thirteen years ago)

You'll have to explain that one...

Ate one half portion of cous-cous, digested at the same time (10)

ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:27 (thirteen years ago)

FERRY + A TUFT, entangled = TARTUFFERY

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:30 (thirteen years ago)

maybe it's nitpicking but that 'entangled' reads to me as only applying to ferry, then put it inside a tuft (unentangled). 'entangled with' would work, although not as well on the surface.

also never come across 'tuft' used for trees before!

ledge, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 22:34 (thirteen years ago)

Confused Roxy Music singer entangled with a clump of trees... enh, it's still not that good.

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 23:45 (thirteen years ago)

Word of the day, down clue:

Sick coming up in a to-go container to make a mess of things. (6)

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:05 (thirteen years ago)

Hip-hop's great comeback getting into fight leads to ruin (wotd, 6)

ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:24 (thirteen years ago)

v much not loving wotd stuff, so there ilxwordians

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:49 (thirteen years ago)

it's all a load of bollix if you ask me

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:52 (thirteen years ago)

Not loving the words themselves, our attempts to set them, the whole concept?

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:53 (thirteen years ago)

thread was dead before so <shrugs>

ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:53 (thirteen years ago)

yeah I'm not really worried, couldn't resist a terrible pun though. Happy to keep up the word of the day thing, I've learnt some new words!

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:54 (thirteen years ago)

the attempts are ok, but only ok, tbh i'm not able to keep great track of what wotd is a lot of the time which is more the issue

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:10 (thirteen years ago)

practice makes perfect.

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day

right-click, bookmark this link.

ledge, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:12 (thirteen years ago)

i am once again reminded how much of a 2nd class ilxor i am while surfing on my shitty nokia ;_;

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:19 (thirteen years ago)

Jesus H Christ on a (numerical spoiler) I thought today's Graun was a bastard.

Crossword: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crosswords/cryptic/25746
The answers explained: http://fifteensquared.net/2012/09/20/guardian-cryptic-25746-crucible/

And yes I do see that most of the commenters on the second site declare it "easy"! I do not know what stimulants they had to ingest to get 13A.

(Admittedly I was never very good at these and am quite out of practice)

still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 20 September 2012 21:36 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah we had to cheat with 13a and a handful of others.

ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 08:13 (thirteen years ago)

Goblin takes letter to underworld visitor (wotd, 6)

ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:17 (thirteen years ago)

nonononono

ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:17 (thirteen years ago)

Goblin takes letter referring to underworld visitor (wotd,6)

ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:18 (thirteen years ago)


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