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/wordofthedayhttp://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/25746The 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
Goblin takes letter referring to underworld visitor (wotd,6)
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:18 (thirteen years ago)
tinkering...
Goblin clutches letter concerning visitor to the underworld
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:27 (thirteen years ago)
(ha, watched the film yesterday...)
'a letter' isn't specific enough, i don't think. needs to specify that it's greek.
― koogs, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:08 (thirteen years ago)
idk, it *is* a letter, and greek ones are common enough in crosswords. overspecifying it would give the game away too much imo.
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:15 (thirteen years ago)
would go for "... letter in greek ..." if necessary tho.
mystical? or sounding stupid? (6 wotd)
― koogs, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:30 (thirteen years ago)
Probably pretty easy, wotd:
To begin with, kitten starting school is tacky (6)
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Monday, 24 September 2012 19:04 (thirteen years ago)
:) quite like it tho
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 September 2012 19:53 (thirteen years ago)
Ooh, just got it
― kinder, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:11 (thirteen years ago)
Today's wotd, keeping with my feline theme!
Hypothesis, for the sake of argument: needle the kitten takes energy (11)
― Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:11 (thirteen years ago)
Dammit, that's not what I wanted.
Assumption, for the sake of argument: needle the kitten takes energy
― Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:42 (thirteen years ago)
It's a verb so I'd change that to 'Assume'.
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 08:18 (thirteen years ago)
All suggestions for improvement welcome:
One furiously torn by anger without any conclusion - put these together?! (wotd, 11)
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:29 (thirteen years ago)
Fun quiz, can you guess what in this clue I'm not entirely happy with?
Southern parvenu finally getting in with the stars (wotd, 7)
― ledge, Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:36 (thirteen years ago)
(yesterday's wotd was 'interrobang' wtf!?)
'the stars' suggests a noun, where you want the adjective?
― koogs, Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:55 (thirteen years ago)
you unhappy with 'with the stars' as an indicator for the key adjective? I don't think it's bad.
― woof, Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:01 (thirteen years ago)
^ correct, i mean really ideally it should be 'from' or 'of', right? not sure that substituting other random prepositions is entirely acceptable.
― ledge, Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:08 (thirteen years ago)
ikwym, but first def in chambers is 'belonging to the stars' and I think that gives you a bit of room for prepositional drift.
― woof, Thursday, 27 September 2012 11:12 (thirteen years ago)
After Tuesday regret being faithful (wotd, 4)
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 10:22 (thirteen years ago)
nice.
― Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 10:34 (thirteen years ago)
i never know the wotd, feel like i'm drifting away from this thread ;_;
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 11:38 (thirteen years ago)
so TRUE, funny how it seems...
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 11:39 (thirteen years ago)
hmm maybe i should ignore wotd and just guess as normal i spose. neat clue.
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 11:43 (thirteen years ago)
of course they're normal clues, the wotd thing is just a handy resource for getting new words to clue, and it means people (yourself excepted, it's sad you have a shitty nokia) can look up the answer instead of bumping the thread with 'more letters please' which was always tedious and unproductive.
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 11:53 (thirteen years ago)
otm, i *do* have a shitty nokia ;_;
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 11:59 (thirteen years ago)
granted case-by-case? (10)
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 12:04 (thirteen years ago)
i'm stumped.
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:06 (thirteen years ago)
wotd has made u soft imo
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:35 (thirteen years ago)
I finished the whole guardian crossword in less than a pint yesterday. (with the help of two colleagues.)
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:36 (thirteen years ago)
give us some fuckin letters anyway
_ e _ _ _s _ _o _ i'm too soft meself
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:39 (thirteen years ago)
per mission
― vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:47 (thirteen years ago)
well i mean obv
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:48 (thirteen years ago)
nothing to do with suitcases then.
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:49 (thirteen years ago)
look again
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 08:53 (thirteen years ago)
nah just kiddin
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 09:06 (thirteen years ago)
suitcases
Was trying to fit "appellation" or related into 10, myself. And now I would like a nice case glass of wine to while away the morning.
(No, it doesn't really work, but I am easily distracted into thoughts of drinking)
― still small voice of clam (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 4 October 2012 09:42 (thirteen years ago)
Dog bit fatigue? (9)
― vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 09:45 (thirteen years ago)
lassitude
― I am the one and (onimo), Thursday, 4 October 2012 10:18 (thirteen years ago)
not havin that, no 'sounds like', where's the 'e' in lassie (stuff your 'bit')
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 10:35 (thirteen years ago)
Doesn't the question mark indicate a "sounds like" or "ok I'm fucking with the convention here a wee bit"?
― I am the one and (onimo), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:35 (thirteen years ago)