would go for "... letter in greek ..." if necessary tho.
― ledge, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:15 (thirteen years ago)
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)
"fucking with the convention a wee bit" yeah but discarding the entire clue-type indicator is more than a wee bit of fucking with.
― I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:40 (thirteen years ago)
Question mark is fair-ish i thought, i wrestled with the clue for ages but cdn't get a fully satisfactory one.
"Lassie chewed"
― vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:02 (thirteen years ago)
i stand by the criticism, i got the soundalike but imo the clue needs to reference this and i don't forgive the missing 'e', this i never forgive you hear?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:06 (thirteen years ago)
sounds like highland girl ate mechanically
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:08 (thirteen years ago)
mechanically?
― vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:08 (thirteen years ago)
crossword beef, jesus d'you remember when ilx brough more to the table than this?
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:09 (thirteen years ago)
surface doesn't really make sense imo
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:09 (thirteen years ago)
spent five secs on it, tbf
surface on mine i thought, which doesn't, whole clue sucks tbf.
― vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:10 (thirteen years ago)
sorry i meant the surface in nv's one
yep xp
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:10 (thirteen years ago)
i remember we used to go all capslock about the origin stories of gypsies, now it's fuckin inkblots from ten paces man what happened
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:12 (thirteen years ago)
'whole clue' doesn't suck but you're better than this imo, high standards etc
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:13 (thirteen years ago)
nah i agree i am pretty nitpicky about clues, allowed myself to be distracted by cute euphony
― vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:15 (thirteen years ago)