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got it. nice one.

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 09:27 (thirteen years ago)

yes that's v elegant.

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 10:14 (thirteen years ago)

(xposts) ah, I get what you're saying. (Sorry, learner's permit here.) So:

Messy divan holds food

would work better?

Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:54 (thirteen years ago)

I just gut the marksman one too; that's great!

Baked. And yet so soupy. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 14:13 (thirteen years ago)

xp yeah that's cool

i can't get the owl one ;_;

Always try to avoid setting up future opportunities for kicking yourself (ledge), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 16:52 (thirteen years ago)

sharps
hooter
i laughed

koogs, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 17:40 (thirteen years ago)

D'oh

Always try to avoid setting up future opportunities for kicking yourself (ledge), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 18:10 (thirteen years ago)

Embraced by ned, snog ardently, head over heels, in show of cupidity (7,3; down clue)

ledge, Monday, 15 October 2012 09:30 (thirteen years ago)

Embraced by Ned, snog ardently, head over heels, in show of cupidity

ledge, Monday, 15 October 2012 09:31 (thirteen years ago)

c'mon guys this is gold

ledge, Monday, 15 October 2012 14:08 (thirteen years ago)

in your opinion 8)

dragons den

koogs, Monday, 15 October 2012 15:22 (thirteen years ago)

gold i tell ya

ledge, Monday, 15 October 2012 15:25 (thirteen years ago)

one from yesterday's observer:

Youth speaks about contemporary of J. Wayne? (5, 4)

koogs, Monday, 15 October 2012 15:25 (thirteen years ago)

Salad days but I don't get the j wayne ref...

ledge, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 08:21 (thirteen years ago)

I think it's an Alan Ladd reference. Says about A Ladd.

Tim, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 08:25 (thirteen years ago)

Never heard of him! Wonder why the clue didn't just say 'John Wayne', maybe we were meant to think John is too obvious, must be Jeff.

ledge, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 08:30 (thirteen years ago)

tim otm. and clue said 'j wayne' to match 'a ladd'.

i spent minutes trying to think of answers with 't mix' in them...

koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 08:52 (thirteen years ago)

tim otm. and clue said 'j wayne' to match 'a ladd'.

d'oh.

ledge, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:01 (thirteen years ago)

mingled with contemporary of wayne, j (4)

koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:04 (thirteen years ago)

Are you going for mixt?

I've certainly heard of Alan Ladd, though I couldn't name a single film of his off the top of my head, and I never would have been able to solve this without a lot of help.

This could go in the strange Wikipedia entries, just for the odd wording:

As with many Hollywood stars, Ladd is sometimes described as either a social adherent to, or member of, the gay subculture.[15]

Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 15:39 (thirteen years ago)

mixt, yes. it's a word! who knew?

(contemporary might be pushing it though, earlier generation)

koogs, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 16:58 (thirteen years ago)

Inspired by walking past the 5-a-side courts to and from work every day:

Footballers cry "Lynam!" before beginning first soccer film (5,3,7)

ledge, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 08:40 (thirteen years ago)

Haha awesome. Got the first two words then had to google the film name, but that's because I am ignorant of film.

Tim, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 09:57 (thirteen years ago)

no idea

golf run, maybe 10 cricket pitches (7, wotd)

koogs, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:13 (thirteen years ago)

yep

a pass-agg to indier (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:15 (thirteen years ago)

no idea

man on + des + source + s

ledge, Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:04 (thirteen years ago)

weirdly, owls become shrewd (7-4, wotd)

koogs, Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:42 (thirteen years ago)

nice. First one in a while I've got!

Arvo Pärt Chimp (Neil S), Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:26 (thirteen years ago)

Are you going for mixt?

I've certainly heard of Alan Ladd, though I couldn't name a single film of his off the top of my head

for shane, ilx, for shane.

Fizzles, Monday, 22 October 2012 08:02 (thirteen years ago)

Finds O/S (9)

The answer is discovers. I'm drawing a total blank here. What the hell is O/S?

Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:55 (thirteen years ago)

Disc Over S ??

rhino what boys like (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:56 (thirteen years ago)

"O" = disc
"/" = over
"s" = s

rhino what boys like (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:57 (thirteen years ago)

groan...

Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:12 (thirteen years ago)

guardian today was a bitch fyi, made worse by fifteensquared.net being all "this did not trouble me at all". punk = tinder? ok grandad.

ledge, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:24 (thirteen years ago)

i've half a desire to become an public official (8, wotd)

koogs, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:20 (thirteen years ago)

neat but very simple imo

i will fondue, and i will killue (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:27 (thirteen years ago)

make fake (5)

koogs, Sunday, 28 October 2012 17:47 (thirteen years ago)

forge

model also nearly kinda sorta works.

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Monday, 29 October 2012 09:32 (thirteen years ago)

Spectre revealed by sycophant as monster. (8) WOTD

Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:33 (thirteen years ago)

one of my fave films :)

chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:36 (thirteen years ago)

Nice one!

flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:55 (thirteen years ago)

there have been some nice unclued words lately - eidolon, mawkish, loup-garou, cantrip

untearable, tricksy (7 wotd, it's right there, look)

koogs, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:00 (thirteen years ago)

Supreme happiness of topless dude pursuing proto hippy generation with sex appeal (9, wotd)

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:54 (thirteen years ago)

trademark ledge clue there...

koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

you mean an awkwardly worded and obvious charade? ;)

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (thirteen years ago)

lots of words chiselled into bits and reassembled.

koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:29 (thirteen years ago)

they're the most fun to come up with imo, but i should branch out a bit.

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:34 (thirteen years ago)

> lots of words chiselled into bits and reassembled.

like a 1-d mosaic

koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

hexagonal bit causes conflict (4 wotd)

koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:50 (thirteen years ago)

(not a word i knew tbh)

koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:50 (thirteen years ago)


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