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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)

Dutch rave music, unusual at first, is confusing source of irritation. (7 wotd)

By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:48 (thirteen years ago)

oof. that's like you're double encrypting something. is a step too far.

koogs, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:57 (thirteen years ago)

ah, gabber. yeah indirect anagrams are a big no-no, shame as it's a really nice surface.

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:59 (thirteen years ago)

(fyi it's just considered unfair to expect the solver to guess a synonym and then anagrammise it.)

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:31 (thirteen years ago)

From today's Guardian:

Ointment for a Frenchman round the bend? (7)

Neil S, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:33 (thirteen years ago)

one of my favourite words.

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:42 (thirteen years ago)

could've just put Gabber in the clue above tbh, made it a straightforward anagram.

koogs, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:03 (thirteen years ago)

^^^ yeah, I should've done it that way. Still learnin'.

By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:56 (thirteen years ago)

Practice makes perf... uh, better than the last one?

Edible stem, cob lie scattered (10, wotd)

By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:55 (thirteen years ago)

Solid.

Araucaria today, had to look up three or four (obscure queens: zenocrate, hippolyta) and look up the explanations for another four or five (odyl = a hypothetical force, who knew?)

Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 14:13 (thirteen years ago)

I think this works. wotd

Ecosystem Wind Erosion: revealing, stirring speech. (4-6)

By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:35 (thirteen years ago)

(fyi it's just considered unfair to expect the solver to guess a synonym and then anagrammise it.)

― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:31 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i swear the guardian setters do this all the time

Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)

Nah man I do the grauniad every fucking day and if they pulled that shit i would fucking do one.

Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 22:26 (thirteen years ago)

yeah you can turn 90 degrees once and once only imo

threat of the author (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:08 (thirteen years ago)

(fyi it's just considered unfair to expect the solver to guess a synonym and then anagrammise it.)

Not synonym exactly, but this one from The Nation is kinda in that ballpark:

Sort of where the partridge was at Christmas? That's clever! (8)

By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:42 (thirteen years ago)

i think if you can work them out (repartee, right?) and understand how you've worked them out then they're at least technically legit

movember spawned a nobster (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:40 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah. You guys are better at these than I am, and I guess there's only one obvious answer for this (peartree) vs. Dutch rave music, but I stared at this for a long time before I figured out it was a solve and then anagram clue.

By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:42 (thirteen years ago)

tbh Dutch rave music only ever equalled Gabber to me when i read yr clue

movember spawned a nobster (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:58 (thirteen years ago)

lols at today's words of the day...

koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:41 (thirteen years ago)

maybe try to combine them somehow...

koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:42 (thirteen years ago)

could you re-up the links for word of the day? i never know where i'm looking

only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:11 (thirteen years ago)

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday

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

this also useful:
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/

koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:19 (thirteen years ago)

ta

only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:45 (thirteen years ago)

reveal breasts after attractive woman goes bottomless (wotd 7)

Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:51 (thirteen years ago)

er i mean (8)

Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:52 (thirteen years ago)


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