Anatol, I (belatedly) enjoyed yr crossword very much, but despite having all the intersecting letters and a fair idea of what word might fit them, I don't get this one:
16. Force of about 50,000 "Fat Men" (7)
Anyone care to explain, or to offer some hints to interpretation (i.e. not some letters as I have them all)? Cheers!
(PS sorry if I am mistaken or jumping to conclusions here but I thought you were Norwegian, and if you've compiled a cryptic crossword in something that isn't yr native language then I may have to buy several hats just to doff them in amazement. wow!)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 14:40 (seventeen years ago)
Mixed review doesn't blind Morris (6,6)
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"einundzwanzig" is still going over my head.
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:14 (seventeen years ago)
Force of about 50,000 "Fat Men" is just a definition of the answer. What is the singular of 'Fat Men'?
einendzwanzig is german for 21, 21d was senhora, frau is german for senhora.
― talk me down off the (ledge), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:18 (seventeen years ago)
Ah, I thought it must be something like that. Thanks. (Feeling a bit Brazilian?)
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:36 (seventeen years ago)
Ah, had to go googling the figure of these singular Fat Men, which I had in fact tried first time round but got an answer which didn't add up - err, multiply up - so I'd decided that I was barking up the wrong tree. Wikipedia provides a more helpful answer in that respect. Cheers ledge.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:51 (seventeen years ago)
Heh sorry for slightly off clues. ;) And for derailing, as said...
Yep I'm Norwegian, Mr Cadet, but I've held a love for these blasted things since Fred Dellar's music-related xwds in the NME in the late 80's... I fondly remember
Peter's O'Tool (12)
in 1986 -- I'd already noted some anagrams and other structure here and there, but then the penny dropped just how wide the possibilities were. It is akin to what moley said in this thread I started: "... put me into a world filled with mad, perverse British aristocrats and eccentrics from the 18th century."
Heh xwds and that thread show a major thing with me actually, I love creative stuff where there is COMPLETE freedom within VERY STRICT formal constraints... :p
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 6 February 2009 23:47 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crossword/cryptic/
I feel bad that I forgot who anatol was. Anatol, are you familiar with another Ole M, Ole Mathison, a talented Norwegian sax player who lives in NYC?
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 February 2009 19:56 (seventeen years ago)
----i- ---d--
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:40 (seventeen years ago)
Stevie Wonder!
― cat anatomy expert (ledge), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:42 (seventeen years ago)
I din't know his real name until now - what's the deal with the change from Judkins to Morris?
― cat anatomy expert (ledge), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:43 (seventeen years ago)
Norwegian mother's favorite radio format? (3) (for anat ole)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 06:20 (seventeen years ago)
are you familiar with another Ole M, Ole Mathison
I'm not, I'm afraid.
Mor!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 February 2009 19:06 (seventeen years ago)
rub fool into wise man (7)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 07:04 (seventeen years ago)
massage
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 07:16 (seventeen years ago)
Ah, I thought wise man would be sage, but couldn't get it to work...
― krakow, Sunday, 5 April 2009 08:14 (seventeen years ago)
Randy Andy gets fifty bob (5)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:32 (seventeen years ago)
Dylan
― ailsa, Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:51 (seventeen years ago)
Wave wavy cones around me (6)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:28 (seventeen years ago)
Cosine
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
Buddhist chant about the beginning of time gets seal of approval (1,1,1)
― turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:35 (seventeen years ago)
Single key cut a lens (7)
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:39 (seventeen years ago)
xpost ledge otm
Single key cut a lens (7)cadence?
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 6 April 2009 20:02 (seventeen years ago)
Beer getting extra strong Italian brewed tea and gin (9)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:29 (seventeen years ago)
Reclue:Beer getting extra strongly brewed tea and gin (9)
Flash emperor and country bass player (6)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 03:29 (seventeen years ago)
Letters later today.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 11:31 (seventeen years ago)
Mingus!
No idea about the beer though.
Was Lorax's "single key..." answer right? I don't get it either way, so some letters or an explanation would be much appreciated.
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:02 (seventeen years ago)
-e-------
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:26 (seventeen years ago)
-e------r
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:18 (seventeen years ago)
Beefeater?
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:51 (seventeen years ago)
:)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:52 (seventeen years ago)
teabagger..... :(
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:00 (seventeen years ago)
Sorry, no Lorax was wrong about single key. Here is a letter.
-o-----
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:28 (seventeen years ago)
stab in the dark, concave?
― Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:31 (seventeen years ago)
cuticle
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:34 (seventeen years ago)
no and no but maybe darragh was on the right lines?
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:38 (seventeen years ago)
monocle
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (seventeen years ago)
i see
^^^ winner
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (seventeen years ago)
Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:42 (seventeen years ago)
Be off and stare if you want to search (6)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:44 (seventeen years ago)
Strong but aged, even if one bends (6)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:45 (seventeen years ago)
ok that's covered what i can from my desk!
(not a clue)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:47 (seventeen years ago)
Is the last one folder?
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:49 (seventeen years ago)
ya
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:49 (seventeen years ago)
as first efforts, they may be a little unwieldy. letters?
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:05 (seventeen years ago)
google!
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
shields?
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:58 (seventeen years ago)
google, y
shields,n
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Friday, 24 April 2009 08:43 (seventeen years ago)
so, i killed this then.
-e---d-
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:22 (seventeen years ago)