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kinder, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 08:14 (thirteen years ago)

Oh, that's nice.

ailsa, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:19 (thirteen years ago)

heh, i got that one immediately. it perfectly captures her essence, too <3

lex pretend, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:33 (thirteen years ago)

Her essence is a person who LOVES dolphins iirc, don't see that in the clue...

kinder, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:02 (thirteen years ago)

may have back-combed hair and love for american diva (6,5)

yeah yeah 'have' should be 'has' for the clue reading to work, just messin' here.

ledge, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:05 (thirteen years ago)

american diva might be full of love after back-combing hair

not a patch on 'foyer a chair american' i know.

ledge, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 15:17 (thirteen years ago)

that's all-time

Neil S, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 15:25 (thirteen years ago)

this was in the grauniad the other day, there are (at least) two answers that work perfectly, we put the wrong one in.

Stick that's split (6)

ledge, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:38 (thirteen years ago)

that one fucked up our solving process for the longest time because the answer was so obviously BRANCH except it wasn't >:(

lex pretend, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:39 (thirteen years ago)

cleave?

tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:41 (thirteen years ago)

wd be my first thought because it's one of those words with oppositional meanings

tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:42 (thirteen years ago)

yeah it was extra-annoying when we realised because cleave is one of my all-time fav words for that exact reason

lex pretend, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:43 (thirteen years ago)

yeah it's an old chestnut, but obv when we thought 'branch' we didn't think on it any further.

so which meaning does 'cleavage' come from?

ledge, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:47 (thirteen years ago)

"split", obv

tochter tochter, please (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:48 (thirteen years ago)

yeah it's an old chestnut, but obv when we thought 'branch' we didn't think on it any further

but if you're stuck on the connecting words b/c you can't make the letters fit then you should always revisit the one you think you've got right.

my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:47 (thirteen years ago)

A few I've come up with that probably break some setters' rules or other but they make sense to me:

masturbate, half-mad for goddess (6)
no more cold (6)
lower ground for one such as Merkel (9)

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Thursday, 28 February 2013 12:37 (thirteen years ago)

need help

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:07 (thirteen years ago)

in the meantime

Hear cry of admonishment after paedo Jimmy exposes sausage (7)

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:24 (thirteen years ago)

A+

I don't really know how to help! I'll put up the answers in a bit.

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:44 (thirteen years ago)

just give us some letters

koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:49 (thirteen years ago)

"i'll have a P please bob"

koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 10:50 (thirteen years ago)

Oh yeah, haha. It's early. Here goes:
1. _ RI _ _ _
2. _ U _ _ _ _
3. _ A _ _ _ _ _ E _

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:00 (thirteen years ago)

the first one's Frigga i guess. had it when you posted it but not sure why

a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:45 (thirteen years ago)

obv i get the "frig" part

a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:45 (thirteen years ago)

"GA" half of GAGA?

jlgt, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:57 (thirteen years ago)

Exactly.

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 15:28 (thirteen years ago)

Is the third one "Hamburger" (ground-up cow, i.e. something that lows)?

jlgt, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:14 (thirteen years ago)

oh man that is evil!

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:17 (thirteen years ago)

vg

i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:19 (thirteen years ago)

Haha, was completely thinking Una Merkel!

BTW, I encountered this recently:

Use and reuse pieces of souvenir, eating deer perhaps? (14) Although I eventually solved what appeared to be a made-up word, this was my first experience with a "letter-bank" clue. More below:

http://www.thenation.com/blog/172926/going-bank#

It's All Posable Colaboration (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:21 (thirteen years ago)

"hamburger" is tremendous, kudos.

i do not think i like the letter-bank, but i am wildly conservative so

a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 16:59 (thirteen years ago)

Take it to the politics thread sonny

i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 17:22 (thirteen years ago)

> Use and reuse pieces of souvenir, eating deer perhaps? (14)

venison... and a bit more?

koogs, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 17:51 (thirteen years ago)

Yep. It was the bit more that threw me for the longest time as I tried to have venison eat, or surround, another word, which wasn't right. Answer is in that Nation hyperlink.

It's All Posable Colaboration (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:19 (thirteen years ago)

Woah. Never seen a letter-bank clue before ot a fan on the whole but this is brilliant: Snatch, using every element as needed in whatever way possible (5-2-5-3)

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:29 (thirteen years ago)

*and not

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:29 (thirteen years ago)

remaining clue of mine:

_ U _ _ E _

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:31 (thirteen years ago)

Summer?

i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:34 (thirteen years ago)

_ UM _ E _

can I apologise in advance for this one btw

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:39 (thirteen years ago)

Number!

i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:44 (thirteen years ago)

yuss

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:48 (thirteen years ago)

Not bad imo

i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:48 (thirteen years ago)

idgi - I know number is anaesthetic...

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:49 (thirteen years ago)

no = #

more cold = more numb

sorry

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:51 (thirteen years ago)

got that "Snatch" clue btw but i'll leave it for a bit if you want.

now i see how they can work i can live with them but there's something about the inexactitude that niggles

a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:51 (thirteen years ago)

Ok. I would whinge that you need the dot in no. for it to work but will let you off 'cause hamburger.

Ah how about: More cold? No.

Xp

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:54 (thirteen years ago)

Letter banks seem less intuitive/natural than other clues but this could be bullshit. I like the idea though.

ledge, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:55 (thirteen years ago)

Dont mind either those guys imo clue was fine

i don't have to be fair, i'm *right* (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 18:56 (thirteen years ago)

lol I knew I would be breaking at least one rule! Will go with ledge's rewrite. Here's one: I kept trying to come up with a clever spoonerism-type clue for the dish "leek gratin". Sth about a dish containing tongues? but I couldn't make it work. Any ideas?bitl

my friend sent me this once & I take no responsibility whatsoever:

septic cunt (5)

dat neggy nilmar (wins), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 19:04 (thirteen years ago)

lol yuk yuk lol yuk

a phenomenological description of The Eagles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 20:30 (thirteen years ago)


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