yeah it works well doesn't it!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:14 (thirteen years ago)
Ooh, just got the Spice Girl one. Nice!
― ailsa, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:17 (thirteen years ago)
Got a lol out of the other spice girls clue:
Was there nothing Ginger Spice accomplished that's musical? (10)
― Elvis was a hero to most but he never her (ledge), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:23 (thirteen years ago)
haha!
― ailsa, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:26 (thirteen years ago)
Songster of happiness perished in lake (8)
Certain i've got this answer right but have no idea why. Also:
Rocky part of sail (4)
is the only clue i haven't got today and i've had enough
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:07 (thirteen years ago)
nevermind the first one, i've just twigged. idiot.
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:08 (thirteen years ago)
kasabian? pizzaman? wikipedia not helping here.
― nagl dude dude dude (ledge), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
I think I have the 1st, no idea on the 2nd
― Pasty, British & Shit (wins), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:49 (thirteen years ago)
the first is fractionally unfair imo, odd use of grammar
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:54 (thirteen years ago)
if it's what I think it is, shouldn't the answer be 2 words? also I hate the word "songster/songstress" so
― Pasty, British & Shit (wins), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:57 (thirteen years ago)
a clue that really really pissed me off a few weeks ago by enigmatist(?) I can't remember the details but is "light crick" really a spoonerism for "right click"?
― Pasty, British & Shit (wins), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:58 (thirteen years ago)
no it's one word, i looked it up after i worked out why it was right.
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:59 (thirteen years ago)
ah. assuming the 2nd is a sailing thing, so there's zero chance of my getting it
― Pasty, British & Shit (wins), Thursday, 16 May 2013 22:01 (thirteen years ago)
Independent puzzle was really fun today. Great theme.
― Oulipo Traces (on a Cigarette) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 19:42 (thirteen years ago)
Something related to a gasket that is useful for keeping water out. (8)
S_A_ _ _I_
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Monday, 3 June 2013 15:41 (thirteen years ago)
sealskin vg
― no man is an islam (onimo), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:05 (thirteen years ago)
Pale imitation amongst performers at z-list event. (6)
― no man is an islam (onimo), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:06 (thirteen years ago)
nice
― Neil S, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:23 (thirteen years ago)
Oh Haha I just got it, duh. I kept seeing the hidden word "steven" which threw me off.
― too busy s1ockin' on my 乒乓 (wins), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 12:40 (thirteen years ago)
I have to confess I needed the answer key for 'sealskin'; I had 2 of the checking letters wrong. Sometimes the punniness is too much for me.
'Pale imitation' one is great.
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 5 June 2013 15:55 (thirteen years ago)
someone put me out of my misery
― nagl dude dude dude (ledge), Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:02 (thirteen years ago)
/shoots ledge
...ers at z...
― koogs, Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:18 (thirteen years ago)
fuck it i had ersatz and cdn't figure out why
― sleepish resistance (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:19 (thirteen years ago)
hidden word clues are the lowest of the low
shit! (not the clue, i thought wins' post meant it wasn't a hidden word.)
― nagl dude dude dude (ledge), Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:20 (thirteen years ago)
hidden word clues are only bad because they make you feel like an idiot for not spotting them.
exactly
― sleepish resistance (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:23 (thirteen years ago)
I like them as the foot-in-the-door for barred grids - initial taste of hope in impossible crossword.
― woof, Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:28 (thirteen years ago)
can admire showy ones too
What's in Latin sign, if I can translate, is of no importance (13)
(reading draft of friend's crossword book, took that from there).
― woof, Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:30 (thirteen years ago)
also nice!
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 June 2013 08:39 (thirteen years ago)
From today's Guardian:
Fickle Charlie Clark ingesting drug? (10)
― Neil S, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 11:53 (thirteen years ago)
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 13:03 (thirteen years ago)
Siamese twin taken in by audible element of debt scam (11)
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 20:12 (thirteen years ago)
Man, I just went to The Guardian to see the answer for Fickle Charlie Clark and my brain exploded, not only from that one but TAPSTER? COURGETTE?
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 16:31 (thirteen years ago)
Never in a month of Sundays would I come up with CHAN and GABLE from Charlie Clark.
― no man is an islam (onimo), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 16:37 (thirteen years ago)
Glad I'm not the only one!
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 16:42 (thirteen years ago)
yeah but changeable was pretty obvious from the get go, then you work backwards
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
I actually tried to think of Charlies and Clarks, managed Chan and Gable, from there it was easy.
Courgette is the British word for zucchini, and is pretty common.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 17:36 (thirteen years ago)
Fish can do on lines (4, 4) (observer yesterday)
― koogs, Monday, 1 July 2013 12:06 (twelve years ago)
A sailor tours museum for manifestation of a god (6)
― Neil S, Monday, 1 July 2013 12:34 (twelve years ago)
Guardian, today. Thinking on yours koogs!
― Neil S, Monday, 1 July 2013 12:35 (twelve years ago)
I had to get most of the checking letters before I got the fish. Nicely misleading (although the 'lines' should give it away really).
― ledge, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 08:09 (twelve years ago)
yeah, i had 1st and 3rd letters of both words. was the euphemisms for 'toilet' thing that i liked.
― koogs, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 08:20 (twelve years ago)
Avatar
Can't get the fish lines one
― paolo, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 08:33 (twelve years ago)
yes! and neither can I on the fish lines clue.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 08:36 (twelve years ago)
lines = railway = ry...
― ledge, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 08:58 (twelve years ago)
it's an obscure fish. think nemo's friend. (although it turns out she's a blue tang, despite her name)
clue is an odd mix of synonyms, literals and abbreviations.
― koogs, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 09:04 (twelve years ago)
i often find myself wishing setters would use slang that people actually use. who has said "tar" for sailor in the past 30 years?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 09:04 (twelve years ago)
got it!
lex, I agree that "tar" is not widely used IRL but it's a fairly standard use for "sailor" I think?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 09:16 (twelve years ago)