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Minimal?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

No. Some letters:

_ _ _ i _ n _

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:16 (twenty years ago)

ambient?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:21 (twenty years ago)

Yes.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

OK.

Cleaned up messed up dude on the street (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

I don't really understand ambient as encompassing?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Really, Greg? It's the, um, dictionary definition.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

am·bi·ent
adj.

Surrounding; encircling: ambient sound; ambient air.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

For Ken's: dusted? If so, I think "on the" is a bit misleading.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:41 (twenty years ago)

I know what you mean though Greg, it's hardly the most common usage any more - ideal for clue composers then really bwahaha :)

Yeah it's not 'on the' it's 'around', surely? But I'm no expert.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

It's a good surface reading though... I'd maybe have clued it

Cleaned up messed up dude found hanging around the street

although even then I've stuck in an arguably redundant "hanging" to make it read better.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:58 (twenty years ago)

From the Shorter OED

adj. 1 Surrounding, encircling, encompassing; enveloping.

From Merriam Webster's Tenth:
existing or present on all sides: ENCOMPASSING

But yeah, I know what you mean: encompassing seems to imply it's in the foreground, ambient the background.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

All right, Tom, give us a clue.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Exhausted, Ailsa crosses teh finish line (4)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

Shot?

(What are you saying about Ailsa, Ole?)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Drinking with fellow ILXers (note: quietly, gin-addled) (7)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Er, should be "very quietly"...

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

fapping

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Not shot.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Beat? Is it "teh" or "the"?

I need to make my clues harder...

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Not beat.

Is it "teh" or "the"?

;)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Needle singer around club (7)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Last?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Not last. (It'll probably be obviously correct when you get it.)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

dash

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I would have got that, had I seen it! Kudos for clever use of "teh" as well.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

He eats, shoots and leaves and is found in Pennsylvania! (5)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:02 (twenty years ago)

ailsa: Kudos for clever use of "teh" as well.

Haha, more "WTF ENDS WITH A H?" desperate than clever actually.

Redd: Shot? (What are you saying about Ailsa, Ole?)

Still not sure whether you thought I was calling her a st. or a ho :)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:10 (twenty years ago)

AMISH ? though I am not sure why. Sorry I cannot remember any great clues and making them up seems impossible. There is one something like: heart racing for a gamble (7)

― isadora (isadora), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Fuck I am a complete looney obviously panda. how embarassing.

― isadora (isadora), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Ponder Alien Fish

― AJ Gerritson, Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Check out my dad's book of cryptics..self published.. http://www.norwayhillbooks.com

― AJ Gerritson, Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Mullet

Beers in ears cause damage (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 7 January 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

A certain poster is in the doghouse, I hear. (3 1)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 7 January 2006 19:50 (twenty years ago)

That'll be "Ken L" then.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 7 January 2006 20:03 (twenty years ago)

B-b-but Chris, where's the wordplay?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:44 (twenty years ago)

Chris and Huk,
I just bought a book of cryptics that originally appeared in the Canadian National Post. First clue of second puzzle contains the word Saskachewan.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 05:32 (twenty years ago)

hint!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 12 January 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

-r----

And for an old one:
Song sounds like it's about Ukranian waterway? (3,2,1,5)
-r- -- - ----r

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

cry me a river!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

Cry Me A River!

shit xpost greg you jammy thing

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

Well I'm going to pretend I got that first...

Unusual marriage of witch and a twitch (10)

(Either really difficult/badly clued or really easy, I can't tell any more.)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Morganatic!

And one more letter for the other one
-r---e

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Lax tool forged salamander (7)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Is special Canadian knowledge needed for this one? xpost

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

That would be axolotl.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Where is everyone?

OK:
Driver has almost all of tablet, then occupational therapy (5)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:53 (twenty years ago)

Pilot

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

I think you are too good at this to remain on the thread, ken.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:01 (twenty years ago)

OK. Sorry, Archel. Before I go, in answer to your last question I will say: no it is not from the Canadian puzzle book and was not intentionally Canadian, but thinking about the Mackenzie Brothers will not hurt you in solving it.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

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