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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)

Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)

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.

Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)

-e---d-

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

it's normally dead anyway, it only shudders into life occasionally and momentarily.

regards?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:40 (seventeen years ago)

eh, i'd consider intentionally misspelling 'guards' a cheap trick. close though.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 08:59 (seventeen years ago)

rewards? not exactly 'safer returns' though.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:07 (seventeen years ago)

eh, a reward is a return. i feel justified.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:12 (seventeen years ago)

yeah that's fine, but what about the 'safer'?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:37 (seventeen years ago)

link back to the 'ward', and 'protects' in the clue. Not nobel winning, but a pretty solid effort imo, not deserving of this terrible interrogation.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:58 (seventeen years ago)

I spent way too long hoping for a word ending in -er that would mean "safer" which would reverse to a word beginning with re- which would mean "protects again".

But then I like words which are other words backwards. Oh well.

a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:09 (seventeen years ago)

Sorry to get all Guantanamo on yo' ass. But if protects again = re-wards and returns = rewards then the safer is redundant. xp.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:11 (seventeen years ago)

redundancy is a fair call. possibly the returns is redundant also.

your turn anyway, pressure on for xword clue perfection

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:19 (seventeen years ago)

uh-oh, pressure. here goes nothing:

Sade upset about a bill for storing records. (8)

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:26 (seventeen years ago)

database

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:40 (seventeen years ago)

Entire Swiss Army effort? Surely you can't mean that!

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:41 (seventeen years ago)

boy you is fast

xp, you what?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:42 (seventeen years ago)

it's a clue :)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:44 (seventeen years ago)

it's dodge as fukk but topical. just throwin it out there.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:49 (seventeen years ago)

letters?

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:09 (seventeen years ago)

uh, they'd be helpful.

(8)

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:22 (seventeen years ago)

if it's topical you'd better be giving us letters asap

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 15:54 (seventeen years ago)

c------s

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 15:56 (seventeen years ago)

challops!

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:01 (seventeen years ago)

see, you could have got that on your own.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:03 (seventeen years ago)

i was stuck on 'allsatry'.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:05 (seventeen years ago)

also i remembered helvetia but forgot about ch. fuckin' swiss.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:07 (seventeen years ago)

this is stupid:

Elephant drops worker in temper, makes a call (9)

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:09 (seventeen years ago)

i was stuck on 'allsatry'.

me too.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 16:33 (seventeen years ago)

--------e

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:48 (seventeen years ago)

that's not very helpful is it

----p---e

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:49 (seventeen years ago)

telephone

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:55 (seventeen years ago)

bingo

watch this space for more clues inspired by things on my desk.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 08:56 (seventeen years ago)

elephant .....

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:05 (seventeen years ago)

ah!

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:05 (seventeen years ago)

uh, I'm rubbish at setting these

Red-hot Rambo messed up control centre (11)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:23 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i can't do these without coffee.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:32 (seventeen years ago)

motherboard

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 09:59 (seventeen years ago)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:06 (seventeen years ago)

tiiight

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:17 (seventeen years ago)

In bath a fool back scrubs with this (7)

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:28 (seventeen years ago)

6 shrly?

loofah

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:36 (seventeen years ago)

yes and yes

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 14:40 (seventeen years ago)

i was trying to make loofahs work. not happy. toying with SB, tbh.

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:01 (seventeen years ago)


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