xp yeah that would certainly make it more difficult! I failed to understand the instructions properly to begin with until the other half managed to set me straight, after which we made some progress...
― Neil S, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 12:32 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08h7trr
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
(whoops, was expecting facebook-style embed to happen)
The Riddle of the SphinxInside No. 9, Series 3
Nina thinks Professor Squires has all the answers when actually, neither has a clue what the future holds. With deadly intent, they commence a battle of wits to solve the puzzle and reveal the guardian of their fate.
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
in other news, finished my first Everyman in about 6 months the other day, No 3670.
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
nearly fell off my chair when I saw the 50 Cent reference in the Sphinx crossword
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
quiet round here lately! My very own hand-crafted clue:
Substitute for one getting married results in a busy area? (8, 4)
― André Ryu (Neil S), Friday, 21 July 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
Rats I meant this one (not a clue)
Wound, sounds like rapt attention (4)
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 November 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
gaze? as in graze rhymes with it
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Sunday, 12 November 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link
Nope!
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 November 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
*shrugs*
I'm busy but can someone do something with Isambard/Islamabad, thx
― Monogo doesn't socialise (ledge), Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
Hmm I'm either too clever or wrong and I know which one it usually is
Answer is coil
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
answer to my clue above is "standing room"
― Neil S, Thursday, 16 November 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
Haidg the coil one at all, all I got is that wound = coiled
― treeship: a year in the life (wins), Thursday, 16 November 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
Wrapped at tension but I mean idk
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
"not further defined" is bad enough, "a letter must be added" twists the knife. bullshit, not fun.
― Here comes the phantom menace (ledge), Sunday, 24 December 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
Hah I've printed it off & will have a crack maybe Boxing Day but my initial reaction to these is always jfc
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Sunday, 24 December 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
I've started it, it's not so bad. As ever the special instructions are confusingly worded so they sound more complicated than they are - basically each set contains two complete clues, definition and all, and you have to add a letter to one of the solutions to form a new word. Does that make sense?
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
what's this about now?
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
saturday's guardian holiday crossword.
― koogs, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
it's not on the site because it has two grids. i can post it if you're interested.
― koogs, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
is this it? https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2017/dec/24/jumbo-everyman-christmas-crossword
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
no. two identical 15x15 grids with special instructions
― koogs, Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
It's the prize xword
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Sunday, 24 December 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
this must be it https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/2017/dec/23/prize-crossword-no-27388
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Sunday, 24 December 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
That's the one
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Sunday, 24 December 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
each set contains two complete clues, definition and allno, one is undefined!
― Here comes the phantom menace (ledge), Monday, 25 December 2017 09:11 (six years ago) link
ps happy christmas!
Oh sure the new words aren't defined, I just mean that neither of the clues is just the wordplay part (which is what I usually dislike about "not further defined"), so eg a (6;6) has a pair of complete clues inc definitions but one will be for a 5-letter word & then you just need to add a letter to make another word. By maskerade's standards, not that annoying imo!And yes, merry x(word)mas!
― Bitcoin Baja (wins), Monday, 25 December 2017 10:12 (six years ago) link
hmm putting it like that doesn't sound so bad. i've only been looking at this with the 1% of my attention left over from looking after a 21 month old, maybe that explains my difficulties.
― Here comes the phantom menace (ledge), Monday, 25 December 2017 10:36 (six years ago) link
Nice one in the Gdn today:
After drink, rock group has drugs for another group (8)
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 07:45 (six years ago) link
got stuck on '...eloes' then thought hmm maybe it's not elo, bingo.
― lana del boy (ledge), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 12:51 (six years ago) link
Oh that's a great one! Took me Ledge's comment to get it though
― carrotless, turnip-pocketed (fionnland), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 13:02 (six years ago) link
Couldn't get it, had to cheat and peek. "ES" for drugs bugs me.
This one made me laugh recently: Vegetable rubbish in dump (6)
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
Can someone tell me that drinks one please? I think I have it but not sure...
― kinder, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
Supremes
― stuck on the darraghmac (qiqing), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
Guessed REM right away as it's a short name that could fit in other words. Didn't get the rest.
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
that's what i thought but wasn't sure about 'sup'.
― kinder, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 22:07 (six years ago) link
sup = drink
Continuing the musical theme:
Type of rock garden looked a mess to begin with (4)
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Thursday, 22 March 2018 07:59 (six years ago) link
Glam
Here's my horribly formed clue for the day:
Submit before backwards hood and spread end out and in (10,6)
― stuck on the darraghmac (qiqing), Thursday, 22 March 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
how about a hint?
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 25 March 2018 11:49 (six years ago) link
DN
― stuck on the darraghmac (qiqing), Sunday, 25 March 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
Laughed out loud at this one in the Guardian:
Home with red exterior? Blow me! (8)
― hair-grabbing ear-grabbing fetishist squaredance caller (Dan Peterson), Monday, 23 April 2018 14:59 (six years ago) link
Novel end for festival with electronic beams wrapping displays up (3,10)
please to explain. 'end of festival' is l, 'electronic' is e, 'beams' is in there as well, but the rest of it?
― koogs, Monday, 14 May 2018 08:21 (six years ago) link
"displays up" = serab = "bares" up, beams = smiles. It's pretty tortuous but I think it works?
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Monday, 14 May 2018 08:26 (six years ago) link
i hope it was a down not an across clue...
― lana del boy (ledge), Monday, 14 May 2018 08:28 (six years ago) link
This was a good one from Saturday's Guardian:
Children's book in minor novel (3, 5)
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Monday, 14 May 2018 08:28 (six years ago) link
Bewildered risible shits (7, 5)
― home, home and deranged (ledge), Thursday, 16 August 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
lol
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 16 August 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
invisiturds
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Thursday, 16 August 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
*applause*Guardian Cryptic crossword No 27,595, 17 Down: Jimmy Carr, with offshore banking, primarily fiddled (7)
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Thursday, 23 August 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link