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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)

I can take it.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 30 April 2009 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

psycho bangs guest, kick him out! (7, 3)

I'm not taxing you much here, I realise.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Friday, 1 May 2009 10:04 (seventeen years ago)

Permal ink.

Abbe Black Tentacle (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 1 May 2009 10:06 (seventeen years ago)

was that a clue or a request?
:)

xp

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 10:46 (seventeen years ago)

(not sure if this one works)

Round its limed borders (8)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 12:22 (seventeen years ago)

limiters?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Friday, 1 May 2009 12:32 (seventeen years ago)

delimits?

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Friday, 1 May 2009 12:37 (seventeen years ago)

yes, delimits is what I was going for

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:01 (seventeen years ago)

Well techically that is an anagram of limed its, even though the its is still intact at the end, so I have to begrudgingly admit that it's sound.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:08 (seventeen years ago)

uh thanks :)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Friday, 1 May 2009 13:19 (seventeen years ago)

Device by which selfish philosophy ensnares father of no. one (9)

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 12:52 (seventeen years ago)

is dadaist in there somewhere?

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

nope

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 14:35 (seventeen years ago)

vandalism?

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

nope.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:22 (seventeen years ago)

But
--------m

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:23 (seventeen years ago)

yeah i was completely not confident with van anyway as a device

Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 15:27 (seventeen years ago)

-e------m

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 16:29 (seventeen years ago)

methodism?

Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

-e---n--m

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

mechanism?

ailsa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:12 (seventeen years ago)

Yes. Thanks.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 18:57 (seventeen years ago)

I can't quite work out why though, could you explain? I've got a kind of retrospective half-arsed attempt at making it work, but really I just went with it because it's a device, and it fits.

ailsa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

me(chan)ism. Charlie Chan is father of Number One Son.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

So sorry. I think I will SB myself.

moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

Ah, ok, I did not know that Charlie Chan thing at all.

xpost, why?

ailsa, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

So sorry. I think I will SB myself.

I don't think there are enough people reading this thread to 51 you there but good effort :)

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

You can tell the Chelsea game's gone quiet when you're reading crossword threads.

the innermost wee guy (onimo), Wednesday, 6 May 2009 19:26 (seventeen years ago)

It was a good clue! I thought of 'meism' but didn't think of Chan.

Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 7 May 2009 10:06 (seventeen years ago)

Ripped label is pretty Italian (5)

barney kestrel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:29 (seventeen years ago)

BE-lla. as they would say over there.

massive dynamic lady (ledge), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:35 (seventeen years ago)

Heavy metal material worn by WASP and Extreme (7)

massive dynamic lady (ledge), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 14:00 (seventeen years ago)

----D--

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Thursday, 21 May 2009 08:53 (seventeen years ago)

Spandex

I got one, hurrah!

krakow, Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:06 (seventeen years ago)

woo!

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:08 (seventeen years ago)

A short time in small vessel broken up on Baltic coast (6)

krakow, Thursday, 21 May 2009 09:21 (seventeen years ago)

I'll give a clue tomorrow if noone's getting it...

krakow, Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:32 (seventeen years ago)

Latvia?

O Bama, Up Yours! (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 23 May 2009 21:24 (seventeen years ago)

oh yeah, a-t in vial

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Saturday, 23 May 2009 23:22 (seventeen years ago)

Bingo!

I tried to make it Ximenean, if I understand correctly.

krakow, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:28 (seventeen years ago)

Help Northern Ireland turn into another country (5)

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:38 (seventeen years ago)

India.

I wish I had the reverse brain process that would let me set these instead of just solving them.

ailsa, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:42 (seventeen years ago)

I like it. Nice clue ledge.

You have to now though ailsa, it's the rules!

krakow, Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:58 (seventeen years ago)

Quarry for stone (3)

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:25 (seventeen years ago)

Pit

krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:41 (seventeen years ago)

yup

man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:05 (seventeen years ago)

I'm on fire.

krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:20 (seventeen years ago)

letters?

U2 raped goat (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:38 (seventeen years ago)

That was trumpet blowing rather than a clue (I've got my thinking cap on and will post one later). If you can distill an answer from it though, then I'd love to hear it.

krakow, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 12:29 (seventeen years ago)


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