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Ok I cheated too... I dunno, I don't feel so bad for not getting it, it's not a word which is at the forefront of my vocabulary (oh if only there were more good Mexican restaurants in London).

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 27 January 2006 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha Archel, that is exactly right.

Blood type I gave halfway to the end (5)
--e--

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 27 January 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link

omega

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 27 January 2006 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Mongrels upset over small examination (8)

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 27 January 2006 14:57 (eighteen years ago) link

cursoral

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link

No, there's no such word

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

-c------

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link

scrutiny

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Beer acidity causes kind of infinity (5)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Aleph

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 27 January 2006 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Musical I am in, a heavyweight work (9)

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 27 January 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Ledge, I'm ... (8). In the meantime,

Loser among posers doesn't show up (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 27 January 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Is ledge's "animation"?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 28 January 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Probably

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 28 January 2006 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Is yours "flakes", for pete's sake?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 28 January 2006 08:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Not animation, but you're close. Ish. Begins with O.

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 28 January 2006 10:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Operation.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 28 January 2006 10:22 (eighteen years ago) link

nice

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 28 January 2006 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Sorry, Chris.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 28 January 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Sorry, but you are correct.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 28 January 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, OK, that answer is much better, ledge.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 28 January 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Holds liscence for upside-down sumo? (4)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 10:17 (eighteen years ago) link

er, licence.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 10:25 (eighteen years ago) link

owns

― Ross G. (scatter), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 10:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Upside down! That's a nice, er, twist.

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 10:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I should have used "dominates" for the standard clue actually! I forgot I was on ilx.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 11:05 (eighteen years ago) link

New clue!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 11:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I should have used "dominates" for the standard clue actually! I forgot I was on ilx.

You'd have had to change sumo to sumd.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 11:11 (eighteen years ago) link

horny setter gets mixed up in porno - it makes no logical sense! (8,8)

― MrArchel (Archel), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link

and if anyone gets that one without recourse to at least a dictionary I will crown you the official winner of this thread in perpetuity...

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooh now there's a challenge.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I needed help.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Help is what I needed.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Yep, I think it's a challenge I'm not up to.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll urge M to provide some letters.

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link

-y------- p-------

― MrArchel, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry that didn't work quite as i expected. try this -

.y...... p.......

this is one for all you latin lovers out there...

― mrArchel, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Hydrogen peroxide?

No wait, I already cheated and it wasn't that.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh I know this! It's Hyperton Something, hang on.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:30 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't remember :( I USED TO KNOW THIS

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:32 (eighteen years ago) link

How did you cheat, Ken?

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 2 February 2006 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Anagrammer.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 2 February 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Quite a handy site, I normally use Chambers word wizards.

Anyway I've tried anagarms of hornysetterporno and hornyarchelporno with no luck. I GIVE UP.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 2 February 2006 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Is that a web site? I used the anagrammer that came with my SOED.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 2 February 2006 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, I just googled it and it came up! It's scrabble oriented, gives you a list of words you can make out of the letters, in length or score order.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 2 February 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link

hy------ p--t----

― art vandelay (what?), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

it's a rhetorical question, or at least a question of rhetoric

― art vandelay (what?), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link

hysteron-proteron?

― frankiemachine, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link

A drum roll, please. I think we have a winner, one who probably knew the term without recourse to dictionaries or other reference materials.

Can we have a new clue, too?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link

OK an easier one, I think:

O (8,6)

― frankiemachine, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link

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