does it end in 'dens'?
― whatever, Friday, 24 July 2009 19:52 (sixteen years ago)
I don't think I'll get that one, not after these two beers.
This isn't mine but it's a memorable one:
Enmark? (4,2,3,3)
― whatever, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:08 (sixteen years ago)
Sorry, that should be:
Enmark? (4,2,3)
Almost, but two of the "points" are the same, because I am not good at these. That is one of the flaws, but sadly not the only one.
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 24 July 2009 20:18 (sixteen years ago)
Letters for the above two?
Old man from 1000 A.D. (7)
― ledge, Monday, 27 July 2009 14:54 (sixteen years ago)
grandad
― Hypnagogic Poop (onimo), Monday, 27 July 2009 15:39 (sixteen years ago)
Enamrk is Land of Nod I think... How about this one 'Non-nude barnacle for sailor' (4)
― Oz, Monday, 27 July 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)
Nod, No 'D', I get it. Had to google that. There's a fine line between cryptic clues and bad puns, that one crossed it.
― ledge, Monday, 27 July 2009 16:08 (sixteen years ago)
nah, that's a good clue.
― Bobkate Goldtwat (darraghmac), Monday, 27 July 2009 16:08 (sixteen years ago)
sweet
http://cryptics.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_anagram_indicators
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 10:34 (sixteen years ago)
Cool, thanks.
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:49 (sixteen years ago)
Oh dear, boredly (drunkenly?) posting inept clues and then forgetting about them. Please note disclaimers/apologies in previous 2 posts. Anyway, letters.
Root of all conflict three points behind deceased prizewinners (8)-W----E-
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:06 (sixteen years ago)
awarded?
― Bobkate Goldtwat (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:07 (sixteen years ago)
awardees, yes?
― ailsa, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:12 (sixteen years ago)
nice clue, would never have got it in a million years without pointers in the right direction.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:13 (sixteen years ago)
Yep, "awardees". Glad it was gettable eventually!
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:15 (sixteen years ago)
way to count the letters, darragh. :P
― Bobkate Goldtwat (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 10:20 (sixteen years ago)
cheese danish carrying vehicle (5)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 July 2009 18:26 (sixteen years ago)
glad that one's solved (awardees). i'm not sure about the root of all conflict = a war. could split it award-ees = 'prizewinners gift three points', although gift=award is questionable.
good stuff though. it annoyed the hell out of me for a long time. :)
― whatever, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:10 (sixteen years ago)
sedan. like it.
― whatever, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)
This one was apparently never solved:Crab time in monastery (9)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:44 (sixteen years ago)
root of the word all = the letter a, then conflict = war, was how I read it.
― ailsa, Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:50 (sixteen years ago)
Was that clue inspired by a viewing of In The Loop?
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:51 (sixteen years ago)
Rocky state follows holy man with nothing (5)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:58 (sixteen years ago)
ailsa: yup
― whatever, Thursday, 30 July 2009 20:01 (sixteen years ago)
Omaha
― krakow, Thursday, 30 July 2009 20:40 (sixteen years ago)
??
― whatever, Thursday, 30 July 2009 20:46 (sixteen years ago)
---n-
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 July 2009 20:50 (sixteen years ago)
I always thought that Omaha was a state, but it looks not, so I have the answer wrong.
My thinking, other than that, was nothing=O, holy man=maha
― krakow, Thursday, 30 July 2009 20:51 (sixteen years ago)
OK. That might be clued as
Indian great after nothing on beachhead (5)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:06 (sixteen years ago)
Stony!
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 31 July 2009 07:28 (sixteen years ago)
Omaha.
No time to post a clue at the mo, sorry.
― Calamari Merkin (Noodle Vague), Friday, 31 July 2009 07:30 (sixteen years ago)
Eliot's dessicated scholar plays on abacus (8)
― ledge, Friday, 31 July 2009 08:18 (sixteen years ago)
should've been playing for extra minor ambiguity.
― ledge, Friday, 31 July 2009 09:27 (sixteen years ago)
I guess actually being in the midst of reading Middlemarch might have given me some funny ideas about how obvious a reference point it would make.
C-------
― ledge, Monday, 3 August 2009 08:30 (sixteen years ago)
Ah, thanks for dredging up long-forgotten memories of English lit classes...
(had to google the name though)
― ailsa, Monday, 3 August 2009 08:34 (sixteen years ago)
which is...
― ledge, Monday, 3 August 2009 08:46 (sixteen years ago)
sorry - Casaubon
― ailsa, Monday, 3 August 2009 08:54 (sixteen years ago)
hooray
― ledge, Monday, 3 August 2009 08:56 (sixteen years ago)
One out - out for a ride (4)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 August 2009 01:52 (sixteen years ago)
...auto?
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 7 August 2009 13:04 (sixteen years ago)
Yes.
Gold princess ring sound (5)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)
audio
― ledge, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:05 (sixteen years ago)
Beef up agents following gold pursued by teahead (7)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)
augment
― ledge, Friday, 7 August 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)
Nonchalant worker backs new coin in chemical company (10)
― ledge, Friday, 7 August 2009 17:46 (sixteen years ago)
I want to say Monsanto, but of course that doesn't work.
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 August 2009 22:11 (sixteen years ago)
insouciant. nice work.
― whatever, Friday, 7 August 2009 22:16 (sixteen years ago)
Rebel disturbance envelops country for more than one time (8)Girl that's into tailoring (4)Warrior's natty head in Jamaica (5)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 7 August 2009 22:22 (sixteen years ago)
girl = toni? 'lori' works too. if that's a real name.
― ledge, Saturday, 8 August 2009 12:03 (sixteen years ago)