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ailsa, Saturday, 22 August 2009 09:54 (sixteen years ago)

Loud drunk in fat city (5)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 22 August 2009 19:19 (sixteen years ago)

-l---

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 August 2009 12:23 (sixteen years ago)

I want to say flush, but I don't know how that works with the clue other than f-lush.

ailsa, Sunday, 23 August 2009 12:41 (sixteen years ago)

f for fortissimo, which is loud or strong?

lush being the drunk

fat city, i haven't a clue tbh

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Sunday, 23 August 2009 12:50 (sixteen years ago)

Well yeah, I got the f and lush, hence answering flush, but I don't get the fat city which is why I think it's not the right answer. Though loud drunk is a good clue for flush.

ailsa, Sunday, 23 August 2009 12:56 (sixteen years ago)

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fat_city

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 August 2009 12:57 (sixteen years ago)

(Note: posted that two posts ago but it got clobbered. Seems to be happening a lot past few days)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 August 2009 12:58 (sixteen years ago)

It was probably too American, too slangy, too much dated American slang for this thread, I just liked the surface reading.

There's also this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_City_(film)

Or this: http://www.fatcitymedia.com/

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 August 2009 13:24 (sixteen years ago)

Nothing wrong with a bit of slang now and then. It does ring a faint bell.

ledge, Sunday, 23 August 2009 13:26 (sixteen years ago)

Ugly mutt has liberal endorsement (4)

ledge, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:29 (sixteen years ago)

Plug?

Oz, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 12:50 (sixteen years ago)

aye

ledge, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 13:03 (sixteen years ago)

State, say and send a bill. (7)

Oz, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 13:16 (sixteen years ago)

invoice?

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

ha. that's the word i've been trying to think of for the last three hours.

ledge, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

about this month the gallery might return to its previous position (9)

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

I'm thinking 'reinstate' but I can't see INS as 'this month'...

Oz, Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:28 (sixteen years ago)

i tell ya, if i've fuckt this one up i'm just giving up.

but i'm pretty sure about 'inst' as referring to 'this month' in written correspondence. if that doesn't sound too wanky.

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:32 (sixteen years ago)

Ah... nice... but wouldn't that make it 'reinsttate'?

Oz, Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:34 (sixteen years ago)

reinstall?

what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:34 (sixteen years ago)

ah fuck fuck

Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 August 2009 10:36 (sixteen years ago)

Soldier, worker, titan (5)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 August 2009 03:49 (sixteen years ago)

giant

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 09:57 (sixteen years ago)

Correct.

Android base on beachhead (5)

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 August 2009 13:08 (sixteen years ago)

robot?

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 13:16 (sixteen years ago)

Corrupt brigadiers souls unto war film (11,8)

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 13:28 (sixteen years ago)

inglourious basteds

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:47 (sixteen years ago)

basterds

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 18:48 (sixteen years ago)

yes

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 18:48 (sixteen years ago)

Sorry, went off to get my dinner. here is my first attempt at making up a clue.

Shuffled naive harridans for an ILX photoshopping opportunity (7,4)

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

Woops that should be (6,8)

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

Andrei Arshavin

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Monday, 31 August 2009 19:50 (sixteen years ago)

Yep.

ailsa, Monday, 31 August 2009 19:55 (sixteen years ago)

Try original soundtrack with hesitation on drug, or a hormone. (12)

ledge, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 08:31 (sixteen years ago)

testosterone

krakow, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:01 (sixteen years ago)

yup

ledge, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:12 (sixteen years ago)

Hurrah! Will think on a clue.

krakow, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:15 (sixteen years ago)

sixteen hours later

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 02:46 (sixteen years ago)

A man is allowed time to think is he not?

krakow, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 07:34 (sixteen years ago)

P.S. go buy a newspaper! ;-)

krakow, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 07:35 (sixteen years ago)

Dislike of delay to online chat with hospital users we heard (10)

krakow, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:21 (sixteen years ago)

impatience

ledge, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:30 (sixteen years ago)

Haha, bingo. Sorry Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), I have a big smile on my face, it's just a gentle thread-suitable ribbing, no hard feelings intended!

krakow, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:54 (sixteen years ago)

I knew it was a relatively easy one, but I couldn't resist.

krakow, Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:55 (sixteen years ago)

Evil agents corrupt preacher (10)

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Friday, 4 September 2009 12:50 (sixteen years ago)

Evangelist

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 September 2009 13:26 (sixteen years ago)

correct

mccannesque outrage (onimo), Friday, 4 September 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

See flying saucer after beers, if drunk (7)

ledge, Friday, 4 September 2009 15:23 (sixteen years ago)

Frisbee

krakow, Friday, 4 September 2009 22:07 (sixteen years ago)


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