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Bingo!

― Sons Of The Redd Desert (Ken L), Saturday, 27 May 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I don't know if this really works but

Blade Runner? (4)

Still don't know who the islanders are.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

Here's a related clue:

Sounds like a Scandinavian blade? (4)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

(I'm hoping OleM will straighten this out)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

islanders who end in rebellion...?

Cypriots? Can't see where the CYP would come from, though...

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

I change that old clue to

Leaf Runner? (4)

and add

Place for poor people to sleep relocates from Florida to Switzerland, where one can eat steak (9) (Or 4-5)

White in Nubian company (6)

Chant "Moorehead," bug sun-god (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

White in Nubian company (6)

Bianco

I'll get back to you on the rest of them :-)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

Flophouse?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

Place for poor people to sleep relocates from Florida to Switzerland, where one can eat steak (9) (Or 4-5)

Flophouse, innit?

dammit x-post!

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

Chant "Moorehead," bug sun-god (6)

Mantra

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

Seduce a group of finches (5)

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

(pls to explain flophouse)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

flophouse is not quite right, actually.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

swophouse?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

Closer

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

SLophouse!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

I cheated on Matt's.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

Seduce a group of finches (5)

Charm.

Useless pub quiz trivia comes in useful at last!

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

I cheated too.

You're not there yet, Huk.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

beef slops?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

How does Switzerland = CH?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

Now you've driven the car off the Alpine road.
(xpost!)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

I'll let a European explain.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:54 (nineteen years ago)

Chalets?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

How does Switzerland = CH?

Switzerland = Confoederatio Helvetica. See also internet addresses, nationality stickers for cars etc.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

Switzerland = Confederation Helvetica in Latin, except it's not spelt like that, but that's the general gist of it. It's named in Latin because it's got a zillion official languages and they didn't want to offend any of them by giving them the rights to the name.

(xpost)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

(like you could offend the Swiss, being how they're the most neutral country in the world and everything)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)

Canadian with lots makes out (9)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:20 (nineteen years ago)

Tool takes off head of snake in shack (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

Bite silver neon bubbles (9)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Champagne

(can't get the other two at all right now - I have ideas *how* to get them, just can't formulate an answer from it)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Write and run away with a long suffering wife (8)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:59 (nineteen years ago)

Canoodles! Is the first one.

The last one = Penelope.

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 11 August 2006 11:30 (nineteen years ago)

Nice work, ladies!

Admirer takes right, family member takes left to get to Benjamin (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 04:36 (nineteen years ago)

Franklin

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 07:46 (nineteen years ago)

Two constants, e.g. steak and kidney (3)

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 08:04 (nineteen years ago)

Belgium was always producing lager (4)

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

Seafood, uncooked - some hate it, initially (5)

― ledge (ledge), Saturday, 12 August 2006 08:12 (nineteen years ago)

Pie
Beer
Sushi

Mm!

― Archel (Archel), Saturday, 12 August 2006 09:42 (nineteen years ago)

Spain defeated, grew (8)

― Archel (Archel), Saturday, 12 August 2006 09:47 (nineteen years ago)

sprouted

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:31 (nineteen years ago)

latest directions? (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

Camper entwined with camper? They say it's great! (5)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 12 August 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

newest

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Saturday, 12 August 2006 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. I'm dying to know what Chris's is.

Mistakes take me right to animals that eat leaves (8)

Rotten guitar player rocks with first lady and Jughead (5,5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Saturday, 12 August 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

Keys Scotsman found in river (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Sunday, 13 August 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

Mine is, I think, impossible to get, but I got really kinda pleased with the clue.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 13 August 2006 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I kinda figured it was like that.

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Sunday, 13 August 2006 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

I had higher hopes for this clue:

Peanut, almond, black and orange bird -- all heard of the head of the state. (12)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 07:43 (nineteen years ago)

Letters, need letterrrzzzz...

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 09:52 (nineteen years ago)

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