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― 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)

Presidential? But I don't really get it

One poet is slowly played (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:03 (nineteen years ago)

Not "Presidential".

Andante.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

Keys found by Scotsman in river in Italy (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_Italy proves surprisingly unhelpful.

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

Really?

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

Piano :)

― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:50 (nineteen years ago)

Party needs a hat from the start (2,4)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

Keys = piano? Bah! Totally forgot Ian for Scotsman though :-(

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

Fake one ending (4)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

Tool takes off head of snake in shack (5)
---e-

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

Hovel. Although I think, tense-wise, that clue might be fishy. "Special head removed from tool in shack", maybe?

The third letter of my 12 letter clue is "b".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

change "takes" to "taking" then.

Gubernatorial!

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

but i still don't get it, apart from "goober"

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Goober. Nut. Oriole.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

Very nice. Sorry my brane doesn't work properly.

Ace of Spades artist Agnes loses energy, buys time (9)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 17 August 2006 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

Motorhead

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:07 (nineteen years ago)

Endless trouble about an endless mistake with iron (7)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:21 (nineteen years ago)

Ferrous.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:36 (nineteen years ago)

Confused attire showed the way. (7)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 August 2006 08:44 (nineteen years ago)

dudsled?

Mother nurses eleven, tops (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 17 August 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

American uncle has degree in dance (5)

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

Samba

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

ya bamba

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 17 August 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Dudsled is close-ish.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 17 August 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

No-one got mine and I'm VERY proud of it:

Phlegm issues, I hear (5)

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Thursday, 17 August 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Garbled!

Mucus?

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 17 August 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)

War chief of East tangled in mooring (8)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

I think Onimo should get this one...

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I should have saved it for his birthday.

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

ha! Geronimo! (sorry gerry)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:06 (nineteen years ago)

After I am in the middle of mantra, I am kind of red (7)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)

Belly taking away third from Sign Of The Four at the beginning (7)

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 18 August 2006 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

First one is Chianti.

Many unwell - in short, it is from throat infection (10)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 24 August 2006 07:42 (nineteen years ago)

tonsillitis

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Friday, 25 August 2006 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

Leaf Runner? (4)
-a--

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

---a----

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

--e-- -----

Party needs a hat from the start (2,4)

-a ----

Fake one ending (4)

---a

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Saturday, 26 August 2006 05:43 (nineteen years ago)

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

Steve Jones

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 26 August 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

Leaf Runner? (4)

Page?

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

Giraffes

Party needs a hat from the start (2,4)

Da capo (Do + a cap)

Fake one ending (4)

I want this to be "coda", but I can't make it work.

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Saturday, 26 August 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

Sexually satisfied women are said to be three things: unrefined, malodorous, and Irish (8)

― lurker #2421, inc. (lurker-2421), Saturday, 26 August 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)

Coda = cod [as in "fake"] + a.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 26 August 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

Yes to everything.

Mother nurses eleven, tops (6)
-a----
Belly taking away third from Sign Of The Four at the beginning (7)
a------

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Saturday, 26 August 2006 21:30 (nineteen years ago)

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