i'd have got th spain one but don't understand it tbh
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
is #2 a type of tinned fish?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Potter = snooker player
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
#2 fa= chemical symbol for tin (don't think I've seen that before. Nice.)
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Never mind get these right, I don't think I could ever even independently deduce half of these from the solutions.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Can someone explain #3?
but fa doesn't appear in answer? (am i being dumb here?)
i read the four central letters of the answer as the fish
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i think no 3 is almost not cryptic, unless i'm missing another *level* mayne
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
tinned fish = type of fish inside chemical symbol for tin (sn)
spain one quite funny.
shout in the sense of 'it's your shout.'
― koogs, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
xposts
― koogs, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh FA why didn't you say!
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm meh on the shout aspect tbh
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
"it's your treat"?
not cryptic clues always throw me, are they actually allowed?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xps
Sorry, maybe sticking in rot13 is confusing things, fa=sn, so the fish is 'in' tin.
#5 horseplay = n ent + in progress = ba
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xp it's a double definition, that's legit.
― ledge, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, when buying rounds in pubs. it's my shout - i'm buying these, these are my treat.
― koogs, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Spain - think of a student ___ week, the main surviving example of this usage - like that one more than the rest but then it's the only one I got
(xposts, oh well)
― rah rah rah wd smash the oiks (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Still hate #3.
#5 amazing work!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
dropping 6 at a time turns this thread into some kind of piranha word puzzle frenzy, i love it.
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Ok new lot coming!
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Fashionable dress-silk (7)Old watchman to hang fire (4)Exceptionally bright light at the front (4)Indeed name a hundred, already named! (9)A drop of water that mars one's view (8)Obliged to worry constantly about a wild horse (7)
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
nynzbqrjnvgirelqrabhaprq (this is the now-obligatory one I get as soon as I type it)pngnenpgzhfgnat
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
#1 is double definition
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
As is #2
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty archaic first def tho.
― ledge, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i know, it says "old"
these ones i'll admit to struggling with- i've tried looking up types of silk but only getting a similar spelling to the answer for the first one.
rest of em? baffled
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
don't get #3, #5 is nice - double def basically.
Yeah it's listener/azed level arcane vocab - last definition in Chambers.
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
indeed = in 'deed'
― ledge, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i get the last one alright, i would not have seen the last three letters standalone before though?
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Is the idea that pngnenpg's are caused by drops of water?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
nah, cataract = waterfall
― ledge, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i would not have seen the last three letters standalone before though?
not sure what you mean here?
drop of water is just a double def - word comes from the Greek and then the Latin for water flowing downwards, think it meant "waterfall" in English too before it became a somewhat less pleasant thing
xp again dammit
― rah rah rah wd smash the oiks (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
must -ang?
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
many xps
Chambers (again) has that spelling for the kind of silk.
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
xp, ang = nag anag? (lol.) 'worry constantly' = nag, 'about' = anag.
― ledge, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
christ #3 is more ridic vocab double def, irel = signalling or illuminating flare
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
So 1 and 2 are obscure vocabulary for 'silk' and 'watchman' respectively?
But what is 'hang fire' doing?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
hadn't seen 'about' used to signify anagram before- it's always 're' in crosaire. fair enough
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
xp hmmm. Indirect anagrams usually considered unfair.
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
But it does seem to be the best explanation.
― tetrahedron of space (woof), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
true, but the rest of it was easy enough so.
about as anag indicator is pretty standard, (move the letters) about.
hang fire = wait!
pretty sure i wouldn't have got 1 2 or 3 meself.
― ledge, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
3 is kind of a crummy clue in that case - it's either completely impossible or literally the first thing you'll try if you've memorised chambers somehow.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Hang on - nag isn't a wild horse, so 'wild' must be the signifier? So what's 'about'?
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
nag anag
Happy with "about" for anag, but surely the "wild horse" is being the whole-word definition?
I got the -stang as being "angst" about but then was stuck on "mu", and while it's used for various sciencey things I don't think any of them are "constant"s
am I barking up the wrong tree?
― rah rah rah wd smash the oiks (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
mustang is a wild horse, nag is ang 'about', must is the 'obliged'
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
OH RIGHT
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link