forge
model also nearly kinda sorta works.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Monday, 29 October 2012 09:32 (eleven years ago) link
Spectre revealed by sycophant as monster. (8) WOTD
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
one of my fave films :)
― chow mein kampf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Nice one!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
there have been some nice unclued words lately - eidolon, mawkish, loup-garou, cantrip
untearable, tricksy (7 wotd, it's right there, look)
― koogs, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
Supreme happiness of topless dude pursuing proto hippy generation with sex appeal (9, wotd)
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
trademark ledge clue there...
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
you mean an awkwardly worded and obvious charade? ;)
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
lots of words chiselled into bits and reassembled.
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:29 (eleven years ago) link
they're the most fun to come up with imo, but i should branch out a bit.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
> lots of words chiselled into bits and reassembled.
like a 1-d mosaic
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
hexagonal bit causes conflict (4 wotd)
― koogs, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
(not a word i knew tbh)
Dutch rave music, unusual at first, is confusing source of irritation. (7 wotd)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
oof. that's like you're double encrypting something. is a step too far.
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
ah, gabber. yeah indirect anagrams are a big no-no, shame as it's a really nice surface.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
(fyi it's just considered unfair to expect the solver to guess a synonym and then anagrammise it.)
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
From today's Guardian:
Ointment for a Frenchman round the bend? (7)
― Neil S, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
one of my favourite words.
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
could've just put Gabber in the clue above tbh, made it a straightforward anagram.
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ yeah, I should've done it that way. Still learnin'.
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
Practice makes perf... uh, better than the last one?
Edible stem, cob lie scattered (10, wotd)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Solid.
Araucaria today, had to look up three or four (obscure queens: zenocrate, hippolyta) and look up the explanations for another four or five (odyl = a hypothetical force, who knew?)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
I think this works. wotd
Ecosystem Wind Erosion: revealing, stirring speech. (4-6)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 13:31 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i swear the guardian setters do this all the time
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Thursday, 8 November 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Nah man I do the grauniad every fucking day and if they pulled that shit i would fucking do one.
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Thursday, 8 November 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
yeah you can turn 90 degrees once and once only imo
― threat of the author (darraghmac), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Not synonym exactly, but this one from The Nation is kinda in that ballpark:
Sort of where the partridge was at Christmas? That's clever! (8)
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
i think if you can work them out (repartee, right?) and understand how you've worked them out then they're at least technically legit
― movember spawned a nobster (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 November 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. You guys are better at these than I am, and I guess there's only one obvious answer for this (peartree) vs. Dutch rave music, but I stared at this for a long time before I figured out it was a solve and then anagram clue.
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
tbh Dutch rave music only ever equalled Gabber to me when i read yr clue
― movember spawned a nobster (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 November 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
lols at today's words of the day...
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
maybe try to combine them somehow...
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
could you re-up the links for word of the day? i never know where i'm looking
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
this also useful:http://wordsmith.org/anagram/
― koogs, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
ta
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
reveal breasts after attractive woman goes bottomless (wotd 7)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
er i mean (8)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
Confess hell rests on boobs (8)
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
grauniad is getting more and more risque btw:
Bird gets to lick syrup around man's rear (7)
― Dog the Puffin Hunter (ledge), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Bird's vitals gets ILB all aflutter. (7 wotd)
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
mmmmmm
― only Brod can judge me (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ok ok, should've thought a bit longer.
Swift's contents gets ILB all aflutter
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
got it, nice! One for the US people this week...
― Neil S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
I liked this one in today's Guardian:
Painter of some force? (9)
― Neil S, Monday, 26 November 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah we enjoyed that one.
― ledge, Monday, 26 November 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
I've actually nearly managed to finish today's, which I'm pretty pleased about, even if Rufus' puzzles tend to be easier than those set by say Araucaria.
― Neil S, Monday, 26 November 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
From one I just completed:
In a very short time, it may be this month. (7)
The answer is instant, because according to internet research "we received your letter of the 10th instant" was actually a thing that could be typed in a business letter in, oh, say 1865...
― By the end of my second term, Gingrich said... (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
stuffy busy guys will still use "of the 1st inst." occassionally i believe
― Shane Breen is a gigantic tool (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
stuffy business guys i meant :p
it's a usage i suspect most Brits wdn't know either
― Shane Breen is a gigantic tool (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link