Yes indeed.
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Monday, 2 February 2009 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
important old city fellow (6)
--g---
― talk me down off the (ledge), Tuesday, 3 February 2009 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
urgent
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
aye
carried around too much (2, 4)
― talk me down off the (ledge), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 09:34 (fifteen years ago) link
de trop
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 14:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Anatol, I (belatedly) enjoyed yr crossword very much, but despite having all the intersecting letters and a fair idea of what word might fit them, I don't get this one:
16. Force of about 50,000 "Fat Men" (7)
Anyone care to explain, or to offer some hints to interpretation (i.e. not some letters as I have them all)? Cheers!
(PS sorry if I am mistaken or jumping to conclusions here but I thought you were Norwegian, and if you've compiled a cryptic crossword in something that isn't yr native language then I may have to buy several hats just to doff them in amazement. wow!)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Mixed review doesn't blind Morris (6,6)
------ ---d--
"einundzwanzig" is still going over my head.
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Force of about 50,000 "Fat Men" is just a definition of the answer. What is the singular of 'Fat Men'?
einendzwanzig is german for 21, 21d was senhora, frau is german for senhora.
― talk me down off the (ledge), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, I thought it must be something like that. Thanks. (Feeling a bit Brazilian?)
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, had to go googling the figure of these singular Fat Men, which I had in fact tried first time round but got an answer which didn't add up - err, multiply up - so I'd decided that I was barking up the wrong tree. Wikipedia provides a more helpful answer in that respect. Cheers ledge.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Heh sorry for slightly off clues. ;) And for derailing, as said...
Yep I'm Norwegian, Mr Cadet, but I've held a love for these blasted things since Fred Dellar's music-related xwds in the NME in the late 80's... I fondly remember
Peter's O'Tool (12)
in 1986 -- I'd already noted some anagrams and other structure here and there, but then the penny dropped just how wide the possibilities were. It is akin to what moley said in this thread I started: "... put me into a world filled with mad, perverse British aristocrats and eccentrics from the 18th century."
Heh xwds and that thread show a major thing with me actually, I love creative stuff where there is COMPLETE freedom within VERY STRICT formal constraints... :p
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 6 February 2009 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crossword/cryptic/
I feel bad that I forgot who anatol was. Anatol, are you familiar with another Ole M, Ole Mathison, a talented Norwegian sax player who lives in NYC?
― lemmy tristano (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 February 2009 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
----i- ---d--
― Charlie Rose Nylund, Friday, 13 February 2009 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Stevie Wonder!
― cat anatomy expert (ledge), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I din't know his real name until now - what's the deal with the change from Judkins to Morris?
― cat anatomy expert (ledge), Friday, 13 February 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Norwegian mother's favorite radio format? (3) (for anat ole)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
are you familiar with another Ole M, Ole Mathison
I'm not, I'm afraid.
Mor!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 28 February 2009 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
rub fool into wise man (7)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 07:04 (fifteen years ago) link
massage
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 07:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, I thought wise man would be sage, but couldn't get it to work...
― krakow, Sunday, 5 April 2009 08:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Randy Andy gets fifty bob (5)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Dylan
― ailsa, Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Wave wavy cones around me (6)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Cosine
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Buddhist chant about the beginning of time gets seal of approval (1,1,1)
― turnover is validating, profit is salivating (ledge), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Single key cut a lens (7)
― Straight from the Top of My Dom (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 April 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost ledge otm
Single key cut a lens (7)cadence?
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 6 April 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Beer getting extra strong Italian brewed tea and gin (9)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Reclue:Beer getting extra strongly brewed tea and gin (9)
Flash emperor and country bass player (6)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Letters later today.
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Mingus!
No idea about the beer though.
Was Lorax's "single key..." answer right? I don't get it either way, so some letters or an explanation would be much appreciated.
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link
-e-------
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
-e------r
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Beefeater?
― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
:)
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
teabagger..... :(
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, no Lorax was wrong about single key. Here is a letter.
-o-----
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
stab in the dark, concave?
― Pro Creationism Soccer 2009 (ledge), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:31 (fifteen years ago) link
cuticle
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
no and no but maybe darragh was on the right lines?
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
monocle
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i see
^^^ winner
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Protects it again, for safer returns perhaps?(7)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Be off and stare if you want to search (6)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Strong but aged, even if one bends (6)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
ok that's covered what i can from my desk!
(not a clue)
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Is the last one folder?
― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
ya
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link