yeah this is after several passes and i still can't get it to work right, quite
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, 23 December 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
display of regret at death of child -- scottish communist theorist ostracised? (8, 5)
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 24 December 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
Not sure if this quite works, on several levels, but I hadn't thought up one of my own in a long time:
Ill gain (taking $1000) mistakenly cast away. (8)
― Glenn Miller-core (Dan Peterson), Monday, 30 December 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
today's Guardian:
Primarily pointing out Tim Henman’s earlier answer: “Djokovich is grass lover” (7)
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
grudging lol
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
before I think about that, is the misspelling of Djokovic intentional
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
oh wait, got the answer and the misspelling is irrelevant
yeah I c&p'ed it, it's just poor Grauniad copy editing I suppose. Though are cryptics copy edited I wonder?
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
Also Britpop themed clue today!
Blur in Country House, initially Oasis top it for urbanity (14)
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Solved that one quickly; took me longer to figure out how they put it together. Nice.
Here's one that I racked my brain over before finally deciding that the first half of the clue is overly vague/inaccurate?
Put something together in time for Christmas and Halloween. (6)
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 February 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
Ha I like that! What would you use for the def?
― Punch Drake, Love (wins), Thursday, 13 February 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Something to do with boiling?
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 February 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
this one was nice I thought, today's Guardian as per
Light grey French perfume ingredient (9)
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Sweet
― Internet Alas (wins), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
u won't be getting the money back from him, presumably (10)
― politically autocorrect (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
grauniad
That is to say, to woo follows naturally (2,3)
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Thursday, 13 March 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link
One I get, at last!
― kinder, Thursday, 13 March 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
ah very soft tho!
― unw? j.......n (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 March 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
easy once you get it, like all the best clues
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Thursday, 13 March 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Paul today:
Stick-like and sticky? But the name hasn't stuck! (9)
― every moser (wins), Saturday, 29 March 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
today's Everyman:
Passing remark? (6,4,5)
wins, what's the answer to the one above?
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Sunday, 6 April 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
thingummy
― two bunny rabbits on mushrooms singing Proclaimers songs (onimo), Monday, 7 April 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
very good
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Monday, 7 April 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
I don't usually attempt the Guardian, but I finished about half of it Friday, excellent for me. My knowledge of British history, TV and motorways is not good.
Anyone want to tell me how Some can go crazy over a drink (6) makes cognac?
― A Perfect Ratio of Choogle to Jam (Dan Peterson), Monday, 21 April 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
It's mostly obvious, though with one bit I'm not certain about. "Can go" is a "crazy" version (anagram) of cognac, without one of the Cs, which I'm guessing you can get from "some" if you know your crossword clues well enough?
― emil.y, Monday, 21 April 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
No it's backwards ("over") within "can go crazy"
― just hit submit post basically (wins), Monday, 21 April 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
"some" indicates the word being hidden in a larger phrase
Oof, it's a backwards hidden word. I was trying to anagram it, in which case the extra C was throwing me.
― A Perfect Ratio of Choogle to Jam (Dan Peterson), Monday, 21 April 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Was about to post: Could view "some" as the anagrammer and "crazy" as the 'c'
― Kid Creole Meets Señor Coconut at a fIREHOSE Show (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 April 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
Ah, okay, didn't know that. Not sure why I was trying to help when I'm crap at cryptics. *sigh*
― emil.y, Monday, 21 April 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
Everyman:Ankle was twisted in ballet (4, 4)
one from last week or so:Embargo on ballistic missile (9)
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:00 (nine years ago) link
Have the 1st, 2nd is anagram of "embargo on"? but can't see it
― wins, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:05 (nine years ago) link
it'll come to you...
― kinder, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:49 (nine years ago) link
haha got it
― wins, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:05 (nine years ago) link
couldn't see it earlier and no sooner have i got home than it clicked, before i lucked at the letters again.
conclusion: being at work is bad for my brain
― nostalgie de couilles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
looked at the letters
okay let's call it 50/50
Comedian in lace factory heading off for Wigan (5, 8)
― koogs, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Where do we stand on setters using old clues? That ballet one has been around for years.
― pick it up for ripple laser (onimo), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 07:24 (nine years ago) link
i guess it's quite possible for separate setters to come up with near-identical clues ove time, or maybe they see it as a nod to the classics?
― nostalgie de couilles (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 07:30 (nine years ago) link
Still can't get koogs' last one, any pointers?
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 07:57 (nine years ago) link
Think lace as in drink
― pick it up for ripple laser (onimo), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
nice
― nostalgie de couilles (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
ha got it now, thx
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 09:09 (nine years ago) link
you'd need to be of a certain age to get it though
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 09:10 (nine years ago) link
i thought the 'igan' thing was a bit clumsy, tbh. but i liked 'lace' for 'spike'.
spoilers, btw 8)
― koogs, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 09:11 (nine years ago) link
(do you need to be of a certain age to know charlie chaplin?)
― koogs, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 09:12 (nine years ago) link
Well I would say Chaplin has more cultural resonance. I can't imagine many people below say 30 knowing who Spike Milligan was. But then again I can't imagine many people below say 30 doing the Observer cryptic crossword, so that's fine.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 09:17 (nine years ago) link
My plan was to think of a comedian that fitted the letters and I discovered the correct answer by clumsily attempting to reverse engineer Sarah Millican!
― pick it up for ripple laser (onimo), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 09:42 (nine years ago) link
I figured out the 'head off Wigan' and worked backwards, still couldn't figure out why lace = spike until it was just explained.
― A Perfect Ratio of Choogle to Jam (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 11:42 (nine years ago) link
(it's actually 'heading' which is usually N, S, E or W. but head works here also)
― koogs, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 11:52 (nine years ago) link