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I'm out of turn now, but it's actually one of my own this time:

Twisted tighter South-East, and untwisted (12)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Archel's isn't "out of breath", is it?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

nice mark!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Yep. (I think it was from the Times, that one.)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link

disentangled? but why?

(I can't make the anagram work grr)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Nope.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Straightened...

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Composed in a hurry:

Airborne vermin? This will never fly before a long time (6)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link

pigeon :)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:09 (eighteen years ago) link

fiddle with crop grower before gym class (5)

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Grope. You perv.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Anyone feel free to jump in with another clue...

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:23 (eighteen years ago) link

For every green there's a deviant (7)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Heh, pervert...

Morning measure in a small amount is encompassing (7)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 13:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Minimal?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link

No. Some letters:

_ _ _ i _ n _

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link

ambient?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

OK.

Cleaned up messed up dude on the street (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't really understand ambient as encompassing?

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Really, Greg? It's the, um, dictionary definition.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link

am·bi·ent
adj.

Surrounding; encircling: ambient sound; ambient air.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link

For Ken's: dusted? If so, I think "on the" is a bit misleading.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I know what you mean though Greg, it's hardly the most common usage any more - ideal for clue composers then really bwahaha :)

Yeah it's not 'on the' it's 'around', surely? But I'm no expert.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link

It's a good surface reading though... I'd maybe have clued it

Cleaned up messed up dude found hanging around the street

although even then I've stuck in an arguably redundant "hanging" to make it read better.

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 15:58 (eighteen years ago) link

From the Shorter OED

adj. 1 Surrounding, encircling, encompassing; enveloping.

From Merriam Webster's Tenth:
existing or present on all sides: ENCOMPASSING

But yeah, I know what you mean: encompassing seems to imply it's in the foreground, ambient the background.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link

All right, Tom, give us a clue.

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Exhausted, Ailsa crosses teh finish line (4)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Shot?

(What are you saying about Ailsa, Ole?)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Drinking with fellow ILXers (note: quietly, gin-addled) (7)

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Er, should be "very quietly"...

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

fapping

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Not shot.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Beat? Is it "teh" or "the"?

I need to make my clues harder...

― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Not beat.

Is it "teh" or "the"?

;)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Needle singer around club (7)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Last?

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 5 January 2006 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Not last. (It'll probably be obviously correct when you get it.)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 5 January 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link

dash

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Thursday, 5 January 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, I would have got that, had I seen it! Kudos for clever use of "teh" as well.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link

He eats, shoots and leaves and is found in Pennsylvania! (5)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link

ailsa: Kudos for clever use of "teh" as well.

Haha, more "WTF ENDS WITH A H?" desperate than clever actually.

Redd: Shot? (What are you saying about Ailsa, Ole?)

Still not sure whether you thought I was calling her a st. or a ho :)

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:10 (eighteen years ago) link

AMISH ? though I am not sure why. Sorry I cannot remember any great clues and making them up seems impossible. There is one something like: heart racing for a gamble (7)

― isadora (isadora), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Fuck I am a complete looney obviously panda. how embarassing.

― isadora (isadora), Friday, 6 January 2006 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Ponder Alien Fish

― AJ Gerritson, Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link

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― AJ Gerritson, Saturday, 7 January 2006 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Mullet

Beers in ears cause damage (6)

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 7 January 2006 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

A certain poster is in the doghouse, I hear. (3 1)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 7 January 2006 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link

That'll be "Ken L" then.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 7 January 2006 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link

B-b-but Chris, where's the wordplay?

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link

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