Ah ok, worth getting the paper for or no? I have a train journey later but ample reading...
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
it looks a bit convoluted "however, one letter must be added to one of each pair of solutions before entry into the grid"...
― koogs, Saturday, 20 December 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
Oh I hate those ftmp
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
"Forge the mine path". Primarily used in Minecraft when building a path into a mine.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
It's tough but I'm enjoying it, clues are pretty straightforward and the instructions are clear and not a huge stumbling block.
― ledge, Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I mean I'm like less than a quarter done.
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - pianist
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Saturday, 20 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
(4,4)
nope... gonna add an extra hint to mine.
Little bleeder's reported break in to Electronic Arts' south Devon seaside office? (8,3)
--d--t--/---
― ledge, Monday, 22 December 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm stumped
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
Got it. (not sure why it's office though?)
― oppet, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Oh, 'outpost in Devon' makes sense though.
― oppet, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I threw a question mark in there to indicate something fishy but I think it's ok, if EA had an office in T------ you'd just call it EA T------. Like errrrrr DKNY?
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
r-d--t--/k--
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
Guardian prize now the usual war of attrition, was hoping the parents would help but they'd completed less than me.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
Omg just got it
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
radiator key!
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
:)
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
That kind of cryptic definition would normally have me decrying the compiler as a scoundrel.
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
It gets by because we like "little bleeder"
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Did you get mine?
Nope, give us letters!
― ledge, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
Given up on the guardian in a huff, if anyone can explain how "comrade - stan's" is at all cryptic for "oliver" - well it probably won't change my mind.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20131210/339246_Laurel-%20Hardy-%20biographical%20film.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah but like
idgi
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
btw
--n-/-a--
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
those chuckleheads were the first thing I thought of, that still ain't no cryptic clue.
― ledge, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
Yeah unless "Oliver" is another word for "comrade" or sth
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
sth to do with the Song of Roland or...?
(don't even know if I'm overreaching here; did not attempt said crossword as the gimmick was beyond me, by which I don't even mean adding letters but the whole not knowing where to split the clues thing)
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 24 December 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Cromwellian perhaps, but that kind of "guess which Stan this refers to" isn't unheard of in cryptics
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
not especially hard but i always appreciate arachne and her politics:
Ends of Rice, Brown and Garner? Time for anger (6)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
nice
― Gombeen Dance Band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
(talking of hard, i don't think i've ever been as irritated with a crossword as that maskarade prize one from the other week)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 1 January 2015 15:38 (nine years ago) link
There was a pop at ukip voters in the Boxing Day one, can't remember the setter
Gonna post this once more & then give solution
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - /pianist/ (4,4)
― bife claro (wins), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Oops zing
Director of films to include head of penis? Almost - pianist(4,4)
― bife claro (wins), Thursday, 1 January 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Lang Lang
Thread could do w some more cryptic penile insertions
― joe selfie (qiqing), Friday, 2 January 2015 07:11 (nine years ago) link
Took me a little while to come up with this one
Cheeky old man, measure with huge one out and give head direction, faint ring of a one hit wonder? (4,5)
― joe selfie (qiqing), Friday, 2 January 2015 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Bit long i know but here's a clue a la wins
--n-/--u--
― joe selfie (qiqing), Friday, 2 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Objective: refuse to be heard in a thriller about a duck? (9)
I couldn't get this one for the life of me. Homonym AND a double definition!
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 January 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
Damn that is a tough one. All I can think is "equitable" fitting if the solution is another word for "objective", but I can't see how that works. Is refuse homonym something like nix/nicks or waste/waist? Still doesn't really help. Is duck referring to a type of duck eg pekin?
No bites for my clue so can I just
Wang Chung
― joe selfie (qiqing), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
>>> Is refuse homonym something like nix/nicks or waste/waist?
Neither. And part of my problem was the way I pronounce said word is not exactly a homophone with the word they're seeking, so I just didn't hear it.
Hint: G_L _ _ _ _ _ _
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:19 (nine years ago) link
Goldeneye?
― joe selfie (qiqing), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
Yep. I pronounce 'deny' with a long e, so duh-nye just wasn't popping into my head. Plus not a fan of recent James Bond films and never heard of the duck.
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 5 January 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
today's Graun
Not too heavy a sea? That's fortunate (4,2,4)
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
oof, the goldeneye clue
some brilliant ones in the NYD arachne that gave us the relatively easy Rice/Brown/Garner clue upthread (er yes i've only just finished it). particularly enjoyed:
Split from husband, heading off to give birth in cowshed (5)Do successors occupy country, having ousted last PM? (7)Perfectly embodies the ultimate in courageous soldier material (5)Six ducks living on Scottish islands, one with more than one tongue (8)
i think she might be my favourite setter by far
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link
idg qiqing's clue
― bife claro (wins), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 13:31 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure but I'll have a go at parsing it thus: wang = cheeky word for old man (penis), c - measure (celsius?), take one out of huge = hug + add N (header direction), Wang Chung = one-hit wonder. Bit of a slog imo.
― you've got no fans you've got no ground (anagram), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 14:18 (nine years ago) link
AND Wang Chung had three top 10 hits here in the US.
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:09 (nine years ago) link
Er, actually just two. And "Dance Hall Days" wasn't one of them.
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
I did suggest it was a bit long, overworked a tad, but hard to do w/o sacrificing nudgenudgewinkwinkoohergeorgeformby. Getting the n in there was a slog, but hard to do otherwise. It was initially going to be something like "curved spine" for penis but I couldn't get it to work for Wang Chung that easily and wanted it to resemble wins's clue.
I figured there would be dissent to the one hit wonder status, which is why I included a question mark. There's debate about it because they weren't really a one hit wonder but are sometimes tagged as such, AND in the UK they were known for one song afaik.
Getting a bit clever but wang is also a word meaning cheek and faint ring refers to Wang Chung meaning "yellow bell". Otherwise anagram otm.
― joe selfie (qiqing), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link