― Archel (Archel), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Ah that extra 'l' hint gave it away... Yellow Pages!
― ledge (ledge), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link
I guess if I'd done a bit of elementary triathlon research I would have got yours...
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Monday, 13 March 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I am not very good at cryptic crosswords. Though I did manage to half-complete two real crossword puzzles recently, which made me prouder than almost anything else.
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Do published cryptic crosswords do this? I have to admit it totally throws me off, I'd always assumed that every part of the clue had to be functional.
― lurker #2421, Monday, 13 March 2006 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link
(I have to admit it totally throws me off, I'd always assumed that every part of the clue had to be incorporated in the answer, with nothing extra left over.)
― lurker #2421, Monday, 13 March 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― lurker #2421, Monday, 13 March 2006 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 13 March 2006 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
"painted waterlilies make bizarre memento, not me" (5)
― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Redd - I mean when instead of '[clue 1] [clue 2]' or '[clue 1] for [clue 2]' or '[clue 1] to [clue 2]' all of which are lovely you get something like '[clue 1] of [clue 2]' (unpleasant but bearable} or '[clue 1] his [clue 2]' (horrible)...
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 04:35 (eighteen years ago) link
never odd or even? (10)
― lurker #2421, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― art vandelay (what?), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 16 March 2006 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link
I didn't so much cheat as did research for that one.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 11:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 16 March 2006 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Chris owes us two clues...
I was admiring Bunthorne in the Guardian yesterday - even though I can never finish his puzzles his clues are always witty and elegant. Unlike this one:
Party about mushroom, spinning on it (9)
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 16 March 2006 12:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 16 March 2006 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
You could probably fill a whole book with fish-themed crosswords.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Casuistry's first one is "shad". I didn't actually know that was a type of fish, I just guessed from the clue.
― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
A Spanish hello upon rising is hello, goodbye (5)
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 20:25 (eighteen years ago) link