Galveston.
Inclination towards prison spell (8)
― Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
d'oh. Okay, just the clue then.
How does Galveston work?
― krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Anagram ("hammer") of "tong slave".
― Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 September 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
"tong slave" hammered into a different shape = Galveston, which is a port in Texas.
xpost!
― ailsa, Monday, 7 September 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks. I was looking at/for Gavel=Hammer somehow.
― krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Yours is "Black Metal" krakow, yes?
― Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 September 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Aye, that it is. I wasn't convinced on the clueing and it did seem to cause a pause. Criticisms welcome.
― krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure about 'b' for second note, that suggests 'd' to me instead. other than that, works well enough.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Monday, 7 September 2009 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
How come d? I'm not well-versed in music theory, so assumed that notes went in alphabetical order.
― krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry. I should google first, post second! I see that they go C D E F G A B
― krakow, Monday, 7 September 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I was looking at "re" or "ray" like Do Re (Ray) Mi :-(
― ailsa, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 07:16 (fourteen years ago) link
close relationship (7)
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
divorce
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I was looking at "re" or "ray" like Do Re (Ray) Mi :-(Me too.
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
shit darra that was quick!
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but was it right?
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
it was.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
well i'm not making any more clues after my string of schoolboy errors, tbh.
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:37 (fourteen years ago) link
_______T
― Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
penchant
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Correct
― Nostalgie de la Bwoyee (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice clue. I tried quite hard with that one but couldn't get it, a bit of a d'oh! moment now I see the answer.
Close relationship is also good.
― krakow, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Stylish ilx poster has too much time for cheap fast food joint (7, 7)
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Friday, 11 September 2009 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i just can't seem to fit my username in there anywhere, tbh. stumped.
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Friday, 11 September 2009 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link
actual poster in question is actual noted fast food connoisseur, actually
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Friday, 11 September 2009 08:54 (fourteen years ago) link
chicken cottage
― unblapped goldmine (onimo), Friday, 11 September 2009 08:57 (fourteen years ago) link
yay
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Friday, 11 September 2009 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
great clue btw
― unblapped goldmine (onimo), Friday, 11 September 2009 09:10 (fourteen years ago) link
thx - i was just on my way to work this morning and the name of my new local cc establishment was half obscured by a road sign, saw the 'ken c' and went from there.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Friday, 11 September 2009 09:22 (fourteen years ago) link
doesn't really work but you should get it anyway
I would shortly knock out cup juggling dates here (2,5)
― unblapped goldmine (onimo), Friday, 11 September 2009 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
OK cupid
― ailsa, Friday, 11 September 2009 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
✓
― unblapped goldmine (onimo), Friday, 11 September 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
nice.
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Friday, 11 September 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Since there seems to be a bit of a lull, I'll jump in with another clue to get the ball rolling again.
Other team halted development of thrash (5,5)
― krakow, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
death metal
― thomp, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't come up with them but here's one from today's paper that's stumping me:
Don't say anything like "spradget" (1, 3, 4)
― thomp, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:25 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, wait, i just got that. haha it's awful
― thomp, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:26 (fourteen years ago) link
and should be (3, 1, 4). i fail at this thread
You were right on my one of course.
― krakow, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:32 (fourteen years ago) link
still haven't got spradget one.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
ha!
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:00 (fourteen years ago) link
not a word
put forward something that could be positive or negative, true or false (9)
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:08 (fourteen years ago) link
today's paper confirms that yesterday's was in fact 'not a word'
― thomp, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:17 (fourteen years ago) link
put forward something that could be positive or negative, true or false (9)assertion?
Vein getting one cc shot? (7)
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
assertion correct
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
vaccine
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:02 (fourteen years ago) link
take this as correct (11)
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
appropriate
― Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 16 September 2009 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link