repost pls thomp
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
single father (spooner's) used to be horse made of fruitcake (4,3,1,6,5)
― thomp, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
jeez sorry i asked
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
papa was a rollin stone, on a whim
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yerp
― thomp, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it's stollen roan, isn't it
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
o_O
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
:D
yeah sometimes genius is very close to just bein a smartarse imo, so there.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
you are both correct. whose turn is it?
― thomp, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Sold stolen goods electronically around protection system (7)
― Jimenez, Jio, Giovannagetti, and Doug (onimo), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
defence? e-fenced?
― thomp, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
got as far as fence.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
defence is correct - anagram of e-fenced. Figured you could say electronically and add an e onto any transaction in this day and age.
― Jimenez, Jio, Giovannagetti, and Doug (onimo), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:30 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah no problem with that.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Connected to onimo's, from Azed on Sunday:
Abandoned electrical equipment sat decomposing in sheep's gut (1-5)
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
e-haggis
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
First letter CORRECT
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 10:45 (fourteen years ago) link
derren brown method is working
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 10:50 (fourteen years ago) link
e-waste
i should give more azeds a go but they always look so daunting.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
E-waste correct.
Azed isn't as hard as it looks. I mean some part of it tends to involve sitting around making up words ('rusa?') and then looking them up in the dictionary ('It is a horse!'), but this is pretty much my ideal bedtime activity tbh.
It's v. fairly clued. The barred grid is a bit of a psychological obstacle at first, but it means you get masses of checked letters to make up for the obscure words.
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link
just looking at this weeks, first three (and others) are all 'unclued answer', thanks a bunch.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha. Yeah. Plain weeks are a better intro. It was a bit of a slog till I got one of the unclued ones, which gave the rest almost immediately.
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
My university alumni magazine (quarterly, only ever look at the crossword and skim the obituaries for anyone my age) includes a barred-grid crossword with several unclued answers and a twist, e.g. ignore one word of each clue or remove one letter from each answer, use these to spell unclued answers, that kind of thing.
I can never get anywhere with them, except one time when I got the whole thing except one letter and thought "now I am elite crossword demon and am tuned into the art of these things and will demolish the next one", only to find next issue that, uh, I wasn't.
Azeds seem much the same.
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Nah, Azed only pulls something weird (like this one) once every couple of months. It's not like The Listener (king of insane rubrics).
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i am a noob: what on earth is an 'unclued answer'?
― thomp, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Space in the grid for which there's no clue at all. So 1ac will be marked, and take up seven squares, but there's no clue. They turn up in barred grid crosswords mostly, and are gettable via checked letters and/or a theme and/or jammy stab in the dark.
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:44 (fourteen years ago) link
what's the point of that, then?
― thomp, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Beast chasing loud predator (3)NEA head after delinquent Op Art supporter (6)
― Garnet Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:32 (fourteen years ago) link
(although y'all probably don't know what the NEA is)
― Garnet Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Naughty Erotic Adventures.
First is FOX
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:46 (fourteen years ago) link
No.Yes.
― Garnet Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Thomp: they only really make sense when in a theme or scheme. It's quite nice to crack the heart of a puzzle and open up a load of answers at once after crawling along. And it makes a change from straight solving. The Azed one mentioned is a bit meh, but in a really neat themed puzzle there's an exciting seeing-the-light moment (Slightly embarrassed to be using the word 'exciting' there).
#2 = Patron (nice).
― woofwoofwoof, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Thousand and one plus five hundred times two plus fifty equals average (6)
― Garnet Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 September 2009 14:57 (fourteen years ago) link
median
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Thursday, 24 September 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Middle. Great clue! 'e' for 'equals' notwithstanding ;)
er xp...
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, nice
co-worker is stuck on this, in the times:
Such ores featuring in workings? (14)
― thomp, Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i'll go with ledge too, i just got caught up with 'thousand and one' equals average.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
operations, or something like?
it's argentiferous. knew it was an anag but still had to get most of the letters before we got it.
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
that was my second guess
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, i mean argentiferous (xp)
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:09 (fourteen years ago) link
doh, i had the wrong anagrind. ta tho
― thomp, Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Pirate company take electronic tape from records, to broadcast (7)
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Corsair. Nice again.
First try:
Nauseatingly cute model to 'make pee-pee' (4)
― woofwoofwoof, Thursday, 24 September 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
twee
― thomp, Thursday, 24 September 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i spent eight of those nine minutes trying to work out if i could make 'piss' fit btw
― thomp, Thursday, 24 September 2009 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Cats lost her knickers (5)I see antelope in volcanic country (7)Woodentop soul singer's drugstore (9)
― Garnet Memes (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 September 2009 04:12 (fourteen years ago) link
pants
― ailsa, Friday, 25 September 2009 06:56 (fourteen years ago) link