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tohuvabohu
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #100 on: Jul 17th, 2008, 10:04am » |
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I was pretty sure about 19, but I also didn't want to post it unhidden right away.
I think 9A might be
STAVES? ST(one)+ AVES (Latin for birds) = to smash a hole in something
Still pondering 16
Since we're on a new page, here's the grid again
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #101 on: Jul 17th, 2008, 6:21pm » |
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indeed it is staves
18D It's what he says amidst confusion, and...
19 D...it's the way that he says it.
21A Paint the Spanish name "inside".
(don't want to steal too many more opportunities for clues)
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #102 on: Jul 17th, 2008, 6:41pm » |
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18 Down admits
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #103 on: Jul 17th, 2008, 7:17pm » |
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ummm, 17D, make that.
Just got carried away making a clue that carried over (they impress me) that I lost track of what numbers they were supposed to be.
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #104 on: Jul 17th, 2008, 7:29pm » |
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on Jul 17th, 2008, 7:17pm, Noke Lieu wrote: that I lost track of what numbers they were supposed to be.
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What about 18 Down then? 
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #105 on: Jul 17th, 2008, 8:04pm » |
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yes, you got 18 D correct.
So did I, for that matter!
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #106 on: Jul 23rd, 2008, 7:30pm » |
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*ahem* 
16 A ... the name of a girl whose name could be made from another word for burn followed by a point of a compass
more just getting it out before I forget.
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #107 on: Jul 29th, 2008, 12:35pm » |
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16A Brooke
21A Enamel
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #108 on: Jul 29th, 2008, 6:40pm » |
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IT"S ALIVE!
yes to brooke,
yes to enamel.
and just to speed up the process, I thought I'd knock out a few more, if that's alright with you.
24A... Eight legged decapod? (6,4)
20D... Hasty Slav, we hear (7)
I'm torn between
26A...Give Lovelace floating weapons (6)
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26 A ... 19D, 16 D and 1A (6)
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #109 on: Jul 30th, 2008, 9:17am » |
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on Jul 29th, 2008, 6:40pm, Noke Lieu wrote:| 20D... Hasty Slav, we hear (7) |
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ummm, 20D on the grid is only 6 letters
oh, and Russian
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #110 on: Jul 30th, 2008, 11:01am » |
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24A spidercrab
26A armada
or errata?
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #111 on: Jul 30th, 2008, 6:52pm » |
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on Jul 30th, 2008, 9:17am, rmsgrey wrote:
ummm, 20D on the grid is only 6 letters
oh, and Russian
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ooops!
Umm, make it Hasty slavic country, we hear?
damn it, one day I'll get this "counting" thing right!
tohuvabohu, tick tick tick.... you're getting them faster than I can make them!
Incidently, I'm going to have to change 17 D.. which was rhetoric to...
Agree merger hides problems that will come back. (8 )
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #112 on: Jul 30th, 2008, 7:47pm » |
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That's going to severely limit the possibilities for 27A.
But this might work:
27A Bottom line insight? I hear Gentlemen's Quarterly will bring you back, as they say, why not. (3,5)
And I'll finish that corner with
22D He passes Bill with an awkward posture. (6)
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #113 on: Aug 6th, 2008, 3:52am » |
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I'll confess- I'm stumped!
I suspect that 22D has become enacts, but don't feel confident about it.
cat posture... passes bill...
As for the other...
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #114 on: Aug 6th, 2008, 10:14am » |
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on Aug 6th, 2008, 3:52am, Noke Lieu wrote:I'll confess- I'm stumped!
I suspect that 22D has become enacts, but don't feel confident about it.
cat posture... passes bill...
As for the other... |
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enacts is an anagram of stance
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #115 on: Aug 6th, 2008, 11:00am » |
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Correct on 22D
Maybe I'll try a different clue for 27A
27A Famous last words: "Soldiers retreat! Nine lost." From Cervantes' character.
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #116 on: Sep 3rd, 2008, 3:54am » |
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wow these are hard.
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #117 on: Sep 3rd, 2008, 5:53pm » |
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on Aug 6th, 2008, 11:00am, tohuvabohu wrote:Correct on 22D
Maybe I'll try a different clue for 27A
27A Famous last words: "Soldiers retreat! Nine lost." From Cervantes' character. |
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AH!!!
A shade of wit and the art of farce...
I get the original clue now- it was tricky because you don't have one, tohuvaboh.
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Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
« Reply #118 on: Sep 13th, 2008, 9:30pm » |
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The grid is finished?
Good job guys...
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