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Red and white teams need a new database for a place to play (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 10:55 (nineteen years ago)

s- a n db -ox

― a.b. (abanana), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 11:29 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, very good. Now would you like to give us a clue, banana?

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

Cook and one lawyer staying inside today (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Friday, 18 August 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

statscock?

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Friday, 18 August 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

a: Friday.

― Modal Fugue (Modal Fugue), Friday, 18 August 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

ailsa, did you finish those clues from the other board?

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 12:38 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't, no. But I'm about to go and get my hair cut and then maybe go to the pub. Put them here anyway for someone to have a go at anyway.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

A burning bed almost covered by disgusting fluid and kind of sheet (7)

Room with medal inside to burn (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 13:56 (nineteen years ago)

Second one is chamber.

Hello by the way!

― Archel, Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yes. Hi, archel!

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

Father's weapon gains entry? (8)

― Archel, Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

Password

― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Soak up a smell in the south east (6)

― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Thursday, 31 August 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

sponge

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

Alien in bar for sale (6)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

A burning bed almost covered by disgusting fluid and kind of sheet (7)

-a-----

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 16:38 (nineteen years ago)

papyrus

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Thursday, 31 August 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Thursday, 31 August 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know how to do these. No peeking on the Chicago thread:

Bag lady complains about her naughty bits (7)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 1 September 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Alien in bar for sale (6)
-e----

Fruit with revolutionary cheese (8)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 26 November 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

Chant softly- way to snare a husband? (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Sunday, 26 November 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

Alien in bar for sale (6)

retail

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Monday, 27 November 2006 07:06 (nineteen years ago)

mantrap

― Sam, Monday, 27 November 2006 10:48 (nineteen years ago)

melonche

pearmarx

figlenin

Maybe one of those is a cheese...

― ledge, Monday, 27 November 2006 12:32 (nineteen years ago)

Slight reclue

Fruit getting revolutionary Spanish cheese (8)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 01:22 (nineteen years ago)

Manchego!

― ledge (ledge), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 09:13 (nineteen years ago)

Yup.

Aura around spilled petrol in Celtic city (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

Glasgow :-)

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

Old dance club in which an ice had slipped? (8)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

Broomed away Edwyn Collins' favorite song? (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

Bag lady complains about her naughty bits (7)

What the hell was this, I wonder.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, haha, I figured it out! Good one, self.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Can you give us a letter or two?

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

Note about one Northern bass player (4)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

-a--

Other two were
-a------
-o-----

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Friday, 1 December 2006 05:57 (nineteen years ago)

Edwyn Collins' favourite song: Boredom. Dunno why I didn't get that right away.

― ledge (ledge), Sunday, 3 December 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

Hacienda.

I don't know any bass players. Except Mark King, Jah Wobble, umm... looks like it should be dano, rane, mane, fana, sano, lana, or tane.
Oh wait it could be mani from teh stone roses, was mani the bass player? Yes he was.

And that concludes today's edition of "thinking aloud with ledge".

― ledge (ledge), Sunday, 3 December 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Very loud one inside very small jeweler (7)

― Ruud Haarvest (KenL), Monday, 18 December 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Tiffany

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Monday, 18 December 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

I am a contributor to this thread, although I don't belong here (8)

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 10:58 (nineteen years ago)

imposter

― onimo (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:03 (nineteen years ago)

Cheer for endless ring and beam of light (6)

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

Hurray

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:21 (nineteen years ago)

Hooray, rather

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:23 (nineteen years ago)

No idea why I typed it that way first time round.

Eye serving drinks (5)

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:24 (nineteen years ago)

optic

― ledge (ledge), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

Been quiet for 23 hours, so...

Motorcycle was blue (5)

― Ole Martin Halck (OleM), Thursday, 15 February 2007 12:02 (nineteen years ago)

Moped.

I don't get the "optic" one.

― Casuistry (casuistry), Thursday, 15 February 2007 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

Moped correct.

Me neither.

― Ole Martin Halck (OleM), Thursday, 15 February 2007 12:04 (nineteen years ago)

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I'm guessing it's a reference to making one word by taking letters out of the middle. "Must have" would not be the clue.

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 11:50 (fourteen years ago)

Shark attacks in the sea

― ledge, Thursday, 1 December 2011 11:53 (fourteen years ago)

Break ... ?

Worrying feeling I read the blog entry and still have no idea.

― ledge, Thursday, 1 December 2011 11:55 (fourteen years ago)

Not break

- - - - K | O - T - - - - | - - | - H - | - - -

"Must have" would not be the clue.

That's right.

(fwiw I'm not keen on how the def of this seems to work, or sort-of works)

― woof, Thursday, 1 December 2011 12:01 (fourteen years ago)

i got it.

― ledge, Thursday, 1 December 2011 12:30 (fourteen years ago)

go on then.

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 12:41 (fourteen years ago)

got it

bad clue imo

― Julie Lagger, Thursday, 1 December 2011 13:17 (fourteen years ago)

misuse of tense

― Julie Lagger, Thursday, 1 December 2011 13:18 (fourteen years ago)

yeah, tense is the big irritation. 'Tramp' says its his favourite from his clues, but he's overrating the worth of that kind of cleverness imo.

― woof, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:06 (fourteen years ago)

right, I looked it up. It makes no sense, in fact it's more a clue to another set of 5 words that does.

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:09 (fourteen years ago)

seems to be lacking in definition completely to me, agree that kind of clue is best in v small doses.

paul today had a few annoying but fair clues with tricksy definitions, "this is flat" for table mat being the worst.

― ledge, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:21 (fourteen years ago)

It'd be some strange species of meta-&lit if the tenses worked, like 'thought outside the box?' - (one) must've (to get this), but because it has to be 'think' it's incoherent.

Yes, that kind of clue needs restraint. Paul usually gets it about right, but too much waggishness is the worst.

― woof, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:29 (fourteen years ago)

thought = "Muse" box = "TV"

― Julie Lagger, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:30 (fourteen years ago)

don't know if everybody had realised that, sorry if u had

― Julie Lagger, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:31 (fourteen years ago)

It's the sort of answer that'd get a "It's good but it's not right" Roy Walker response.

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:31 (fourteen years ago)

like, this old classic:

http://www.puzzlearchive.com/puzzlewiki/images/thumb/7/7f/029-002.jpg/300px-029-002.jpg

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:36 (fourteen years ago)

thought = "Muse" box = "TV"

Think not thought! That's the/my problem!

― woof, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:37 (fourteen years ago)

never knowingly underparrots?

― woof, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:38 (fourteen years ago)

"On ST is the best "Poll" I see"

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:41 (fourteen years ago)

think as "muse" is okay tho, i am being a bit scatty, the tense issue is really between " 've " for past and "think" = present

― Julie Lagger, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:41 (fourteen years ago)

i remember when crosaire was still alive and everything wasn't shit

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:44 (fourteen years ago)

yes, i think we agree? 'think' is fine for 'muse', but wrong tense for 'must've'; it should be 'thought', which isn't ok for 'muse' - it would be 'mused', giving 'must'ved', which is nothing.

confused myself a bit, poss time to stop thinking and work.

― woof, Thursday, 1 December 2011 14:49 (fourteen years ago)

Not overly happy with this, all the elements are there but I can't quite wrestle them into perfection:

Implores "I'm orphaned", adopting and raising is an undertaking (7)

― ledge, Thursday, 1 December 2011 15:09 (fourteen years ago)

guess i succeeded in making it difficult

-R-----

― ledge, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:11 (fourteen years ago)

promise

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:15 (fourteen years ago)

yup. it's not a great clue, it just doesn't read very well. maybe someone can improve it?

― ledge, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:18 (fourteen years ago)

it's okay i think! i know why you wanna tweak it but it reads fair, those hidden word ones are hard to clue without completely giving the game away

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:19 (fourteen years ago)

i think "is" is the one word there i don't like but leaving it out wouldn't work

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:21 (fourteen years ago)

aye, it really wants to be "adopting and raising an undertaking" - actually that doesn't read any worse imo. anyway.

Hair like gold flame (6)

― ledge, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:37 (fourteen years ago)

auburn :)

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:38 (fourteen years ago)

Quiet an' piece? (8)

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 10:41 (fourteen years ago)

clue is a bit pish but whimsical

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:08 (fourteen years ago)

antique

Auburn - vg

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:11 (fourteen years ago)

antique is wrong sorry

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:12 (fourteen years ago)

there is a typological cheat in the clue i must say

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:12 (fourteen years ago)

tbh i'm pretty sure it's antique can u check again?

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:14 (fourteen years ago)

didn't notice the anag for antique but i'm afraid there's no clue for anag and "piece" as definition of "antique" is iff-ay

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:15 (fourteen years ago)

i didn't, and i don't mean to offend dear chap, necessarily rule one of yr clues out because it was 'iff-ay'

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:17 (fourteen years ago)

how dare u sir i am generally meticulous way past the point of pedantry

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:18 (fourteen years ago)

ps requiring a cue for anags is lame-o pickiness imo

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:18 (fourteen years ago)

every word of the clue shd be functional or its a dodgy clue imo

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:19 (fourteen years ago)

yep, that's not to say you need to include all indicators

Did you check was it antique btw

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:21 (fourteen years ago)

fuck's sake antique has only 7 letters lol

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:22 (fourteen years ago)

Antiques

― Ou est la showaddywaddy (MarkG oo la showaddywaddy), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:23 (fourteen years ago)

it better not be

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:25 (fourteen years ago)

i wrote the clue, i assure you it's not antiques

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:26 (fourteen years ago)

the pope wrote quo vadimus, don't mean he new the answer tho

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:28 (fourteen years ago)

_ _ _ t _ _ _ _

― Julie Lagger, Friday, 2 December 2011 11:34 (fourteen years ago)

s'antique

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 11:35 (fourteen years ago)

we'll wooden floor for later

Most dreamy could just be mixed feelings (8)

― Sad Banter (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 2 December 2011 12:22 (fourteen years ago)

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