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Slapshot

Tour de France, - Anagram of Dancer fur toe

deptfordmarmoset

Yes, that's right, pdstp and Slapshot. Paul got there first so let's see what instrument of torture he chooses for us.

pdstsp

Painful area in Anno Domino, rode less. (6,4).

Night night everyone.

(Had a few glasses of chianti so this one may be bo##ocks)

Paul

deptfordmarmoset

Saddle sore...I feel your pain!

Oddball on a bike? (5)

pdstsp

Lance???

Hilda saw husband locked in the tea-totallers group. (6)

deptfordmarmoset

pdstsp wrote:

Lance???

Well, it's not the answer I had but it got me giggling! I might repost it later on

deptfordmarmoset

Astana!

A pocket's change here (4/4)

PBo

cake stop.

fuel cut off north of strand is very light. (6,5)


i hate to be a cryptic pedant,* but some of you are not quite formulating your clues correctly.

they should have two parts - a clue to the answer directly, a kind of thesaurus type definition - plus the cryptic bit, which is all the pieces/anagrams etc. that combine to make the answer.

most of you are only providing the cryptic bit.

* no i don't

STEFANOS4784

Carbon fibre 8)

PBo

yup!

STEFANOS4784

Bored with this now , 4 8)

deptfordmarmoset

Ok, I'm not proud - I give up

pdstsp

PBo - with you every inch of the way - problem is I only look at this last thing at night so can only cope with one strand at a time!!

Stefano - completely clueless - away for he weekend so will look in on Monday.

Paul

Slapshot

They are enough to drive you nuts.... (6)

a retainer thats lost it's hold on the French sailing ship (8)

STEFANOS4784

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Bored with this now , 4 8)

Mine was tyre (as in tire-tired) was rubbish clue, sorry.

STEFANOS4784

Slapshot wrote:

They are enough to drive you nuts.... (6)

a retainer thats lost it's hold on the French sailing ship (8)

For reasons of bump because i like this thread and also spanner keeps popping into my head, we need another clue

PS god knows about the 2nd one :? :oops:

deptfordmarmoset

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Slapshot wrote:

They are enough to drive you nuts.... (6)

a retainer thats lost it's hold on the French sailing ship (8)

For reasons of bump because i like this thread and also spanner keeps popping into my head, we need another clue

PS god knows about the 2nd one :? :oops:

I've just completed the Guardian prize crossword (Araucaria no less) while getting absolutely nowhere with those two clues.

For the 2nd clue, I was guessing ''the French sailing ship'' could be a word ending -less (le for French the and ss for sailing ship - I know that ss stands for steamship but while it's steaming it's going to be sailing). ''Tubeless'' keeps on bouncing back into my brain but I've no idea about why it would be right.

Slapshot

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

Slapshot wrote:

They are enough to drive you nuts.... (6)

a retainer thats lost it's hold on the French sailing ship (8)

For reasons of bump because i like this thread and also spanner keeps popping into my head, we need another clue

PS god knows about the 2nd one :? :oops:

I've just completed the Guardian prize crossword (Araucaria no less) while getting absolutely nowhere with those two clues.

For the 2nd clue, I was guessing ''the French sailing ship'' could be a word ending -less (le for French the and ss for sailing ship - I know that ss stands for steamship but while it's steaming it's going to be sailing). ''Tubeless'' keeps on bouncing back into my brain but I've no idea about why it would be right.

Right - ish track with the second one, First one is a bit tenuous but the main (easy _ I anticipated) clue is there.

I do a shedload of crosswords, Times record is 13 minutes, Torygraph about 10.....

STEFANOS4784

I'm defintely out of my depth, struggle with the sun one :oops:

deptfordmarmoset

I do a shedload of crosswords, Times record is 13 minutes, Torygraph about 10.....

That Times crossword, I've stared at it for hours and after a couple of hours staring at an the empty grid, it turns into an almost spiritual experience.

Slapshot

I'm here all night, if no one get's em by midnight shall I pout the answers up??

STEFANOS4784

How about another clue?

Slapshot

Well, the second one can't really ahve another clue because half the answer is there already.

First one .......... if I change it to "the long arms that drive you nuts"????

PBo

Slapshot wrote:

Well, the second one can't really ahve another clue because half the answer is there already.

First one .......... if I change it to "the long arms that drive you nuts"????

cranks!

how many letters for the second one....?

Monovisual without addendum is angry about the race (10)

deptfordmarmoset

The 2nd was 8, I think.

Slapshot

Well done PBo, second one has 8 letters

PBo

previous reply edited to include a clue....

Slapshot

Cyclocross

Slapshot

Fast leader screams this in Scottish Dance (9)

PBo

freewheel?

"a retainer thats lost it's hold on the French sailing ship" is still doing my nut in....