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Very very lost.deptfordmarmoset wrote:Alberto Contador!
Nice clue, by the way. Still got the ''quick silly one'' to do....
Why Alberto Contador please?
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PBo has a very twisted mind! Cryptocephalic even.
Albert Square + circle+against+square+confused road
Albert+0+con+T+ador0 -
You are very good :shock:winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg0 -
Oh well, there's still one outstanding - it's got to be something like chain sets - but no harm in adding another...
Direct you to composer's reputed drinking haunts (10)0 -
:shock: Geez! The only bit of that I got even KNOWING the answer was Albert Square.deptfordmarmoset wrote:PBo has a very twisted mind! Cryptocephalic even.
Albert Square + circle+against+square+confused road
Albert+0+con+T+ador
Thanks for the explanation, Dfm. I was just beginning to think I was getting the hang of this. Perhaps not.
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deptfordmarmoset wrote:Oh well, there's still one outstanding - it's got to be something like chain sets - but no harm in adding another...
Direct you to composer's reputed drinking haunts (10)
Chain would be 22 though? I was thinking "something gear".
Your one is 'handlebars' (Handel-bars, which direct you)
make a kind of coffee drunk along with nothing (10)
(hoping this is a bit simpler than my last effort)0 -
bazzargh wrote:deptfordmarmoset wrote:Oh well, there's still one outstanding - it's got to be something like chain sets - but no harm in adding another...
Direct you to composer's reputed drinking haunts (10)
Chain would be 22 though? I was thinking "something gear".
Your one is 'handlebars' (Handel-bars, which direct you)
make a kind of coffee drunk along with nothing (10)
(hoping this is a bit simpler than my last effort)
gear - correct thinking so far.
camp (coffee) - drunk along = aglon - nothing =o
campagnolo, a make!
In the interests of education, should we all provide the breakdown of our answers, to help others learn? Experience means that you can often reverse engineer an answer, but not always.
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In the interests of education, should we all provide the breakdown of our answers, to help others learn? Experience means that you can often reverse engineer an answer, but not always.
Good question, PBo. On balance, I think that as long as there's no shame in asking for an explanation it's probably not necessary to do that every time. But I'm happy either way.0 -
next clue
circuit pictures governing body (6)0 -
PBo wrote:next clue
circuit pictures governing body (6)
Its 'vuelta'. Circuit (of Spain), VUE cinemas + Lawn Tennis Association.
Doh I had this yesterday but didn't understand the vue bit...I'm not even sure there is one round here. Googled vue in the end cos the other parts seemed right.
An easy one (still can't figure the '20' clue):
Greek state before 1st century, and American nickname(9)0 -
Spartacus
(I actually didn't know Cancellara was known as Spartacus until now!)
For pedalling around you may need these to parenthesise your buttocks (6,8 )
(Edited to show the number of letters in 2nd word)0 -
bazzargh wrote:PBo wrote:next clue
circuit pictures governing body (6)
Its 'vuelta'. Circuit (of Spain), VUE cinemas + Lawn Tennis Association.
Doh I had this yesterday but didn't understand the vue bit...I'm not even sure there is one round here. Googled vue in the end cos the other parts seemed right.
An easy one (still can't figure the '20' clue):
Greek state before 1st century, and American nickname(9)
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spartacus
edit - damn didn't see dm best me too it!
shame, cos' i've got a clue waiting
and still need answer to
20 53 12 (5,4)0 -
For pedalling around you may need these to parenthesise your buttocks (6,8 )
Easy...Bottom Brackets
and you'll need to give me time to find another...0 -
PBo wrote:Slapshot wrote:For pedalling around you may need these to parenthesise your buttocks (6,8 )
Easy...Bottom Brackets
and you'll need to give me time to find another...
Find another? you mean you aren't making yours up???
Okay by find another what I mean is find enough time to craft a blinder of a clue to flummox you all...... Clipless took you ages to get.
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PBo wrote:spartacus
edit - damn didn't see dm best me too it!
shame, cos' i've got a clue waiting
and still need answer to
20 53 12 (5,4)
I don't see why we shouldn't have more than one clue at a time - as long as the unsolved ones don't get buried.0 -
My feeling is that we should all focus on one clue at a time - it becomes a communal challenge if everyone is working on the same clue, there is always the element of a race to be the one to get it, and the clue-setter can sit smugly waiting for the rest to solve it. The worry is that the whole thread gets buried if everyone is thinking and nobody is posting - but that can be remedied by people asking for hints or explaining what their thought processes are.........deptfordmarmoset wrote:I don't see why we shouldn't have more than one clue at a time - as long as the unsolved ones don't get buried.
I'm for one clue at a time. What about this numbers one 20, 53, 12 (5,4)?
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BeaconRuth wrote:deptfordmarmoset wrote:I'm for one clue at a time. What about this numbers one 20, 53, 12 (5,4)?
Ruth
Dunno. I assume everyone noticed the 53/12 gear ratio. It would make good clue for "top gear" (20=top in darts), but that's (3,4). Or (6,4) for "change gear" (20p). "score gear" doesn't make sense. 20 is 'china' in anniversaries, which doesn't help. Its the number of baby teeth, but I can't see how to fit tooth/teeth in there; its the number of ounces in an imperial pint, but I don't see any connection there at all.0 -
want a clue? you are along the right lines.....0
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think of the 20 in relation to women.......
I've bolted the door... :shock:0 -
PBo wrote:think of the 20 in relation to women.......
I've bolted the door... :shock:
Ok now you're making me think of measurements and a 53" waist would definitely make this "spare tyre". But then, noone but elves has 12" hips.
Its surely not as in 'size 20' and 'large gear'??0 -
bingo!!!!0
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so slapshot still owes a clue he went to "find", and now baz does too....0
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okay.... two for good measure...
Repeated Sicilian blow two the head for changes (6,3,..8.)
Noise in an old field stopped ringing (7)
It's been a busy day in here!!!0 -
Its surely not as in 'size 20' and 'large gear'??
what do you mean "its surely not..." as if its a bad thing?
thats the shortest, most elegant clue I've ever devised.....
are the boys coming then?????
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PBo wrote:bingo!!!!
Ok for that the boys are bringing the SPECIAL baseball bat. We shall speak no more of this clue!
An easy one to get us back on track:
ride one leg, and french turn up to mock (5)
edit: oh scrub that, I messed up the clue, shouldn't have had an anagram indicator in there. It was 'et-ape'. Try this instead, also easy:
rider of the decade lauded (5)0 -
