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God running amok [8]
your clue is its a proper noun so capitalised

Did we get an answer to this?


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 11:41 am
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You got me all excited there, gecko - no we didn't and I was only opening the thread in anticipation of an answer.

The other one nobody got:
O (8, 6)


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 12:32 pm
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The other one nobody got
I thought everybody in the group got that

That's a clue by the way, although it is a bit groany so don't get your hopes up.


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 12:36 pm
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Circular letter?


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 5:55 pm
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😉


 
Posted : 27/06/2017 6:27 pm
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Ok, but this

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God running amok [8]
your clue is its a proper noun so capitalised

Capitalised has a meaning that will make you go DOH when you get it It is a capital [letter] to start to be clear but it has more than one meaning here.

I only got it because i had some letters in it I dont think i would have got it from the clue alone

is still bugging me. Capital = Finance? a capital crime? A capital ship? A capital city (which would be a proper noun)? And why is it important if it's not in the original clue?

God. Could be one of many many.

Running = On, or Managing, or Flowing, or...?

Amok generally implies an anagram, but of what? Actually Running could mean an anagram of Amok, I think, which leaves four letters.


 
Posted : 28/06/2017 11:41 am
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from todays gruaniad

Not to be deceived: eating cinders is showing off (6)


 
Posted : 28/06/2017 11:42 am
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Nice. Does he do crosswords?


 
Posted : 28/06/2017 12:51 pm
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Flashy btw.

Come on Junky, give us some letters.


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 10:55 am
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klunk - dashed?


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 11:40 am
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HIJKLMNO

5 letters

first letter is 'W'


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 12:52 pm
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water


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 12:53 pm
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from todays gruaniad

[i]Wicked work by council leader repeatedly questioning technique that's in force? [/i](4,3,3,3)

another, more "appropriate"

[i]One's saddled with Spooner's fish in the outback? [/i](8)


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 1:06 pm
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^^^
Good Cop Bad Cop
Wicked = both Good / Bad
Council leader = C
Work = Op (Opus)

Pushbike
Spoonerism Bush Pike


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 2:23 pm
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one from todays guradina

[i]Bowl over potty going the wrong way [/i](4)


 
Posted : 30/06/2017 1:54 pm
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Stun


 
Posted : 30/06/2017 3:07 pm
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[i]Place where spinners will take a turn [/i](4)


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 6:28 pm
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Spot

An old favourite: What's keeping pair involved in members' cover-up straight? (7,5)


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 6:34 pm
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An old favourite: What's keeping pair involved in members' cover-up straight? (7,5)

trouser press? members (legs) cover up (trousers) and whole clue is whats keeping them straight? makes sense to me anyhows.... 😀


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 7:41 pm
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Yep 😀


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 7:45 pm
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er....... youre not waiting for me to post one are you? not sure if thats the game or not. i only ever remember one and thats been posted already (gegs).

someone else can have a go 😉

EDIT: ok then, here you are......

Some forget to get here for gathering (3-8)


 
Posted : 03/07/2017 8:22 pm
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Some for [b]get together[/b] e for gathering (3-8)

[i]Mason's fermented juice[/i] (5)


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 11:07 am
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perry. but i havent got another ready yet....


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 11:33 am
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slight rewrite of one from todays gruaniad to make it more seasonal

[i]Very cowardly, not quite returning on the full[/i] (6)


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 11:42 am
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should have been in yesterdays 🙂

[i]Red shift within British queen's range[/i] (8)


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 12:01 pm
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^^ Yellow (nearly wholly backwards)


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 3:27 pm
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Volley


 
Posted : 04/07/2017 3:41 pm
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the answers to the other clue was [i]Ardennes[/i] btw


 
Posted : 05/07/2017 8:58 am
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[i]Cardinal has predecessor cast in iron [/i](4)


 
Posted : 05/07/2017 10:29 pm
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........


 
Posted : 05/07/2017 10:58 pm
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apologies for not helping but this should be enough

A capital city (which would be a proper noun)? And why is it important if it's not in the original clue?
it is now work on the GOD bit

I said the capital bit as without letters I think it too hard so was trying a cryptic clue


 
Posted : 05/07/2017 11:03 pm
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gegs 9 and 4

From Drop the Dead Donkey if memory serves me correctly?


 
Posted : 05/07/2017 11:08 pm
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An easy one

[i]Hugo! Try exotic food [/i](7)


 
Posted : 06/07/2017 9:58 am
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Yoghurt


 
Posted : 06/07/2017 10:02 am
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Klunk - Five?


 
Posted : 06/07/2017 10:04 am
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aye

gegs = scrambled eggs btw


 
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[i]One getting up in the middle of a flight[/i] (5)


 
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Riser


 
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Nearly in alphabetical order (6)


 
Posted : 07/07/2017 1:19 pm
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almost?


 
Posted : 07/07/2017 1:21 pm
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Sea animal (2 words, 5 and 3)

Large Fish (7 letters)

CBA to check whole thread, but conga eel and grouper, hard? really?


 
Posted : 07/07/2017 1:48 pm
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almost?

Well done, fan of Mark Billingham, by chance?


 
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Sea animal could be loads of things, but conga eel unlikely as its a conger eel. Manta Ray or Moray Eel more likely

Large fish could also be other things just as likely as Grouper - halibut? Need to know other letters to decide


 
Posted : 07/07/2017 3:04 pm
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They are cryptic so not just the names of fish. Answers are in previous posts (and all of the above are wrong 8) ). The second one was a bit meh IMO but someone will like it.


 
Posted : 07/07/2017 3:53 pm
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God running amok - Godzilla?


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 8:18 am
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Well done, fan of Mark Billingham, by chance?

Never heard of him. Just thought the clue would be 'nearly' so thought of an answer for that. And then checked the letters were in alphabetical order 🙂


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 10:35 am
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CBA to check whole thread, but conga eel and grouper, hard? really?

Wrong! A per the thread title these were meant to be silly crossword puzzle clues - think the answers have already been given but you haven't read the whole thread...


 
Posted : 08/07/2017 11:01 am
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[i]Coke tin framed by doyens off the wall [/i](4,5)


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 12:40 pm
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Coke tin framed by doyens off the wall (4,5)

Nose candy?


 
Posted : 23/07/2017 1:16 pm
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[i]Coxed Pair Booked?[/i] (5,3,2,1,4)


 
Posted : 24/07/2017 12:01 pm
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Coxed Pair Booked? (5,3,2,1,4)

Three men in a boat


 
Posted : 24/07/2017 12:02 pm
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[i]Klunk's got over depression, that's clear[/i] (7)


 
Posted : 24/07/2017 12:35 pm
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E (13)


 
Posted : 24/07/2017 12:55 pm
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E (13)

I know that one (seen it before, not worked it out) - be impressed if anyone can get it with no letters.


 
Posted : 24/07/2017 2:04 pm
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Klunk's got over depression, that's clear (7)

Evident.

Foxed by E though.


 
Posted : 24/07/2017 5:23 pm
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[i]Broken bed, a sorry conclusion to a boozy night out?[/i] (10)


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 11:21 am
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Doner Kebab 🙂

5 and 5 surely?


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 11:31 am
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5 and 5 surely?

any complaints should be made to the grauniad.


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 11:33 am
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How do you get on with Paul in the Sat cryptic Klunk? Find him difficult in the main, doesn't throw out many soft clues to get you started.


 
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so so, I don't like it when they use obscure language (stuff you have to look up the meaning of because it was last used in conversation around 1687) I also don't like not being able to work it out even though I've got the answer. Other stuff i struggle with is really long clues for short answers oh and classical references bug me too.
an example from todays...

[i]Ancient linesman depards following 4-0 upset[/i] (4)

easy to work out... ivo backwards followed by d for depart = ovid Still had to look it up. I guess i needed a better classical education 🙄


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 12:13 pm
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wise place to go for a holiday : 8 letters


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 12:20 pm
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E ([s]13[/s] 6,6,1)

LETTER BEFORE F


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 12:21 pm
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[quote=Klunk ]I guess i needed a better classical education

Are you envious of JRM?


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 12:36 pm
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dunno do we know who he fagged for ?


 
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Trying not to derail this too much, and keeping it vaguely on topic, my mum can do clues like that because she did get a better classical education than me. Contrary to suggestions on another thread I'm not all that bothered and tend to think it's just silly when clues require such knowledge - it does bother me that I'm not better at crosswords in general than I am though, given I'm good with words, can do anagrams and tend to win at scrabble (despite suffering with dementia, mum is still better than me, though she now tends to only do the quick rather than cryptic 🙁 )


 
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anyway, I don't think we've ever managed to answer JY's capitalised clue and it's frustrating me - could he just give us a couple of letters to help out?


 
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thegreatape nice but no (13) one word of 13 letters


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 1:40 pm
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I wasn't optimistic.....but surely it's ok to bend the rules to get a result? 😉


 
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Many think the answer is the very state of nonsense!


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 8:28 pm
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My Dad loved cryptic crosswords, he told me a clue once which was 'the chicken stooped & smiled at the opera'

Lohengrin.
I'll never forget that one, good old Dad!


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 9:01 pm
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Many think the answer is the very state of nonsense!


from that clue i can only think of non-sense/no sense and so onto the word senselessness but i cant see how it can work out to be correct from the original clue. is it anywhere near?


 
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The whole four got back to the house (5)


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 10:33 pm
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The whole four got back to the house (5)


villa


 
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sadexpunk - I think you're right about senselessness

"Sense" less (meaning without) the letters in "ness".

Clear omce you have the answer, but not sure I'd have ever solved it myself. Spent ages trying to justify "extrapolation" as the answer


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 10:46 pm
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ahhhh..... sense, less 'ness', i get it. altho its not strictly less 'ness', id have thought thered have to be some part of the clue to infer the letters of 'ness' should be mixed up. still clever tho..... (if its right) 🙂

EDIT: if it IS right, surely nobody would ever get that right without an additional clue!!


 
Posted : 25/07/2017 10:50 pm
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That works, but that's a bastard of a clue.


 
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thegreatape it takes the wisdom of crocodiles .


 
Posted : 26/07/2017 8:58 am
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[i]They're presently taking up space [/i](8,7)


 
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Very small thing in 13 letters (4)


 
Posted : 26/07/2017 10:39 am
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Atom.


 
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