A saint in some countries, the People's Princess has some land near the River Erewash (9)
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- Oct 2011
- 26998
- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
Patriot sabotaged groundwork - kibosh? No duh! (3,10)
And why not have a bonus?
(i) Trinity College Cambridge's river and star (3,6)
(ii) Overheard kidnapping William's boy (7,6)
(iii) A pair of birds, one of them getting inside artificial intelligence (3,5)
(iv) To a doctor of divinity? Sounds a bit feminine (4,6)
Solutions all appear on a grid.Last edited by Kevin S; 07-12-2017, 09:27.
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- Mar 2008
- 20822
- Black Country Green Belt
- Crusaders FC, Norn Iron, not forgetting Serendib
- Blueberry vodka Jaffa cake on marzipan base
1 Borrowing money so Brexteer ends up like Raab (4)
And for your bonus,
2 In roof entrance (4)
3 Dug boner up (8)
4 Fu*kin French fucked! (11)
5 Society entrant takes rein- last in (8)
Solutions are near neighborsLast edited by Duncan Gardner; 07-12-2017, 10:37.
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- Oct 2011
- 26998
- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
The NFL bonuses:
(i) Trinity College Cambridge's river and star (3,6)
[spoiler]CAM NEWTON[/spoiler]
(ii) Overheard kidnapping William's boy (7,6)
[spoiler]RUSSELL WILSON[/spoiler]
(iii) A pair of birds, one of them getting inside artificial intelligence (3,5)
[spoiler]JAY AJAYI[/spoiler]
(iv) To a doctor of divinity? Sounds a bit feminine (4,6)
[spoiler]TODD GURLEY[/spoiler]
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- Mar 2008
- 20822
- Black Country Green Belt
- Crusaders FC, Norn Iron, not forgetting Serendib
- Blueberry vodka Jaffa cake on marzipan base
Brief explanation on my last set- all German language names for Hungarian cities
1 GYOR- Raab
2 OFEN (hidden)- Budapest
3 ODENBURG (anagram)- Sopron
4 FUNFKIRCHEN (anagram)- Pecs
5 DEB/RE(Z)IN- Debrecen
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Just on Bing, as I set it, not sure if my occasional clues fulfil any classic set of rules or style guide but I thought this one was a gimme. As mentioned chandler, search and Perry all hint at bing. Arguably the Perry part was superfluous, but it made the clue into a more satisfying sentence and it's hardly misleading- and anyway its a cryptic crossword.
Hopefully Duncan's triflingly trivial Germany exonames clues are more straightforward!Last edited by seand; 08-12-2017, 10:03.
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- Mar 2008
- 20822
- Black Country Green Belt
- Crusaders FC, Norn Iron, not forgetting Serendib
- Blueberry vodka Jaffa cake on marzipan base
Originally posted by seand View PostJust on Bing, as I set it, not sure if my occasional clues fulfil any classic set of rules or style guide but I thought this one was a gimme. As mentioned chandler, search and Perry all hint at bing. Arguably the Perry part was superfluous, but hardly misleading and anyway its a cryptic crossword!
Hopefully Duncan's triflingly trivial Germany exonames clues are more straightforward!
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Sean - I hope I didn't sound critical. Really wasn't my intention. Honestly the Perry bit comes across as a bit of a red herring to my mind and it threw me (but also I didn't pick up the search engine reference which presumably would have made me more confident of the answer). One of the things I like about this thread is the different styles of cluing that different posters use
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