Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Oh, brackets.
And so slow, too.
Oh, brackets.
And so slow, too.
-
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
A couple of non-continuing the game points:
1. Where does the "on-Thames" bit of nef's clue fit in?
2. On the subject of clues where an answer is hidden within the text (as in Duncan's larder clue above) and the acceptability of having extra red-herring words, I noticed in yesterday's Guardian "Girl in mainland or island area of Greece" - in which clue the "area of Greece" part is entirely redherringy.
That's it, you can get back to my clue nowComment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
No, the "area of Greece" one is a tripartite clue, Doris being the area of Greece where Doric columns come from.Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
A guess:
Buttery hypocrisy evening (7)
When I was there- and possibly still now, Kubelgog would know- the student bar and restaurant at Dublin University was known rather quaintly as the buttery.
PS what Wyatt said about the Doris clue. I think we agreed informally here that hidden word clues should avoid red herring extra words beyond the minimum needed for surface reading.
'Malign IT scenario holds back OTF uber-cnut (5)', say?Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Lustful in buttery? (7)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Aha. Learn something new every day.
What was the answer to 29 down by the way? That's the only one I didn't get (Bring in vessel in sound (4) E _ R _ . I presume it's earn, but other than the "bring in" definition, I have no idea how the rest works)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
(yes buttery is correct DG. The bar/snack bar area at Homerton College Cambridge, where I shall be in a couple of weeks is also called the buttery. It sounds a bit cheap cruise ship to me)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
EARN sounds like URN (ie vessel).Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
That was the last one I got, too: as I got off the bus this morning at the Tube station, seconds away from buying today's paper, which is my self-imposed deadline (if I haven't done yesterday's by the time today's in in my hands, I've failed). I was fixated on "EWER" as the "vessel" homophone, for some reason, and was thinking "is there a word EURE meaning 'bring in'"?Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
The acrostic describes Alice and her sisterson a boat on The thames listening to the story being told.
A boat beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July--
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear--
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die.
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream--
Lingering in the golden gleam--
Life, what is it but a dream?Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Spoiler/ hint for the live clue.
PS nice poem, Majesty. I'm almost tempted to suggest all must have prizes
Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Canteen slave clove desperately to rest period (12,5)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Point to convalescent leave (4)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Will, for example, maxilla aid your articulation? (5,9)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
_ _ _ A _ / _ _ X _ _ _ _ _ _Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Luton fan circles unmade bed used as a modal auxiliary (3,6)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
The joint had better medical facility (8)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
_ H _ U _ _ _ _Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Is it shoulder (is that a joint, like knee or elbow)? Can't see why, if so?Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
"Had better" - should
medical facility - ERComment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Should ER, isn't it?
On a shoulder is somewhere initially a group stood (5)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
Thanks lads.
Delta map could be found at oasis (4,4)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
How rooms were once adorned with date palm (6,10)Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
WoE, not to answer your latest question, but how could I have made my "Oasis" question even more elegant? I was quite proud of that (Standing on the Shoulders of Giants being one of their album titles and all).Comment
-
Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
I missed the reference to the lovable Mancunians, to be honest! Clever.
Maybe
Band leading with "On a shoulder I'm standing"
or something?Comment
Comment