Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Nefertiti2]

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In game or around it abridges -not good news.

(5, 4)

[Nefertiti2]

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Harry is not Brigades trained.

(6)

[Duncan Gardner]

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Rough as a badger's backside, uh? Countdown! (7)

[Duncan Gardner]

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__ __ __ O __ T __

[Hofzinser]

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Tentatively:

Perhaps Jack's uncouth, losing two starters (4)

[Wyatt Earp]

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I think that has to be it, doesn't it?

[Duncan Gardner]

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Evening all. Uncouth = anagram of 'uh count'.

[Wyatt Earp]

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The anagram signifier being "down"?

[Duncan Gardner]

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Er, yes. That a problem?

Of course I know 'down' has another specific meaning in puzzles, but that doesn't mean it can't also be a (loose) synonym for any of broken/confused/strange/fucked up beyond recognition etc. etc.

[Andy C]

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Half-arsed effrontery? (5)

[Sean of the Shed]

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Part cheek in front of some musicians. (5,7)

[Hofzinser]

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I have to say, I don't really understand how "down" is a synonym of confused/broken etc, loosely or otherwise.

Andy - is that a follow-on from my clue? It's not the right solution if so. (To be honest, I can't work out any of the words in your clue could be a solution to mine, so maybe I've missed a joke.)

[Sean of the Shed]

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It's a right old mess now isn't it? Maybe you should repeat your clue, Hof, just so we know where we are.

[Andy C]

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OK, no problem. My working, for what it's worth, was COARSE minus the first two letters = ARSE - "(perhaps) Jack" being the definition. I took the liberty of adding the -d to the solution.

[Duncan Gardner]

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Hofzinser wrote:

I have to say, I don't really understand how "down" is a synonym of confused/broken etc, loosely or otherwise

OK, they're not synonyms. They're all valid anagram indicators, then. Clearly I used 'down' for the surface reading. Do you think it's invalid as an anagram indicator? Which would be odd, given the wide range of other indicators that have been used.

[Wyatt Earp]

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I too had thought yours might be (CO)ARSE, with "Jacks" as a variant of "jacksie".

(I've not seen "down" as an anagram indicator either, I must admit.)

[Hofzinser]

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Ah, I see. Sorry for an unintentionally ambiguous clue. I now fear that the "wrong" answer is a better solution than the right one!

Perhaps Jack's uncouth, losing two starters (4)

_ _ S _

[Hofzinser]

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Dunc - I just don't really see how "down" indicates disorder or breakdown or re-jigging in the way that anagram indicators usually do.

[Sean of the Shed]

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Agreed returns from fish in the Irish sea. (8)

[Wyatt Earp]

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Ah! Nice one.

[Wyatt Earp]

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(Hof's I mean; not got Sean's.)

[Andy C]

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Having bitten back sundew, Anglesey is content (6)

[ad hoc]

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Haircut gnawed away? (10)

[ad hoc]

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What's the word in Hof's that got reduced to "fish"?

[Sean of the Shed]

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(Oa)fish.