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Post by indophile Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:17 pm

Some recycled.
1.
Art is an
audition for the skilled worker. (7)
2.
False representation is – highly enthusiastic
inside and testy outside. ( 8 )
3.
Coins put into it may be lost. (4)
4.
Invent cosmetics. (6)
5.
Fish present after half a minute. (6)
6.
What you do to a leg to make it sound like a
hen. (6)

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Post by Hellsangel Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:22 pm

indophile wrote:Some recycled.
1. Art is an audition for the skilled worker. (7) ARTISAN

2. False representation is – highly enthusiastic inside and testy outside. ( 8 )

3. Coins put into it may be lost. (4) LOST -> SLOT

4. Invent cosmetics. (6) MAKEUP

5. Fish present after half a minute. (6)

6. What you do to a leg to make it sound like a hen. (6)

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Post by indophile Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:31 pm

1, 3, & 4 are all correct.

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Post by Hellsangel Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:35 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
indophile wrote:Some recycled.
1. Art is an audition for the skilled worker. (7) ARTISAN

2. False representation is – highly enthusiastic inside and testy outside. ( 8 )

3. Coins put into it may be lost. (4) LOST -> SLOT

4. Invent cosmetics. (6) MAKEUP

5. Fish present after half a minute. (6) MIN-NOW

6. What you do to a leg to make it sound like a hen. (6)

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Post by indophile Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:20 pm

# 5 is correct too.
Please ignore #2. I made a mistake in setting up the clue.

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Post by bw Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:54 pm

indophile wrote:
What you do to a leg to make it sound like a
hen. (6)

PULLET (sounds like pull it)

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Post by goodcitizn Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:04 am

bw wrote:
indophile wrote:
What you do to a leg to make it sound like a
hen. (6)

PULLET (sounds like pull it)

I guess pulling one's leg is an expression. In that context, its okay. But I think the clue is lame (pun intended)!

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Post by bw Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:11 am

goodcitizn wrote:
bw wrote:
indophile wrote:
What you do to a leg to make it sound like a
hen. (6)

PULLET (sounds like pull it)

I guess pulling one's leg is an expression. In that context, its okay. But I think the clue is lame (pun intended)!

well, it isn't a proper cryptic clue but some creative license is permitted i suppose.

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Post by goodcitizn Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:27 am

bw wrote:
goodcitizn wrote:
bw wrote:
indophile wrote:
What you do to a leg to make it sound like a
hen. (6)

PULLET (sounds like pull it)

I guess pulling one's leg is an expression. In that context, its okay. But I think the clue is lame (pun intended)!

well, it isn't a proper cryptic clue but some creative license is permitted i suppose.

Yes. And I do appreciate Indo for keeping cryptics alive. I'll try to work on one soon.

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Post by indophile Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:41 am

Yeah. PULLET is what I had in mind for #6.
I tried to clue TRAVESTY for # 2 as a word-in-word - T(RAVE)ESTY (False representation is – highly enthusiastic inside and testy outside ). Then realized that there is no extra "E" I could use.

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:36 pm

indophile wrote:Yeah. PULLET is what I had in mind for #6.
I tried to clue TRAVESTY for # 2 as a word-in-word - T(RAVE)ESTY (False representation is – highly enthusiastic inside and testy outside ). Then realized that there is no extra "E" I could use.

False representation is – highly enthusiastic inside and testy outside with no English.
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Post by indophile Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:46 pm

Yeah, that should work.

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:51 pm

indophile wrote:Yeah, that should work.

Actually, you could have given a much simpler clue for Travesty - Instant coffee.
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Post by Obnoxious Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:58 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
indophile wrote:Yeah, that should work.

Actually, you could have given a much simpler clue for Travesty - Instant coffee.

LOL!!

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