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Post by bw Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:27 am

indo style: some are recycled.
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1. Narrow ruler showing reflection ( 8 )

2. Recognized unfamiliar sounds (4)

3. Cat with the tail of the bloody kind ( 8 )

4. Aquatic mammal gulped something covered with long hair (7)

5. Spicier port (7)

6. Marine beat up a lunatic ( 8 )

7. Fruit get steamed, held by prong of fork (9)

8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)

9. Passionate versifier yearningly pens it (5)

10. Corners fishes (6)

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:07 am

bw wrote:
5. Spicier port (7)

TANGIER (dd)

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:08 am

bw wrote:
10. Corners fishes (6)
ANGLES (dd)

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:11 am

bw wrote:
6. Marine beat up a lunatic ( 8 )

NAUTICAL (a lunatic - anag)

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:28 am

bw wrote:
2. Recognized unfamiliar sounds (4)

KNEW (new-hom)

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:38 am

bw wrote:
7. Fruit get steamed, held by prong of fork (9)
T(ANGER)INE

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:41 am

bw wrote:
1. Narrow ruler showing reflection ( 8 )


THINKING (thin+king)

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:11 pm

bw wrote:
3. Cat with the tail of the bloody kind ( 8 )

CATEGORY --- cat + e (tail of "the") + gory (bloody) = kind

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Post by Obnoxious Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:55 pm

9. FIERY cont.

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:48 pm

bw wrote:
4. Aquatic mammal gulped something covered with long hair (7)

MANATEE --- MAN(ATE)E

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Post by indophile Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:44 pm

bw wrote:8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)

DELIVERING (dd)

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Post by bw Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:45 pm

one remains:

8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)

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Post by indophile Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:48 am

bw wrote:one remains:

8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
PERMISSIVE (per+missive), just a shot in the dark.

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Post by bw Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:03 pm

indophile wrote:
bw wrote:one remains:

8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
PERMISSIVE (per+missive), just a shot in the dark.
the answer is CONGENI(T)AL. i guess "sympathetic" wasn't the best choice of synonyms.

set solved!

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Post by indophile Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:28 am

Thank you bw for the nice set. When you posted the answer to the last one I wondered how I missed such a relatively straightforward clue. Guess I was not thinking in terms of indicator letters. GC, HA, Idefix - can you post a set next week?

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Post by Obnoxious Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:45 pm

I second it was a great set! I could solve a few of them. Didnt post answers as Indo already solved.

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