Early Christmas Cryptics
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Early Christmas Cryptics
All fresh as snow on White Christmas. No recycling.
1. Christ arrived in a sparkler. ( 4 )
2. Mother blasts army. (4)
3. Sing a song. (5)
4. Torn badly about name for trimming. ( 8 )
5. Sucker plant to pucker up beneath. (9)
6. Distance in India about right for sign. (5)
7. Spanish saint after clause with no end for gift giver. (5, 5)
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
1. Christ arrived in a sparkler. ( 4 )
2. Mother blasts army. (4)
3. Sing a song. (5)
4. Torn badly about name for trimming. ( 8 )
5. Sucker plant to pucker up beneath. (9)
6. Distance in India about right for sign. (5)
7. Spanish saint after clause with no end for gift giver. (5, 5)
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
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Re: Early Christmas Cryptics
Vids is in India right now, so i guess the other pros may solve this.
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Yeah, I thought something was amiss. Otherwise half the set may have been solved by now. Even better, this set being easy, may be all of it.Kinnera wrote:Vids is in India right now, so i guess the other pros may solve this.
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Ya, she got really good at this pretty quickly, turning the tables on the ones who ridiculed her and accused her of having a proxy solve them for her. Chaala baadha padindi kaani gattiga nilabadindi. Ippudu vaallanta mokhalu chaatestunnaru.indophile wrote:Yeah, I thought something was amiss. Otherwise half the set may have been solved by now. Even better, this set being easy, may be all of it.Kinnera wrote:Vids is in India right now, so i guess the other pros may solve this.
She won't be back until two weeks. But who knows, she may log in from india and solve these.
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4. Torn badly about name for trimming. ( 8 )
OR(NAME)NT
(will work on the others at leisure).
OR(NAME)NT
(will work on the others at leisure).
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Beatrix Kiddo wrote:4. Torn badly about name for trimming. ( 8 )
OR(NAME)NT
(will work on the others at leisure).
Yes.
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2. Mother blasts army. (4)
MARY
3. Sing a song. (5)
CAROL
5. Sucker plant to pucker up beneath. (9)
MISTLETOE
7. Spanish saint after clause with no end for gift giver. (5, 5)
SANTA CLAUS?
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
JERUSALEM??
MARY
3. Sing a song. (5)
CAROL
5. Sucker plant to pucker up beneath. (9)
MISTLETOE
7. Spanish saint after clause with no end for gift giver. (5, 5)
SANTA CLAUS?
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
JERUSALEM??
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Beatrix Kiddo wrote:2. Mother blasts army. (4)
MARY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes
3. Sing a song. (5)
CAROL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes
5. Sucker plant to pucker up beneath. (9)
MISTLETOE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes
7. Spanish saint after clause with no end for gift giver. (5, 5)
SANTA CLAUS? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
JERUSALEM?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No
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Re: Early Christmas Cryptics
Update. Only 3 clues remain to be solved. By this time you would have guessed the theme of this set. That makes it easy to solve the remaining.
1. Christ arrived in a sparkler. ( 4 )
6. Distance in India about right for sign. (5)
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9
1. Christ arrived in a sparkler. ( 4 )
6. Distance in India about right for sign. (5)
8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9
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8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
BETH LE HEM
6. C (R) OSS??
1. WINE??
(Brain not working).
BETH LE HEM
6. C (R) OSS??
1. WINE??
(Brain not working).
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Beatrix Kiddo wrote:8. Girl adds the French edge for city. (9)
BETH LE HEM ---------------------------------------- Yes
6. C (R) OSS?? -------------------------------------- Yes, "Coss/kos" is 2 miles in many India languages. "R" (right) goes inside.
1. WINE?? ------------------------------------------------- No. The answer is staring at you.
(Brain not working).
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Beatrix Kiddo wrote:STAR hidden
Yes. Set solved.
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