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Post by indophile Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:47 pm

Some recycled.



1. Artery at road’s roundabout is underground. (5)

2. Famous horse! zonk out, halfass. (6)

3. Repentant tree named Bob. (7)

4. Memo from regressive school. (4)

5. Perfumed fruit got high on joints. (Cool

6. Smelly animal with no back end foundered. (4)

7. Shoot cocaine. (4)

8. Ground grain for breakfast. (4)

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Post by indophile Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:00 pm

# 5 letter count is eight.

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Post by Jeremiah Mburuburu Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:03 pm

1. aorta

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Post by Jeremiah Mburuburu Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:04 pm

4. eton

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Post by Jeremiah Mburuburu Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:13 pm

6. sunk

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Post by indophile Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:16 pm

Both #1 & # 4 answers are correct.

1. Artery at roa d’s roundabout is underground (hidden reversal)

4. Memo from regressive school (NOTE - rev, i.e., NOTE for memo)

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Post by indophile Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:17 pm

Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:6. sunk

Yes, SkUNK ("k" bobbed)

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Post by Mosquito Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:21 pm

7. CRACK(dd). But 5 letters here
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Post by indophile Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:26 pm

PseudoIntellectual wrote:7. CRACK(dd). But 5 letters here

The answer is 4 letters. It's a slang word that's used for both "shooting" somebody and cocaine. (Hint: see my post in the Fun section "Burglary in Florida.":-Smile

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Post by Mosquito Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:21 pm

indophile wrote:
PseudoIntellectual wrote:7. CRACK(dd). But 5 letters here

The answer is 4 letters. It's a slang word that's used for both "shooting" somebody and cocaine. (Hint: see my post in the Fun section "Burglary in Florida.":-Smile

Blow huh?
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Post by indophile Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:58 pm

PseudoIntellectual wrote:
indophile wrote:

Blow huh?

Yes.

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Post by Guest Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:28 pm

indophile wrote:

8. Ground grain for breakfast. (4)

MEAL? (Dbl Defn)

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Post by charvaka Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:14 am

5. rosehips (rose for "got high" and hips for "joints")
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Post by charvaka Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:34 am

3. ashamed? ash for the tree, amed from named although not sure why Smile.
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Post by Guest Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:03 am

Hints?

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Post by indophile Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:26 am

All clues have been solved except # 2.

2. Famous horse! zonk out, halfass. (6)

Hints: (a) The answer is really a "halfass" (half donkey); (b) it's a word-in-word clue; (c) think of a very well known horse of a TV show of yester year; (d) think of other animals that are are also horses genetically (colt, mare, pony, gelding, stallion, some wild horses, and so on).

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Post by indophile Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:57 pm

indophile wrote:All clues have been solved except # 2.

2. Famous horse! zonk out, halfass. (6)

Hints: (a) The answer is really a "halfass" (half donkey); (b) it's a word-in-word clue; (c) think of a very well known horse of a TV show of yester year; (d) think of other animals that are are also horses genetically (colt, mare, pony, gelding, stallion, some wild horses, and so on).

ZEDONK ----- Z(ED)ONK (Famous horse is Mr. Ed of the Ed Sullivan show, Zonk is out (outside of Ed), and ZEDONK is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey (when they get horny - color, language (i.e., bray vs. neigh), national origin, and ...... even species -do not appear to matter, just the right gender):-Smile

I agree it's not an everyday word. I did not make it up. It's there in the dictionary.

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Post by Guest Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:54 pm

charvaka wrote:3. ashamed? ash for the tree, amed from named although not sure why Smile.

I didn't understand this one. How did "named" become "amed" and what does Bob mean?

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Post by indophile Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:20 pm

Repentant |tree |named Bob. (7)

ASH for tree + nAMED (bob "named," i.e., chop "named")

ASHAMED = Repentant

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Post by Guest Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:25 pm

indophile wrote:nAMED (bob "named," i.e., chop "named")

i was right bw. this indo is myad.

- uzefa ("huzefa" bobbed).

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Post by indophile Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:49 pm

Main Entry:clip
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:cut short
Synonyms:
bob, crop,
curtail,
cut, cut back,
decrease,
dock,
lower, mow, pare, prune,
reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive,
slash, snip,
trim, truncate

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