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Cryptics short set
by indophile Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:13 pm
1. Discarded actors. (4)
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4)
3. Man organizing events. (6)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5)
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4)
6. Crime of large girl. (6)
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4)
3. Man organizing events. (6)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5)
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4)
6. Crime of large girl. (6)
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Re: Cryptics short set
by Jeremiah Mburuburu Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:19 pm
indophile wrote:1. Discarded actors. (4)
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4)
3. Man organizing events. (6)
steven (anagram of events)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5)
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4)
6. Crime of large girl. (6)
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Re: Cryptics short set
by indophile Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:33 pm
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:3. Man organizing events. (6)
steven (anagram of events)
Yes.
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Re: Cryptics short set
by Jeremiah Mburuburu Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:05 pm
indophile wrote:1. Discarded actors. (4)
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4)
3. Man organizing events. (6)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5)
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4)
gobi (from 'bog' reversed)
6. Crime of large girl. (6)
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Re: Cryptics short set
by Jeremiah Mburuburu Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:07 pm
indophile wrote:1. Discarded actors. (4)
cast (definition of 'discarded' and 'actors')
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4)
3. Man organizing events. (6)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5)
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4)
6. Crime of large girl. (6)
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Re: Cryptics short set
by indophile Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:25 pm
Both GOBI and CAST are correct.
GOBI is a reversal of "a bog" = I bog
GOBI is a reversal of "a bog" = I bog
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Re: Cryptics short set
by indophile Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:15 pm
It's a homophone alright ("sound" signals that), but your answer is incorrect. Think of a word for a politician saying something stupid in the heat of a campaign.Silk Smitha wrote:2. BITE? Bait homo?
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Re: Cryptics short set
by indophile Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:06 am
ANSWERS.
1. Discarded actors. (4) ----- CAST (dd)
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4) ------ GAFF (gaffe-hom)
3. Man organizing events. (6) --------- STEVEN (events-anag)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5) ---- C(R)ANE
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4) ----- GOBI (I bog-rev)
6. Crime of large girl. (6) -------- BIG+AMY
1. Discarded actors. (4) ----- CAST (dd)
2. Romney’s 47% remark – a sound bait or hook? (4) ------ GAFF (gaffe-hom)
3. Man organizing events. (6) --------- STEVEN (events-anag)
4. Stick taken across river for bird. (5) ---- C(R)ANE
5. Turn over a marsh, and it’s a desert. (4) ----- GOBI (I bog-rev)
6. Crime of large girl. (6) -------- BIG+AMY
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