Thursday Cryptics

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:51 pm

Some recycled.

1.
Part
of hooch, red in color. (5)

2.
Harmony
heard with one string. (6)

3.
Fish
takes vow of enmity. ( Cool

4.
Winnow
empty grain around the meadow. (5)

5.
Sprightly
sounding criminal needs source of income to live. (10)

6.
Step
rate. (4)

7.
To
chew persistently is a sign a weightwatcher suppresses. (4)

8.
Late,
yet designed baby clothes. (7)

9.
Tie
the voice with musical notes. (5)

10. Wound mark on nun survives till Indian
gets Mary’s attention first, thank you. ( 8 )

11. Beat with stick. (5)

12. May be quite an old thing. (7)

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:00 pm

1.
Part
of hooch, red in color. (5)

2.
Harmony
heard with one string. (6)

3.
Fish
takes vow of enmity. ( 8 )

4.
Winnow
empty grain around the meadow. (5)

5.
Sprightly
sounding criminal needs source of income to live. (10)

6.
Step
rate. (4)

7.
To
chew persistently is a sign a weightwatcher suppresses. (4)

8.
Late,
yet designed baby clothes. (7)

9.
Tie
the voice with musical notes. (5)

10. Wound mark on nun survives till Indian
gets Mary’s attention first, thank you. ( 8 )

11. Beat with stick. (5)

12. May be quite an old thing. (7)

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:01 pm

Why does the formatting gets screwed up?

by Jeremiah Mburuburu Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:05 pm

indophile wrote:Why does the formatting gets screwed up?

"does... get," not "does... gets."

by Jeremiah Mburuburu Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:15 pm

northindians would also use "gets," although differently, as in: "why formatting gets screwed up?" (note the absence of "does" and "the") making the structure of the question incorrect.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:16 pm

indophile wrote:Why does the formatting gets screwed up?

Not sure... which browser are you using? Also, do you copy-paste from a Word document?

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:16 pm

1. ochre, "... hooch, red... "

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:19 pm

8. layette, late yet anagram

by Mosquito Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:19 pm

10. STIGMA. Numbers dont match.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:22 pm

Pope Francis wrote:10. STIGMA. Numbers dont match.

Stigmata, may be.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:24 pm

11. flail, double definition

by Mosquito Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:24 pm

6. GAIT dd.

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:25 pm

#s 1, 8, 10 are all correct. Yes for 10 the answer is STIGMATA (first letters + thank you).
Yes, I c&p from Word 10.

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:26 pm

FLAIL for # 11 and GAIT for # 6 are both incorrect.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:28 pm

10. livelihood? first part sounds like lively = sprightly, hood as in hoodlum.

by Mosquito Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:28 pm

2. ACCORD sounds like A CHORD.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:28 pm

indophile wrote:Yes, I c&p from Word 10.

Try copy-pasting to Notepad first, and from there to the browser. That should take care of it.

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:33 pm

LIVELIHOOD (#5) and ACCORD (#2) are both correc.t

by Mosquito Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:34 pm

9. CHORD.

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:44 pm

CHORD for #9 is correct. Please provide an explanation for your answers so the others can see how you got to the answer.

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:47 pm

I try the Notepad c&p method here. Let's see (#s 1,2,5,8,9,10 are already solved)
1. Part of hooch, red in color. (5)
2. Harmony heard with one string. (6)
3. Fish takes vow of enmity. ( Cool

4. Winnow empty grain around the meadow. (5)
5. Sprightly sounding criminal needs source of income to live. (10)
6. Step rate. (4)
7. To chew persistently is a sign a weightwatcher suppresses. (4)
8. Late, yet designed baby clothes. (7)
9. Tie the voice with musical notes. (5)
10. Wound mark on nun survives till Indian gets Mary’s attention first, thank you. ( 8 )
11. Beat with stick. (5)
12. May be quite an old thing. (7)

by Mosquito Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:55 pm

Pope Francis wrote:9. CHORD.

CORD homo.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:04 pm

7. gnaw, "... sign a weightwatcher..."

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:04 pm

GNAW for #7 is correct.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:11 pm

6. rank, double definition?

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:14 pm

RANK for #6 is incorrect.

by goodcitizn Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:27 pm

3. Fish takes vow of enmity ( Cool

LOATHING [L(oath)ing]

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:30 pm

L(OATH)ING for # 3 is correct.

by goodcitizn Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:34 pm

4. Winnow empty grain around the meadow. (5)

GLEAN [G(lea)N]

by goodcitizn Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:37 pm

12. May be quite an old thing. (7)

ANTIQUE [anag -- quite+an]

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:41 pm

Update.
4. Winnow empty grain around the meadow. (5)
6. Step rate. (4)
11. Beat with stick. (5)
12. May be quite an old thing. (7)

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:43 pm

GC -- G(LEA)N and ANTIQUE (#12) are both correct.

by goodcitizn Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:45 pm

6. Step rate. (4)

PACE (dbl def)

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:50 pm

Yes for PACE (#6)

by indophile Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:56 pm

I am sure #11 will be solved before the end of the day.
Now, it's your turn "trofimov" / "Pope Francis" to post the next set.

by Idéfix Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:56 pm

indophile wrote:I am sure #11 will be solved before the end of the day.
Now, it's your turn "trofimov" / "Pope Francis" to post the next set.

I haven't tried creating cryptics clues, but I will give it a shot. Will try to post a set a week from now.

by bw Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:10 pm

indophile wrote:I am sure #11 will be solved before the end of the day.
Now, it's your turn "trofimov" / "Pope Francis" to post the next set.

11.Beat with stick (5)

PASTE?

ps: thought it was "friday cryptics"?

by indophile Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:10 am

Yes, PASTE is correct.
Yeah, it's Friday Cryptics, but I had a set ready to go on Thursday. Smile

The real reason is - with Friday, after the most of the clues have been solved, 2 or 3 clues remain and the poster has to keep checking the thread Friday night or even Saturday. Also, it's not fair to the solver if he/she is not given some feedback (if he/she solves a clue) within some reasonable time. For these reasons I thought it would be easier to manage if the set and be fair to the solver if the set is posted on a Thursday.

by bw Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:17 pm

indophile wrote:Yes, PASTE is correct.
Yeah, it's Friday Cryptics, but I had a set ready to go on Thursday.
The real reason is - with Friday, after the most of the clues have been solved, 2 or 3 clues remain and the poster has to keep checking the thread Friday night or even Saturday. Also, it's not fair to the solver if he/she is not given some feedback (if he/she solves a clue) within some reasonable time. For these reasons I thought it would be easier to manage if the set and be fair to the solver if the set is posted on a Thursday.

thanks for the set! (it was all cleaned up before i could get around to it).

thursday sounds good.

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