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thursday cryptics
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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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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Re: thursday cryptics
bw wrote:
5. Spicier port (7)
TANGIER (dd)
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ANGLES (dd)bw wrote:
10. Corners fishes (6)
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bw wrote:
6. Marine beat up a lunatic ( 8 )
NAUTICAL (a lunatic - anag)
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bw wrote:
2. Recognized unfamiliar sounds (4)
KNEW (new-hom)
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T(ANGER)INEbw wrote:
7. Fruit get steamed, held by prong of fork (9)
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bw wrote:
1. Narrow ruler showing reflection ( 8 )
THINKING (thin+king)
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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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bw wrote:
4. Aquatic mammal gulped something covered with long hair (7)
MANATEE --- MAN(ATE)E
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bw wrote:8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
DELIVERING (dd)
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Re: thursday cryptics
one remains:
8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
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Re: thursday cryptics
PERMISSIVE (per+missive), just a shot in the dark.bw wrote:one remains:
8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
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Re: thursday cryptics
the answer is CONGENI(T)AL. i guess "sympathetic" wasn't the best choice of synonyms.indophile wrote:PERMISSIVE (per+missive), just a shot in the dark.bw wrote:one remains:
8. Sympathetic about time of birth? (10)
set solved!
bw- Posts : 2922
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Re: thursday cryptics
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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Re: thursday cryptics
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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