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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:59 am

Some recycled.

1.   Marijuana for the English informer. (5)
2.   Quick ships. ( 5 ) 
3.   Warned bad lad about damaged tree. (7)
4.   Country song about people.  ( 7 )
5.   Sense a noose and croak. (4)
6.   Twist and call aloud. (5) 
7.   Southern leader with horse problem. (4) 
8.   Sweet with hair combed up. (7) 
9.   Regarding a fight. (5)
10. Depravity of Egyptian king acquiring premier New York tech school with domain backing. (9)

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:02 pm

3. LAD - TREE --> ALERTED

4.AR(MEN)IA

9 A-BOUT
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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:19 pm

AL(ERTE)D for # 3, AR(MEN)IA for #4, and A+BOUT for #9 are all correct.

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Post by Obnoxious Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:21 pm

1. GRASS? dd

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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:28 pm

Obnoxious wrote:1. GRASS? dd

Yes. An informer is "grass" in British slang.

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:30 pm

7. S NAG

10. TUT + RPI + EDU --> TURPITUDE
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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:33 pm

Hellsangel wrote:7. S NAG

10. TUT + RPI + EDU --> TURPITUDE

Yes for S+NAG and TU(RPI)T+ UDE (edu-rev), #s 7 and 10.

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:39 pm

8. TRESSED --> DESSERT
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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:40 pm

Update with a slight change for #8 (changed "up" to "back")

2.   Quick ships. ( 5 ) 
5.   Sense a noose and croak. (4)
6.   Twist and call aloud. (5) 
8.   Sweet with hair combed back. (7) 

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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:41 pm

Hellsangel wrote:8. TRESSED --> DESSERT

Yes. So "up" worked okay. I just changed it to "back." Smile

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:41 pm

2. FLEET
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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:47 pm

Hellsangel wrote:2. FLEET
Yup.

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Post by indophile Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:47 pm

UPDATE: Only two clues remain.

5.   Sense a noose and croak. (4)
6.   Twist and call aloud. (5) 

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Post by Obnoxious Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:00 am

6. WRING ring homo.

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Post by Obnoxious Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:40 am

5. HANG? dd?

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Post by indophile Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:19 am

Obnoxious wrote:6. WRING ring homo.
Yes

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Post by indophile Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:25 am

Hints for #5.


5.   Sense a noose and croak. (4)
hint1 - Homophone
hint2 - Look for a word that sounds like "noose," of 4 letters, and means sense/commonsense.

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Post by Hellsangel Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:46 am

indophile wrote:Hints for #5.


5.   Sense a noose and croak. (4)
hint1 - Homophone
hint2 - Look for a word that sounds like "noose," of 4 letters, and means sense/commonsense.
NOUS
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Post by indophile Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:17 am

NOUS for #5 is correct.
Set solved.

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