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THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
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THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Some recycled.
1. Internal fresh air appears to bring back outcast. ( 6 )
2. Mass massacred. ( 4 )
3. Brewing spiced ale without note is vile. (10)
4. No, I don’t aim to break rule. (10)
5. Abhorrent twelve dozen. (5)
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
7. Insect on female part of flower. (6)
8. Grasps not the right trousers. ( 5 )
9. Island calls hole. (6)
10. Amused caretaker keeps wreck. (4,3)
1. Internal fresh air appears to bring back outcast. ( 6 )
2. Mass massacred. ( 4 )
3. Brewing spiced ale without note is vile. (10)
4. No, I don’t aim to break rule. (10)
5. Abhorrent twelve dozen. (5)
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
7. Insect on female part of flower. (6)
8. Grasps not the right trousers. ( 5 )
9. Island calls hole. (6)
10. Amused caretaker keeps wreck. (4,3)
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
3 SPICED + ALE + B -> DESPICABLE
4. NO I DONT AIM -> ADMONITION
5. GROSS dd
4. NO I DONT AIM -> ADMONITION
5. GROSS dd
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Hellsangel wrote:3 SPICED + ALE + B -> DESPICABLE
4. NO I DONT AIM -> ADMONITION
DESPICABLE (spiced - anag + (a(b)le) is correct.
ADMONITION is incorrect.
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GROSS for #5 is correct.
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
DOMINATION for # 4 (no i don't aim - anag),
PARIAH for # 1 (fresh air appears --- hidden reversal)
ANT+HER for #7
are all correct.
PARIAH for # 1 (fresh air appears --- hidden reversal)
ANT+HER for #7
are all correct.
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Update. The following clues remain to be solved.
2. Mass massacred. ( 4 )
3. Brewing spiced ale without note is vile. (10)
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
8. Grasps not the right trousers. ( 5 )
9. Island calls hole. (6)
10. Amused caretaker keeps wreck. (4,3)
2. Mass massacred. ( 4 )
3. Brewing spiced ale without note is vile. (10)
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
8. Grasps not the right trousers. ( 5 )
9. Island calls hole. (6)
10. Amused caretaker keeps wreck. (4,3)
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# 3 is already solved.
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Incorrect, but close. There is deletion involved.Obnoxious wrote:8. SLACKS dd.
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Yes.Obnoxious wrote:10. USED CAR, hidden.
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No. It's a dd alright.Obnoxious wrote:2. CLOT dd?
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No. But it's a homophone.Obnoxious wrote:9. BURROW borough homo?
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
indophile wrote:Incorrect, but close. There is deletion involved.Obnoxious wrote:8. SLACKS dd.
PANTS?
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SLEWindophile wrote:No. It's a dd alright.Obnoxious wrote:2. CLOT dd?
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PANTS for # 8 (GRASPS - R = GASPS = PANTS = TROUSERS)
and
SLEW (dd) for # 2 are both correct.
and
SLEW (dd) for # 2 are both correct.
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Update with hints.
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
hint1: W-in-W (look at it more as a word "out of" a word)
hint2: Poles are earth's poles.
9. Island calls hole. (6)
hint1: Think small island.
hint2: The hole too is a small one, like the one you find on a sewing needle.
hint3: homophone
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
hint1: W-in-W (look at it more as a word "out of" a word)
hint2: Poles are earth's poles.
9. Island calls hole. (6)
hint1: Think small island.
hint2: The hole too is a small one, like the one you find on a sewing needle.
hint3: homophone
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
indophile wrote:Update with hints.
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
hint1: W-in-W (look at it more as a word "out of" a word)
hint2: Poles are earth's poles.
9. Island calls hole. (6)
hint1: Think small island.
hint2: The hole too is a small one, like the one you find on a sewing needle.
hint3: homophone
6 PA(NS)Y - PANSIES?
9. EYELET - ISLET
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Re: THURSDAY CRYPTICS - 2/27
Yes for both.Hellsangel wrote:indophile wrote:Update with hints.
6. Poles pay out for a flower. (7)
hint1: W-in-W (look at it more as a word "out of" a word)
hint2: Poles are earth's poles.
9. Island calls hole. (6)
hint1: Think small island.
hint2: The hole too is a small one, like the one you find on a sewing needle.
hint3: homophone
6 PA(NS)Y - PANSIES?
9. EYELET - ISLET
Set solved.
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