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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:50 am

Some recycled.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
3.    Fuel expression with Indian makeup. (4) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7) 
5.    Surrogate favoring male genes. (5) 
6.    Putsch by the French pair. ( 6 )
7.    Visit father at home. (5)
8.    Call for the entrance walk. (4)  
9.    Family starts to be led out over drawbridge. (5)
10.  Scorned like your Ex. (5)

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:52 am

6. COUP-LE

7. POP IN
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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:24 am

5. PROXY? (PRO - XY)
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Post by b_A Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:44 am

8. GAIT/GATE (homonym)

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:25 pm

b_A wrote:8. GAIT/GATE (homonym)
Yes

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:26 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:5. PROXY? (PRO - XY)
Yes.

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:28 pm

Hellsangel wrote:6. COUP-LE

7. POP IN
Yes for both. I should've posted the letter count as (3,2) for #7 instead of 5. Thanks for getting it nevertheless.

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:15 pm

Update. The following clues remain to be solved.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
3.    Fuel expression with Indian makeup. (4) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7) 
9.    Family starts to be led out over drawbridge. (5)
10.  Scorned like your Ex. (5)

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:23 pm

10. Double def. CROSS (Scorn and X)
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Post by Hellsangel Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:24 pm

1. ELBA?
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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:29 pm

Hellsangel wrote:10. Double def. CROSS (Scorn and X)
Yes.

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:30 pm

Hellsangel wrote:1. ELBA?
No.

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Post by Obnoxious Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:40 pm

9. BLOOD. init letters.

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Post by Obnoxious Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:40 pm

4. DESSERT dd?

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Post by Obnoxious Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:41 pm

3. COAL kohl homo.

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:48 pm

Obnoxious wrote:9. BLOOD. init letters.
Yes.

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:49 pm

Obnoxious wrote:3. COAL kohl homo.
Yes.

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:49 pm

Obnoxious wrote:4. DESSERT dd?
No.

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Post by Guest Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:51 pm

i know the answer to 4, but won't post as I googled it Smile

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:52 pm

Second Update. The following clues remain.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7)

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:53 pm

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:i know the answer to 4, but won't post as I googled it Smile
It's okay even if you googled. Just go ahead and post it.

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Post by Obnoxious Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:54 pm

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:i know the answer to 4, but won't post as I googled it Smile
Googling is ok in solving cryptics.

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Post by Guest Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:30 pm

Obnoxious wrote:
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:i know the answer to 4, but won't post as I googled it Smile
Googling is ok in solving cryptics.

No no. I actually found a cryptic site with the same clue. But I am so bad in this that even the answer didn't make sense to me lol.

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Post by b_A Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:41 pm

indophile wrote:Second Update. The following clues remain.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7)

2. GLIBNESS ( blessing anag)
4. MADEIRA - I thought of tiramisu but count didn't match. I will credit this to BK.


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Post by b_A Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:42 pm

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:
Obnoxious wrote:
Beatrix Kiddo wrote:i know the answer to 4, but won't post as I googled it Smile
Googling is ok in solving cryptics.

No no. I actually found a cryptic site with the same clue. But I am so bad in this that even the answer didn't make sense to me lol.

There is madeira cake and madeira wine

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:47 pm

b_A wrote:
indophile wrote:Second Update. The following clues remain.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7)

2. GLIBNESS ( blessing anag)
4. MADEIRA - I thought of tiramisu but count didn't match. I will credit this to BK.

Yes, both are correct. There is MADEIRA cake, MADEIRA wine, and also MADEIRA river (a tributary of the mighty Amazon river).

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Post by indophile Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:48 pm

Only one clue remains.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 )

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:50 pm

indophile wrote:
b_A wrote:
indophile wrote:Second Update. The following clues remain.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7)

2. GLIBNESS ( blessing anag)
4. MADEIRA - I thought of tiramisu but count didn't match. I will credit this to BK.

Yes, both are correct. There is MADEIRA cake, MADEIRA wine, and also MADEIRA river (a tributary of the mighty Amazon river).

Wait. How is bigotry, glibness?

http://thesaurus.com/browse/bigotry
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Post by b_A Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:53 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
indophile wrote:
b_A wrote:
indophile wrote:Second Update. The following clues remain.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7)

2. GLIBNESS ( blessing anag)
4. MADEIRA - I thought of tiramisu but count didn't match. I will credit this to BK.

Yes, both are correct. There is MADEIRA cake, MADEIRA wine, and also MADEIRA river (a tributary of the mighty Amazon river).

Wait. How is bigotry, glibness?

http://thesaurus.com/browse/bigotry
http://thesaurus.com/browse/glibness

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Post by Hellsangel Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:57 pm

b_A wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:
indophile wrote:
b_A wrote:
indophile wrote:Second Update. The following clues remain.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 ) 
2.    Bigotry is blessing in disguise. ( 8 ) 
4.    Cake and wine. (7)

2. GLIBNESS ( blessing anag)
4. MADEIRA - I thought of tiramisu but count didn't match. I will credit this to BK.

Yes, both are correct. There is MADEIRA cake, MADEIRA wine, and also MADEIRA river (a tributary of the mighty Amazon river).

Wait. How is bigotry, glibness?

http://thesaurus.com/browse/bigotry
http://thesaurus.com/browse/glibness
Seems a stretch. The two words mean very different things.
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Post by bw Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:03 pm

indophile wrote:Only one clue remains.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 )

COBS (black(b) in cos/kos)

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Post by indophile Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:11 am

bw wrote:
indophile wrote:Only one clue remains.

1.    Island in Europe containing black swans. (4 )

COBS (black(b) in cos/kos)
Yes. Set solved.
Thank you all for participating.

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