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Zag
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:44 pm    Post subject: 761 Reply with quote

I liked that one, too. I have no problem with just 'dinosaur' for Rex (considering the movie), nor with 'Hollywood' for 'LA.' It even gives you the hint to think about movies. Wink

The one I have the biggest issue with is BEDROCK, partly for the same reason as novice but also because a double definition loses something if the two definitions are already related. In this case "Fred's city" (which I would have liked better than "imaginary city") is named for the same meaning of the word you are cluing with 'foundation,' so you aren't really getting two different words being defined. However, these are far enough apart that it was acceptable.

I had no trouble with 'scores' for containment -- I saw exactly the interpretation you meant.

I also agree with novice on IMAGO, only because I've never heard of the word. I actually went to the trouble to look up IMGOR and IGMOR to see if they were insect-related words, but I would have needed a little more hint to think of Iago.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:06 pm    Post subject: 762 Reply with quote

I confused IGOR with IAGO when writing the clue, which is why I originally wrote HENCHMAN, but ultimately changed it to VILLAIN. That clue was doomed from the start.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:26 pm    Post subject: 763 Reply with quote

Changing dinosaur to king ( or possibly foreign king) fixes most of the problems with Relax, IMHO.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:02 pm    Post subject: 764 Reply with quote

The French, eaten by dinosaur with no time to chill. Felicitous (My €0.02)
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:42 pm    Post subject: 765 Reply with quote

Since no one is taking over:

Continental Breakfast

Yemen
The Netherlands
Bolivia

Luxembourg
Sierra Leone
Lithuania

Italy Romania France

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:17 pm    Post subject: 766 Reply with quote

Hint: The way the final three countries are listed is not an error
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:27 pm    Post subject: 767 Reply with quote

Interest in this thread seems to be flagging...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:47 am    Post subject: 768 Reply with quote

Suspence wrote:
flagging...


Nice one!
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:57 am    Post subject: 769 Reply with quote

Continental Breakfast

Yemen: RED, WHITE, BLACK
The Netherlands, RED, WHITE, BLUE
Bolivia, RED, YELLOW, GREEN

Luxembourg: RED WHITE BLUE
Sierra Leone: GREEN WHITE BLUE
Lithuania: YELLOW GREEN RED

Italy: GREEN WHITE RED
Romania: BLUE YELLOW RED
France: BLUE WHITE RED

Combining stripes from the flags, according to the countries' positions, yields:

RED
WHITE
GREEN

RED
WHITE
RED

GREEN YELLOW RED

Which describes the flags of:
HUNGARY
AUSTRIA
MALI

Given the title, the answer must be Ham.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:43 am    Post subject: 770 Reply with quote

Fill in the blanks

Relative of your choice.
One who rises up, or takes up his arms.
Work for or wait on.
Former telecommunications company, now a Northeast Bureau.
Middle-Eastern salad with aubergines and tomatoes.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:17 pm    Post subject: 771 Reply with quote

These look a bit like cryptics, but maybe they aren't. This one seems to work straight:

Moussaka - Middle-Eastern salad with aubergines and tomatoes.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:27 pm    Post subject: 772 Reply with quote

Spouse? - Relative of your choice.
Insurgent? - One who rises up, or takes up his arms.
Serve - Work for or wait on.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:28 pm    Post subject: 773 Reply with quote

REBEL? - One who rises up, or takes up his arms.
NYNEX - Former telecommunications company, now a Northeast Bureau.

Five letters words...MOUSSAKA might be wrong...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:18 pm    Post subject: 774 Reply with quote

Relative of your choice is probably INLAW.
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Zag
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:37 pm    Post subject: 775 Reply with quote

Thok wrote:
Relative of your choice is probably INLAW.

Hah! Hardly. Extreme Delectation
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:22 am    Post subject: 776 Reply with quote

Fill in the blanks

SPOUSE - Relative of your choice.
INSURGENT - One who rises up, or takes up his arms.
SERVE - Work for or wait on.
NYNEX - Former telecommunications company, now a Northeast Bureau.
ZAALOUK - Middle-Eastern salad with aubergines and tomatoes.

Above are my best guesses. The last three look pretty certain, but no pattern has emerged yet.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:57 am    Post subject: 777 Reply with quote

It seems the last clue is a bit too obscure. Sorry about that, it was a quickie.

Replace with:
Arabic monk salad with aubergines and tomatoes.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:04 am    Post subject: 778 Reply with quote

RAHEB, so:

INLAW
REBEL
SERVE
NYNEX
RAHEB
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:12 am    Post subject: 779 Reply with quote

INLAW
A
REBEL
?
SERVE
I
NYNEX
T
RAHEB

Could SERVE or REBEL be incorrect?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:20 am    Post subject: 780 Reply with quote

Where do the other letters come from?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:21 am    Post subject: 781 Reply with quote

INLAW (AW A RE) REBEL (EL ? SE) SERVE (VE I NY) NYNEX (EX T RA) RAHEB
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:02 pm    Post subject: 782 Reply with quote

There might be something going back up the list as well, especially if SERVE is wrong...

RAH(EB O NY)NEX
REB(EL F IN)LAW
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:03 pm    Post subject: 783 Reply with quote

Thok wrote:
Where do the other letters come from?


Suspence wrote:
INLAW (AW A RE) REBEL (EL ? SE) SERVE (VE I NY) NYNEX (EX T RA) RAHEB


And what do they spell?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:45 pm    Post subject: 784 Reply with quote

Umm....A?IT
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:25 pm    Post subject: 785 Reply with quote

Suspence wrote:
INLAW (AW A RE) REBEL (EL ? SE) SERVE (VE I NY) NYNEX (EX T RA) RAHEB


You're quite close to the answer here.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:30 pm    Post subject: 786 Reply with quote

I see the answer, but barely did any of the work, so I'll hold my tongue.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:03 pm    Post subject: 787 Reply with quote

I, on the other hand, have no such compunction. That was labyrinth

What's the angle?
Sleeper (6)
Equine gait (4)
Hat (3)
Brown (3)
Spinner (3)
Liquid-free (3)
Function for free-loaders (3)

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:33 pm    Post subject: 788 Reply with quote

Return of the Quickies wrote:
I, on the other hand, have no such compunction. That was labyrinth

Oh! Nicely constructed puzzle!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:11 pm    Post subject: 789 Reply with quote

Thanks, Zag.

What's the angle?
Sleeper (6)
TROT/LOPE - Equine gait (4)
CAP - Hat (3)
TAN/FRY - Brown (3)
Spinner (3)
DRY - Liquid-free (3)
Function for free-loaders (3)

Maybe the angle is fish?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:27 pm    Post subject: 790 Reply with quote

Indeed...

troUt
caRp
tanG
dOry
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:37 pm    Post subject: 791 Reply with quote

Cool. Not done yet, but I found the answer, at least.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:44 pm    Post subject: 792 Reply with quote

Snapper
troUt
caRp
tanG
solE
dOry
liNg

Final answer is of course sTurgeon?

Nice and quick! Whose puzzle was that?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:52 pm    Post subject: 793 Reply with quote

Mine.

Nicely done but the intended answer for 'spinner' was top(E)
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:14 pm    Post subject: 794 Reply with quote

Boil slowly in wastewater.
Bury polished gemstone.
Facility for docking and locking (or so I heard).
Grows stronger in Dundee pension.
Heads off to hell.
Jaws break right away.
Old streetcar maker making chips and snacks at the other end of the street.
Split a degree to the left.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:48 pm    Post subject: 795 Reply with quote

STEW
RUBY
Facility for docking and locking (or so I heard).
DEEPENS
HADES
Jaws break right away.
Old streetcar maker making chips and snacks at the other end of the street.
Split a degree to the left.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:37 pm    Post subject: 796 Reply with quote

QUAY
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:02 pm    Post subject: 797 Reply with quote

CLEFT
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:51 am    Post subject: 798 Reply with quote

Return of the Quickies wrote:
Old streetcar maker making chips and snacks at the other end of the street.


Wait, streetcar maker? Confused That should read

Old luxury car maker making chips and snacks at the other end of the street.

That's what I get for writing this while looking at the Stage Lines puzzle. Sorry.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:03 pm    Post subject: 799 Reply with quote

STEW
RUBY
QUAY
DEEPENS
HADES
BEAK (?)
Old luxury car maker making chips and snacks at the other end of the street.
CLEFT
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:22 pm    Post subject: 800 Reply with quote

Old luxury car maker making chips and snacks at the other end of the street.

I keep thinking of STUDEBAKER for this one...but I can't get the wordplay to work. If it's correct, maybe someone else can.
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