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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: 121 |
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| 7th - Immoral spot in the 60’s, for example - 1 pts - (G) 0 - (S) 0 - (B) 1 - Quailman |
This got a vote? The wordplay doesn't work. I had about a half hour to write all of these (thus my clue for chutzpah). I had two approaches with two clues each for decadent- DECADE + NT and DECENT around AD. None had a good surface read, but I saw a way to recombine the clues for a better read. Unfortunately I took elements from a mismatched pair, cluing DEC(AD)ADE.  |
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groza528
No Place Like Home
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject: 122 |
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9) ZOOLOGIST
Eager beaver student spent a month repairing broken gizmo tools.
GIZMO TOOLS - M(onth) anag. |
I think I gave this one a bronze. It probably would have been higher except Month is more clearly abbreviated as "Mo." I'd have suggested "spent a thousand." |
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject: 123 |
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WHile I think of it:
MNEMONIC: I tried for ages to do: Cinema played "Finding Nemo" inside.
But I then need to clue removing A and E. I couldnt find an elegant way of doing so. I also thought about "cinema reruns the Omen" as well. Same issue. Can anyone think of a way that clue could have worked? |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:12 pm Post subject: 124 |
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Perhaps you don't get the A&E channel where you are, but when you said A and E it practically jumped out at me.
I'm considering 'finding' here to be the insertion indicator; no need for 'inside.'
Cinema plays "Finding Nemo," eliminates Arts & Entertainment's "First Memory Aid."
edit: If you want to keep 'finding ... inside' as the insertion indicator, how about this:
Cinema played Finding Nemo & Inside Edition, and premiered Lost Memory. _________________
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| I couldn't agree with you more, Zag. |
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novice
No harm. Pun intended!
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject: 125 |
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| Zag wrote: |
Perhaps you don't get the A&E channel where you are. I'm considering 'finding' here to be the insertion indicator; no need for 'inside.'
Cinema plays "Finding Nemo," eliminates Arts & Entertainment's "First Memory Aid."
edit: If you want to keep 'finding ... inside' as the insertion indicator, how about this:
Cinema played Finding Nemo & Inside Edition, and premiered Lost Memory. |
Or just
Cinema plays "Finding Nemo" after forgetting Arts & Entertainment's initial reminder. |
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Elethiomel
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:34 pm Post subject: 126 |
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| Cinemas play "Finding Nemo - leaving the sea" for all the "Total Recall" fans. |
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:53 pm Post subject: 127 |
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| No, the letter A&E only mean Accident and Emergency to me. It would seem I should have kept working on it. Elethiomel's version is fantastic! |
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: 128 |
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Another idea for the rerun:
Ask each of the previous contestants to submit a word each.
That would eliminate the "Times" idea, but would also allow for some possible great variations. |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:09 pm Post subject: 129 |
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| novice wrote: |
Or just
Cinema plays "Finding Nemo" after forgetting Arts & Entertainment's initial reminder. |
This is why I had (correctly) picked novice as a favorite over me for this contest. (I don't quite get Eleth's version, though.)
BTW, I forgot to say it, but grats to Suspence and novice for winning! Well done! _________________
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| I couldn't agree with you more, Zag. |
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novice
No harm. Pun intended!
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:15 am Post subject: 130 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| BTW, I forgot to say it, but grats to Suspence and novice for winning! Well done! |
I finished second in the best clue category, and fourth overall, but thanks.  |
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Elethiomel
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:11 am Post subject: 131 |
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| Amb wrote: |
Another idea for the rerun:
Ask each of the previous contestants to submit a word each.
That would eliminate the "Times" idea, but would also allow for some possible great variations. |
I don't think this is a bad idea as such, but I'm happy to go with the Times approach for now. This just adds more "communication overhead", and a little more complexity, because people shouldn't submit clues for their own answers.
Glad you liked my version of your cinema clue. (For Zag: the definition is "for all the Total Recall fans", and the wordplay is "cinemas" anagrammed around "nemo" subtracting "sea".) |
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:18 am Post subject: 132 |
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Haha! I had scrolled back in the little review box in the editing window. I saw this one.
Emphasis mine. Looks like a virtual tie to me. But I should have said Suspence twice, for his double gold.
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Best Overall Clue Award:
GOLD - Fashionably late nurse enjoyed every second. - 18 pts - (G) 5 - (S) 1 - (B) 1 - Suspence
SILVER - A large sea swallow swallowed its replacement. - 18 pts - (G) 2 - (S) 5 - (B) 2 - novice |
To Eleth: Ahh. I had missed that cinema had been made plural. It is a great clue. _________________
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| I couldn't agree with you more, Zag. |
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Suspence
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:10 pm Post subject: 133 |
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My clue explanations:
Fashionably late nurse enjoyed every second.
fashionably late (anag) = ALTE / nurse = RN / enjoyed = ATE / every second = ALTERNATE
Harshly criticized a flustered debater!
harshly criticized = BERATED / a flustered debater (anag) = BERATED
Vietnamese people express disgust about zealous leader's arrogance.
vietnamese people = CHUT / express disgust = PAH / around (container indicator) / zealous leader's = Z / arrogance = CHUTZPAH
Depraved years prior to the Greek Scriptures.
depraved = DECADENT / years = DECADE / prior to (placement indicator) / greek scriptures = NT
Branch provides two candidates for the Head of Billing.
branch = FORK / two candidates for the head of billing = F OR K (as in Filling or Killing)
Shiny tin can loses its lid before fall.
shiny = INCANDESCENT / tin can loses lid = IN CAN / before (placement indicator) / fall = DESCENT
Memorize names enlisting mechanism of newly imagined catchphrases!
The clue itself is a mnemonic for the word MNEMONIC, and also defines MNEMONIC
First Australian yellow jersey holder ditches kid to mess around with lots of women.
first australian yellow jersey holder = PHIL ANDERSON / ditches his kid = remove SON, yielding PHIL ANDER / to mess around with lots of women = PHILANDER
The noise an anteater makes around melting igloos or Jack Hanna.
The noise and anteater makes = ZOT (according to the comic B.C.) / around (container indicator) / melting igloos (anag) = OLOGIS / Jack Hanna = ZOOLOGIST
Middle-Eastern nation launched an attack on enemy. (5)
middle-eastern nation = YEMEN / launched an attack on enemy (anag) = YEMEN _________________ I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature. |
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Suspence
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:12 pm Post subject: 134 |
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| In the next round I'd like to see included in the submissions a clue taken from an actual published cryptic crossword. Only the moderator would know which clue was the published one. As a side competition voters could try and pick which clue was the published clue. |
Vagrant is working on a source for me to make this idea happen, so I'm waiting on this before developing my word list for Cryptic Contest II.
I'll start the thread now and we'll begin signups. _________________ I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature. |
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