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3iff
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:43 pm    Post subject: 81 Reply with quote
3:Willow (3) - BAT
13:Cheer the air force. (7) - GIRAFFE (but I might be wrong)
15:One is father, note (6) - IMPALA
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:58 pm    Post subject: 82 Reply with quote
I don't get any of those Dispirited
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3iff
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:15 pm    Post subject: 83 Reply with quote
A cricket bat is made of willow

Giraffe is Jeer RAF (royal air force) (tenuous)

I'm Pa, la (la is a note as in doh, ray, me fah so LA tee doh)

I might be wrong...but the answers seem to be in alphabetic order and that fits too...
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:33 pm    Post subject: 84 Reply with quote
7:Jeffrey Archer. (7) CHEETAH
20:Jeffrey Archer's girlfriend. (4-4) LOVE BIRD (???)
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:48 pm    Post subject: 85 Reply with quote
Aha, I need to think more like a Brit - cricket, RAF, etc.

Is CHEER a synonym of JEER in the UK? To me those are antonyms.
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3iff
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:58 pm    Post subject: 86 Reply with quote
I would say you're right, they are antonyms...but it seems to fit reasonably well. As I've jumped into the middle of this I'm not sure where the puzzle came from, but if it's from our side of the pond then that's why you're having problems.

BTW, I'm pretty sure that 20. Love bird is wrong...

Ah, I see it's the work of Scurra...hench the British slant, and I was just about to suggest we get Scurra to help with the answers! I might have guessed.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:07 pm    Post subject: 87 Reply with quote
Repost for convenience to show just the unsolved:

ELEMENTS
Quickly approaching Iliad warrior
__________

COUNTRIES
Cavern blemish - Den mark - DENMARK
Continue to talk - Gab on - GABON
Restrain Ponce de Leon - Tie Juan - TAIWAN
Went for a jog by myself - I ran - IRAN
Charles Fleetford Sise - Bell GM - BELGIUM
Bill the gravitational constant - Fee G - FIJI
Good name for a backsplash store? - TileLand - THAILAND
Internet swindled - E-gypped - EGYPT
Pondered about - Mulled over - MOLDOVA
Sullen together - Co-morose - COMOROS
Self-mutilator

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SPORTS TEAMS
Demon deed - Imp act - IMPACT
Angry pie plates
At the conclusions
Broad taxis
Cancel
Escape ship beams
Exclaim "pyx carrier"
Jail parasites
K-system creator
Monopolizes
Woman tastes MDMA
Work clothes worn
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:09 pm    Post subject: 88 Reply with quote
Quailman wrote:
Self-mutilator MYANMAR?
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Not what I intended. This one may depend on your pronunciation of the country. Think World Cup.

I updated the post on page 2 with all the correct ones, and posted the unsolved above.
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:38 pm    Post subject: 89 Reply with quote
Cavern blemish - DEN MARK
Continue to talk - GAB ON
Restrain Ponce de Leon - TIE JUAN
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Endymion
A bridge too far...
PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:43 pm    Post subject: 90 Reply with quote
Went for a jog by myself - I RAN
Charles Fleetford Sise - BELL R US
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:06 pm    Post subject: 91 Reply with quote
Endymion wrote:
Charles Fleetford Sise - BELL R US


Close. Check him out here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Canada#Inception
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:51 pm    Post subject: 92 Reply with quote
BELL GM
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:42 am    Post subject: 93 Reply with quote
Bill the gravitational constant - FEE G
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3iff
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:19 am    Post subject: 94 Reply with quote
I just got cavern blemish too...not quick enough

Quickly approaching Iliad warrior - MERCURY
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:23 pm    Post subject: 95 Reply with quote
MERCURY is not correct.
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3iff
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:46 pm    Post subject: 96 Reply with quote
That's disappointing but not altogether unexpected.
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:44 pm    Post subject: 97 Reply with quote
Good name for a backsplash store? - MOLD OVER? TILE LAND?
Internet swindled - E-GYPPED
Pondered about - MULLED OVER
Self-mutilator - I RACK?
Sullen together - CO-MOROSE

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3iff
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:24 pm    Post subject: 98 Reply with quote
I left my answer sheet at home but here are a couple of the animals...the rest are proving a struggle...but I'll keep chipping away.

6:Hat for folk-dancing. (12) Capercaillie
27:Pierce. (4) Skua
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:57 pm    Post subject: 99 Reply with quote
Demon deed - Montreal IMP ACT
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:33 am    Post subject: 100 Reply with quote
ELEMENTS
Quickly approaching Iliad warrior
__________

COUNTRIES
Self-mutilator - Cutter - QATAR
__________

SPORTS TEAMS
Woman tastes MDMA - Gal licks E - GALAXY
Angry pie plates
At the conclusions
Broad taxis
Cancel
Escape ship beams
Exclaim "pyx carrier"
Jail parasites
K-system creator
Monopolizes
Work clothes worn
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Thok*
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:24 pm    Post subject: 101 Reply with quote
Suspence wrote:
COUNTRIES
Self-mutilator


Given the hint you gave above, I suppose this is Cutter = Qatar
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:10 pm    Post subject: 102 Reply with quote
Woman tastes MDMA - I keep wanting to guess GALAXY for this, because of GAL & E, but I can't make the LACKS or AX in the middle
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:38 pm    Post subject: 103 Reply with quote
Quailman wrote:
Woman tastes MDMA - I keep wanting to guess GALAXY for this, because of GAL & E, but I can't make the LACKS or AX in the middle


What you are looking for is Gal licks E.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:39 pm    Post subject: 104 Reply with quote
I pronounce the middle syllable of GALAXY much more like LICKS than LACKS, thus the clue. Not sure if that's a NE US thing or not, but my wife says it the same way. Nicely solved.
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:54 pm    Post subject: 105 Reply with quote
here in Texas it's more like LUCKS, or LUH-KS
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:49 pm    Post subject: 106 Reply with quote
Only 11 clues left. I've been trying to come up with some new lists, without much success.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:15 am    Post subject: 107 Reply with quote
Quickly approaching Iliad warrior: NIGH TROJAN = Nitrogen?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:22 pm    Post subject: 108 Reply with quote
That one had been around for 2 months without being solved. Nice job, geekgirl.
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