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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:55 pm    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote
1. Essential blood samples condensed from case studies.
2. Derive pleasure from watching savage killer return.
3. English article has French translation.
4. Parrot basking in acclaim for a written composition.
5. Dismiss elementary charge, or administer corporeal punishment?
6. Extracurricular activity: sweeping a yard, moving quickly.
7. Assassin shoots Jack and Jenny from the hip.
8. Spelling expert separates words.
9. Mooring lines are traversed by scampering paws.
10. Import dressing with Italian ingredients.
11. Violently breaking frontal leg bone; stranded in steep mountain side.
12. Well versed in skin tone analysis.
13. White fish focusing on large objective.
14. Common ant ravaging Eurasian border region.
15. Live rounds are second place for troops.
16. Stop flickering light source.

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Suspence
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:06 pm    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote
2. LIKE
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:08 pm    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote
4. PAPER
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:10 pm    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote
5. CANE
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Jack_Ian
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:31 pm    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote
novice wrote:
4. PAPER
Could you explain that one to me please? I can't see it.
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:54 pm    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote
APE basking in PR
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:17 pm    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote
8. SPACE (Sp. + Ace)
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:49 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote
9. WARPS (PAWS anag. around R (are))
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:56 pm    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote
7. IN. (Assassin minus ass ass (Jack and Jenny, two donkeys))
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:58 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote
3. A. (double def.)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:01 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote
16. SPOT. (Stop anag.)
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Jack_Ian
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:08 pm    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote
novice wrote:
APE basking in PR
Seems so obvious now. Thanks.
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Gomez
candid chimera
PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:57 pm    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote
16. Post?
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:30 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote
12 INTO
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:43 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote
1. Essential blood samples condensed from case studies.
2. LIKE - Derive pleasure from watching savage killer return.
3. A - English article has French translation.
4. PAPER - Parrot basking in acclaim for a written composition.
5. CANE - Dismiss elementary charge, or administer corporeal punishment?
6. Extracurricular activity: sweeping a yard, moving quickly.
7. IN - Assassin shoots Jack and Jenny from the hip.
8. SPACE - Spelling expert separates words.
9. WARPS - Mooring lines are traversed by scampering paws.
10. Import dressing with Italian ingredients.
11. Violently breaking frontal leg bone; stranded in steep mountain side.
12. INTO - Well versed in skin tone analysis.
13. COLD? - White fish focusing on large objective.
14. NATURAL - Common ant ravaging Eurasian border region.
15. Live rounds are second place for troops.
16. SPOT / POST - Stop flickering light source.
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novice
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:46 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote
1. LOOKS? ( essential blood = LOO + case homophone = KS, looks = studies)
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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:07 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote
LOOKS, COLD, and SPOT are all correct.
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Scurra
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:56 pm    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote
novice wrote:
1. LOOKS? ( essential blood = LOO + case homophone = KS, looks = studies)
Wow. That's so far outside my cryptic experience and I thought I was moderately well-read in these matters.
(Then again, I'm not wholly convinced by "PR" for "acclaim"... "hype" yes, "acclaim", not really. Revenge most foul!)

And I think you mean "corporal" punishment in #5. Although I suppose it would be corporeal as well.
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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:01 pm    Post subject: 19 Reply with quote
Scurra wrote:
Wow. That's so far outside my cryptic experience and I thought I was moderately well-read in these matters.

Thanks... I think. Revenge most foul!
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novice
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:15 am    Post subject: 20 Reply with quote
6. Extracurricular activity: sweeping a yard, moving quickly.

SKYDIVING
Extracurricular activity = skiving
a yard = yd
moving quickly = skydiving
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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:32 am    Post subject: 21 Reply with quote
Heh.. not the answer I was looking for there. Revenge most foul!

"Naughty" instead of "Extracurricular" might be fairer/easier.
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novice
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:37 am    Post subject: 22 Reply with quote
Definitely trickier clues this time around.

15. Live rounds are second place for troops.

I want to parse this as "LIVE around RS = PLACE FOR TROOPS"

HO(S)T almost works, the "are" doesn't fit though. "are second" could be "r" as well, so that could give us FO(R)T or something, but FOT != LIVE...
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Thok*
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:10 am    Post subject: 23 Reply with quote
novice wrote:
15. Live rounds are second place for troops.

I want to parse this as "LIVE around RS = PLACE FOR TROOPS"


B(A+S)E works well for this.
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Oscar
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:58 pm    Post subject: 24 Reply with quote
6. Fl(y)ing
10. Grav(it)y
11. Cra(shin)g
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novice
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:14 pm    Post subject: 25 Reply with quote
1. LOOKS - Essential blood samples condensed from case studies.
2. LIKE - Derive pleasure from watching savage killer return.
3. A - English article has French translation.
4. PAPER - Parrot basking in acclaim for a written composition.
5. CANE - Dismiss elementary charge, or administer corporeal punishment?
6. FLYING - Extracurricular activity: sweeping a yard, moving quickly.
7. IN - Assassin shoots Jack and Jenny from the hip.
8. SPACE - Spelling expert separates words.
9. WARPS - Mooring lines are traversed by scampering paws.
10. GRAVITY - Import dressing with Italian ingredients.
11. CRASHING - Violently breaking frontal leg bone; stranded in steep mountain side.
12. INTO - Well versed in skin tone analysis.
13. COLD - White fish focusing on large objective.
14. NATURAL - Common ant ravaging Eurasian border region.
15. BASE? - Live rounds are second place for troops.
16. SPOT - Stop flickering light source.
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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:52 pm    Post subject: 26 Reply with quote
BASE is correct.

The are is a unit of area, equal to 100 square metres, with the symbol a.
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novice
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:22 pm    Post subject: 27 Reply with quote
Looks like a paper cane = APPEARANCE
Flying in space warps gravity = ESCAPING
Crashing into cold natural base spot = NOTICE

Straight definitions for APPEARANCE ESCAPING NOTICE:
Cameo
Extra
Blandness

I haven't found any promising wordplays yet, though.
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:33 pm    Post subject: 28 Reply with quote
Just looking at wordplay,

APPEARANCE = I see = IC
removed from NOTICE = NOTE.

You really have to stretch, though, to make it fit the definition.
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Oscar
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:58 am    Post subject: 29 Reply with quote
Given that it's Elethiomel the final clue must be &lit. I was thinking that maybe 'escaping' was another *unusual* Wink anagram indicator and that the answer ended in -ection or -etonic etc.
However I believe it's actually SH(AD)OW
(Appearance = Show, Notice = Ad, escaping' indicating 'outside of')

Again, very clever!
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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:22 pm    Post subject: 30 Reply with quote
Nicely solved, Oscar. Revenge most foul! I'm glad this one posed a bit of a challenge.
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