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Sorry, I had to go to class.

Be careful,

The twelfth ass will run away with your sister.

Bicho the Inhaler · Daedalian Member

Holy &%*#!!! I made it 14 characters. I just assumed that since it let me change it, it was a valid password. WAAHHH!! Moderator!! What do I do? I can't access the get a clue name anymore. Is get a clue dead?

Bicho the Inhaler · Daedalian Member

I...I...I killed...I killed get a clue!!! NO!!!

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Based on experience with the IT threads, I think it is unrecoverable. Why not register a new name (give it a password no longer than THIRTEEN letters!) and post a new clue.

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Look on the bright side - at least you've got round to telling us how many letters there are in the answer...

daniel801 · Daedalian Member

something to do with shakespeare

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Here we go. Same clue, but 13 letter answer (I took out a letter; it'll make sense when you get it).

The twelfth ass will run away with your sister (13).

Tahnan · Daedalian Member

Definitely time for a hint. New clue for same word? Other advice?

Quailman · His Postmajesty

...still clueless...

Tahnan · Daedalian Member

Please? Hint?

HappyMutant · Daedalian again

Spoot?

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Oh, all right...along the lines of

the dog sitting in the refrigerator = perpendicular

from an earlier thread (Calfaile's, I think.)

It's not really the best cryptic crossword clue, but it makes sense (to a large extent, anyway).

Tahnan · Daedalian Member

Since the search function seems to have been disabled, I can't track down this earlier thread. But "the dog sitting in the refrigerator = perpendicular" makes no sense to me whatsoever, so I am no closer at all to figuring out this clue.

Even if everyone else understands this and solves the original clue, can someone explain the dog-in-the-fridge thing anyway?

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

Tahnan, here's the link to Calfaile's thread.
Definitions

Perpendicular was probably the only one I really never understood either.

Tahnan · Daedalian Member

Oh, god, that one, right. Well, on the one hand, I'd love an explanation of "perpendicular," if anyone out there in GL-land understood it. On the other...well, I'm willing to give this a little time to see who gets it from the clue, but my feeling is that there's something inherently non-cryptic about this, and I wonder if anyone will get it.

Maybe it's me.

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

Oh OH...I just got it

perpendicular

pup-in-the-cooler.

Extremely satisfying to get it now...but still doesn't make the answer any better..lol.

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

New clue, same word

Behind will take integument (13)

well, actually 14 but missing a letter (a popular one)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Quailman · His Postmajesty

I am leaning toward 'Rumplestiltskin', but that would have been 15 letters to start with, not 14, and I can't figure a way to shorten it to 13.

Tahnan · Daedalian Member

I think perhaps the collective Labyrinth has yielded on this one too. Maybe another clue, more straightforward? Or another word entirely?

daniel801 · Daedalian Member

buttrification doesn't work

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

GOT IT! His name is sometimes spelled 'Rumplestilskin'. The password was 'rumplstilskin'. Phew!

New clue shortly...

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Giant lady on payroll advance (8)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Progress (pr-ogress)

Religion is left when mother's left (5)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Islam

Bird around North Dakota city (6)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

BUMP

Too hard? Try Canadian bird around North Dakota city (6)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Lo ND on

IS got me. Perhaps because of this trait ! (7)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

egotism (anagram)

In search, I've sought old records (8)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

archives (..arch, I've s..)

New clue soon...

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

It's at the heart of the matter for the Navy's attitude. (9)

atticus · Icarian Member

Answer is London, but that isn't the password.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

++ bump ++

I thought maybe I'd get this after not looking at it for a while, but I'm still stumped.

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Hint: it's a dual definition type.

One word is the synonym...another part is a compound cryptic of it.

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

substance

Sewing topic (6)

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

thread - new one in a minute...

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Sorry about the wait!

Despite everything, don't pay as much attention (10)

[This message has been edited by get a clue jr. (edited 01-11-2001).]

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

regardless

It sound's like the immoral priest is uncontrollable (5,6)

The password does not have a space etc.

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Loose cannon. The thought of a loose canon makes me smile

Brainless character races around bird(9)

<edited for grammatical incompetence>

[This message has been edited by get a clue jr. (edited 01-12-2001).]

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

scarecrow

races around = scare (anagram)
crow = bird
scarecrow = brainless character from Wizard of Oz

also, loose canon = immoral priest
loose cannon = something (or someone) which cannot be controlled

This pit may suffer constipation! (10)

(Once we went on a pub-crawl dressed as priests. It seemed like a good idea at the time. There is a photo of a friend of mine, dressed as a Priest, putting money into a condom machine. The photo was dubbed "The Loose Cannon", hence the origin of the previous clue !)

editted to include explanation of solutions.

[This message has been edited by get a clue jr. (edited 01-12-2001).]

daniel801 · Daedalian Member

let's get back to explaining the answers instead of just posting the answers