Cryptic Crossword Thread

[get a clue]

Since I feel bad for stealing this...

Change direction in Plaza Garibaldi (3)

-Suspence
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Password is lowercase and has no spaces or punctuation.

[Zag]

If I had been concerned about it, I would have found time last night.

Did you change the password? None of {Zag, zag, pusher} worked.

I had this one all ready:

The uncertainty messed up scenes. (8)

[Suspence]

I guess I forgot to change the password to zag. That said, PUSHER was not correct, although that was my first thought also.

The password is still the solution to:

Paddle drug pusher (6)
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[get a clue]

The solution to Paddle drug peddling. (6) was racket

Next:

Banana tiers on the clock. (5)


- Elethiomel
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[get a clue]

That was hands

Not quite what Zag intended but:
Hit back with sad sounding scenes (8)
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[get a clue]

That was Tableaux, although I'm not quite sure about the homophone.

New puzzle coming up shortly.
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[get a clue]

Close cutters' noisy rides. (8)

- novice
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Password is lowercase and has no spaces or punctuation.

[Oscar]

[novice]

[Scurra]

I have always pronounced tableau (singular) and tableaux (plural) the same (British English) and I'm pretty sure the French do as well.
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[novice]

Yes, the french definitely pronounce it the same, except when transferring the x as a z to a subsequent vowel. Although they pronounce leaux as law and not low.

[Oscar]

I have never met anyone in France or Britain who pronounces Tableaux as anything but tab-low.

[novice]

[Oscar]

This reminds me why I don't like puzzles which consist of stitching together small words to create unrelated, supposedly sound-alike, larger words. Usually I find myself yelling 'Wha-a-a-t?!?!' when the answers are revealed. (Whereas someone from another country, or even, region, would scream something more like 'Wa-a-a-r-h-t?!?!' )

[Elethiomel]

[novice]

Nice suggestion! I have something else in mind though.

[novice]

New clue, same solution:

Rides without a mess of icy cables. (8)

[Elethiomel]

I see it. But not the wordplay for the original clue.

[novice]

[Amb]

Just interrupting. This clue appeared in a cryptic crossword I found online to solve:

Small-scale production of The Tempest or Much Ado About Nothing? (1,5,2,1,6)

I solved it with the help of a few intersecting letters. So I'll pop in later and see how people have gotten on with it.

[novice]

[Elethiomel]

That would be A storm in a teacup.

(edit: cross-posted )

[Amb]

I personally think it's one of the best clues I have *ever* stumbled upon. It's brilliant. To relate two shakespeare titles like that... incredible.

[Scurra]

I agree - that clue is excellent.
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[get a clue]

Last was bicycles

I believe in recycling, so:
Crop rotation leads star turn into a muddle after... in... indecision (15)
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[get a clue]

That was PROCRASTINATION
CROP rotation = PROC
STAR turn = RAST
INTO A muddle, after IN = IN ATION

Sleeping around with, in spite of everything else (15)

-Suspence
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[get a clue]

Nice one, that was Notwithstanding.

Next:
Tourist destination left Lesotho after echo from afar, again. (7,5)

- novice
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[get a clue]

That was Niagara Falls ("afar again" backwards + L + LS)
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[get a clue]

Next:

Returned in the opposite order, speaking with a forked tongue. (10)

- Elethiomel
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[Zag]

[novice]

[Elethiomel]

Perhaps my clue was a bit too unconventional. Or just plain bad.

Anyway, here's a new one, for the same solution:

Before Christ, Cambodia ruptured like the rings of Saturn, drawn towards the left. (10)

[get a clue]

That was BACKHANDED. I'll let El explain the wordplay...

-Suspence
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[Elethiomel]

Explanation for my clue:

Drawn towards the left = B (AC KH) ANDED (as in backhanded letters)

Before Christ = AC
Cambodia = KH
Like the rings of Saturn = BANDED

[novice]

I think you're mixing up BC and AD... Nevertheless "Cambodia" was enough for me to twig on your first clue.

[get a clue]

Should be a real quickie:

Amazing talents? Be in an olympic sport.(5,6)
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[Suspence]

[get a clue]

Last was Table Tennis, (anag: talents be in)

Over the first regret -- returning from the capital of England. (4)

--Zag
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[Elethiomel]

[get a clue]

That was EURO, though I'm not sure how. I got it from regret -- returning = RUE > EUR. Can't figure out where the O comes from just yet.

New one in a bit...

-Suspence
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