Cryptic Crossword Thread

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Yahoo (creature in Swift's Gulliver's Travels)


Half of them decipher these messages collectively (6)

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thread = th+read (decipher)

Upright nobleman crawls back in hole (9)

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*b*u*m*p*

[tffff]

B mp

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answer was 'honorable'...
baron backwards in hole.

Next one in a couple of minutes!

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European high-flier includes 1000 on gold in the price (9)

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Cosmonaut (price = COST, 1000 on gold = M-ON-AU)


Ronald stuck in the toilet? (6)

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throne th ron e

It's difficult I'm afraid (6)

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A double definition of "uneasy."

When November starts in late November, bird is ready to operate (7)

Not the cleanest surface reading, I suppose. The word is perhaps a little obscure, but can be found in Merriam Webster's Collegiate (see [url=http://www.m-w.com/).]http://www.m-w.com/).[/url]

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...still here, folks...

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Thanks for the bump! The word was TURNKEY (Late November bird = Turkey, for non-Americans; turnkey = ready to operate)

new clue soon...

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An easy one:

You'll hear the coming season (4)

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Yule

This is an odd word perhaps.

When it's full a german bottle still has some liquid missing. (6)

good clue and answer for turnkey btw

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...fULL A GErman... --> ULLAGE

Goes to a scale, uses odd alias (8)

[edit]OOPS! Just a teensy weensy slip [/edit]

[This message has been edited by get a clue (edited 11-29-2000).]

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{bump} I can't believe this slipped to page two overnight.

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the odd letters spell getaclue

Next clue to follow in a minute.

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Belgian has a crisis of nationality

[Quailman]

Call me a nitpicker, but I believe it is customary to place the number of letters in the answer in parentheses following the clue.

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BENGALI - an anagram of Belgian

new clue soon...

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I "borrowed" this one:

Share the authorship of "Skipping the Sixth Shell" (6)

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cowrie (a shell) = co write without the sixth letter.

sorry Quailman, leaving out the number of letters for the Belgian / Bengali one was an accident, not deliberate.

tool that demonstrates gravity, for example, of afterthought. (7)

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Forceps (gravity=force, afterthought=PS)

He put Irish union leaders in position of power (6)

[Tahnan]

How about another clue for the same word? I'd hate to see this forgotten. (Even if I've only gotten two of them. But I'm glad you liked "turnkey.")

[Jas]

I've just got back from my holidays to find this clue Tahnan.. Could I have a few minutes on it before you post a second clue? Thanks!

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Good clue Tahnan - answer was helium.
He = helium
iu in helm.

I'll have another up in a minute.

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Entrance in east face is broken - but that's missing the point. (9)

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Fascinate (anagram of "in east face" minus e)

Found moving a bit less hard (9)

(this clue wasn't written by Tahnan either )

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By the way, that last clue was excellent, previous-get-a-clue. Love the "missing the point" bit.


[This message has been edited by get a clue (edited 12-05-2000).]

[Jas]

My apologies get a clue. I misinterpreted Tahnan's post! Good clue whoever you may be

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Answer is establish - anagram of "a bit less" then the letter h.

British flower, hyacinth, a messenger kept inside (6)

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hyacinth a messenger, Thames is a British river (flower)

Singer King attacks charity gigs (8)

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Ben E. King + fits = benefits

Key in grass stayed back (8)

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remained - key=MAIN, in grass=REED

African Citizen Kane remake involving New York (6)

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Kenyan ("KANE" remake involving "NY")

Roger, confused and with United Nations diplomatic leaders on either side, seen on the tube in London (11)

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anagram of ROGER with UND on either side gives UNDERGROUND.

Tortoiseshell vehicle at speed (8)

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carapace.

Lovers make a meal the morning after (9)

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Move thread up by using my PC, initially (4)

Any chance of a new clue on the last one get a clue?

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consider what happens if Lovers break up. (I don't mean anagram, I mean split)

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testing?

[Quailman]

Someone must have beaten me to LEFTOVERS! There don't seem to be any left.

[Jas]

Well, with an hour left until my weekend starts I'm still stumped!

edit - Ah, I see someone got it whilst I was posting. Good clue!

[This message has been edited by Jas (edited 12-08-2000).]