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culloty82
28/03/2011, 9:00 PM
Saw this on another website and thought it would work here - basically, you think of a crossword clue and the person who solves it continues the chain using your solution in his clue. So, the clue "Chalky sportsman right on cue (5,5)" would be predictably followed by "Jimmy White signs insane pop hit (7,5)", i.e. Snooker Loopy.
Brain surgery? I'd rather a bottle in front of me! (7,8)
Eminence Grise
28/03/2011, 9:43 PM
"Frontal lobotomy? This guy calls out like Kenneth Williams in despair. (2,6)"
tetsujin1979
28/03/2011, 11:24 PM
"Frontal lobotomy? This guy calls out like Kenneth Williams in despair. (2,6)"
oh matron, your diminutive aid? (6, 6)
the 12 th man
29/03/2011, 1:27 AM
oh matron, your diminutive aid? (6, 6)
Little Helper-'s owner is fond of doughnuts (5,7)
passinginterest
29/03/2011, 9:31 AM
Little Helper-'s owner is fond of doughnuts (5,7)
Homer Simpson, at home in a bouncy meadow? (11)
Eminence Grise
29/03/2011, 10:17 AM
Springfield Rifle gave leading man a shot at a western. (4,6)
the 12 th man
29/03/2011, 12:42 PM
Springfield Rifle gave leading man a shot at a western. (4,6)
Gary Cooper is not quite sure what time it is? (4,4)
Lev Yashin
29/03/2011, 1:13 PM
Gary Cooper is not quite sure what time it is? (4,4)
High Noon didn't star Jason Bourne but this did? (4,4)
culloty82
29/03/2011, 4:17 PM
Forgot to mention in the first post, if a clue has everyone stumped, the clue-setter should give a letter as a hint every few hours until it's solved.
culloty82
30/03/2011, 7:30 AM
High Noon didn't star Jason Bourne but this did? (4,4)
True Grit required from John Wayne's sheriff. (7,7)
Eminence Grise
30/03/2011, 9:19 AM
Rooster Cogburn finds tuber cousin in slightly embarrassed football man. (5,4)
the 12 th man
30/03/2011, 3:56 PM
Brian Kerr.
Eminence Grise
30/03/2011, 4:54 PM
Close but no cigar, 12th Man...
The key words are rooster and tuber. Kerr is part of the answer.
Gather round
30/03/2011, 5:00 PM
Kerr's pink obscuring public relations strategy (4)
Eminence Grise
30/03/2011, 6:04 PM
Spin the bottle leads to osculation a la mode. Mais oui. (6,4)
Eminence Grise
31/03/2011, 2:16 PM
F - - - - - / - i - s
pineapple stu
31/03/2011, 2:23 PM
I think we all know what it is; it's just working out how to start a new clue with it is the problem!
the 12 th man
31/03/2011, 2:34 PM
EDIT _didn't see the clue.
-French Kiss is a help when trying to think of the surname of this actor who tried to help people find some Indian loot. (7,4)
the 12 th man
01/04/2011, 2:12 AM
EDIT _didn't see the clue.
-French Kiss is a help when trying to think of the surname of this actor who tried to help people find some Indian loot. (7,4)
Also in a film about a possessed child whose first name is the same as a well known ex soccer player (Irish) and now pundit on Irish radio & TV.
Gregory Peck would never shoot one (11)
gustavo
01/04/2011, 8:18 AM
Mockingbird was sung by these two big screen characters the latter being less scholarly than the former (4,1,6)
pineapple stu
01/04/2011, 9:01 AM
How a mockingbird might have a go at one (4, 3, 4)
Edit - damn you gustavo!!
the 12 th man
01/04/2011, 12:24 PM
Mockingbird was sung by these two big screen characters the latter being less scholarly than the former (4,1,6)
Dumb & Dumber, would you be either if you drank a foreign tipple that sounded like it was in a hurry to start a climbing expedition? (7,5,2,3,5)
the 12 th man
02/04/2011, 6:09 PM
First word in the answer contains the name of a country,the people from there always sound like they're in a hurry.
Eminence Grise
02/04/2011, 6:43 PM
Russian vodka on the rocks delights the man from SMERSH, but Jimmy B takes a tipple differently. (6,3,7)
culloty82
02/04/2011, 9:00 PM
This pressure line leaves Californians shaken, not stirred (3, 7, 5)
pineapple stu
03/04/2011, 7:35 AM
How a mockingbird might have a go at one (4, 3, 4)
This was "Také the p!ss", just for completion.
To answer culloty82's post - Is it San Andreas' fault if you still can't find these? (4, 6)
pineapple stu
04/04/2011, 12:14 PM
_ o _ _ / _ h i _ _ _
the 12 th man
05/04/2011, 1:46 AM
Lost/_h i _ _ _
pineapple stu
05/04/2011, 8:27 AM
Just realised I screwed up the clue. Answer's "Lost things", but that's St Anthony, not St Andrew... So mea culpa! Was trying too hard to get the "San Andreas' fault" line into the clue that I completely forgot to check my facts. :o
So we're onto "Lost things" as part of the next clue. I'll sit this one out for being a fool. :p
the 12 th man
05/04/2011, 10:38 AM
Sounds like I lost things in France but in fact in was a different country altogether (4)
Eminence Grise
05/04/2011, 5:16 PM
Perusing the library shelf, a type of pictograph helps one pick out a copper in Scotland. (4,5)
(if you'll allow the artistic licence to drop the John)
Angry rebus, so this is (9, 6)
Eminence Grise
06/04/2011, 10:47 PM
You've got me stumped on this one, Stann. Any chance you could use some more artistic licence and give us a couple of letters? Pleeeeease???
stann
07/04/2011, 10:13 PM
:D damn I was proud of that clue too...
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d / p _ _ _ _ e
stann
08/04/2011, 11:21 PM
Can only apologise, genuinely didn't think the clue was that cryptic!
Thought the 'so this is' was a bit too much in fact, a bit of a giveaway considering what this is. :wink:
c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d / p _ _ _ _ e
Schumi
09/04/2011, 11:34 AM
Does the crossword puzzle against the breaker? (7)
the 12 th man
10/04/2011, 1:26 PM
Think we need a prompt Schumi. :confused:
Schumi
10/04/2011, 4:19 PM
C _ _ _ _ _ e
the 12 th man
14/04/2011, 2:50 PM
C _ _ _ _ _ e
Does it end with C_ _ wave? (breaker clue).
Schumi
14/04/2011, 3:41 PM
Does it end with C_ _ wave? (breaker clue).
No.
I'll highlight the important words (really didn't think this was this hard)
Does the crossword puzzle against the breaker? (7)
Eminence Grise
14/04/2011, 4:45 PM
Chicane leads to narrowminded brumous conditioning. (12)
Schumi
14/04/2011, 5:48 PM
Chicane leads to narrowminded brumous conditioning. (12)
Nope.
Does the crossword puzzle against the breaker? (7)
C _ N _ _ _ E
Dont be confused but it sounds like a eating with friends is an energetic thing. (7)
(making up a clue is really hard by the way - apologies if it sucks)
D _ _ _ _ I _
(not sure if people are stuck or simply over this thread already!)
Eminence Grise
18/04/2011, 3:24 PM
Are you kidding? This is my favourite thread!! (I do get out of the apartment. Well, sometimes.) Needed that clue, too. Very cryptic of you. So...
Dynamic duo - very reliant - plonked into comedic situation. (4,5,3,6)
Edit
/ - - - - / - o - - - / a - - / - - - - e - /
Only Fools And Horses have miles and miles of them (6, 5)
stann
21/04/2011, 11:12 AM
Oops!
Alright so, no letters yet, but it should help to say that the above is not really a cryptic clue, more a question with a set answer. In other words google it!
Eminence Grise
21/04/2011, 11:18 AM
Carpet tiles sound suspiciously like old-fashioned Iranian syrup of figs. (7,4)
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