Anyone like cryptic crosswords? (Read 282409 times)

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · October 06, 2011, 08:16:14 pm

I'm going to assume (2, 6, 4, 8, 3, 7, 4, 3, 3, 3), mangle the answer, and say

A tyro kid with a flashcard creates a simile for "If brains were dynamite, you couldn't blow yer hat off" [5,2,1,4,2,4]

Just for the sake of getting it moving.

(Feel free to shoot it down, and backtrack somewhere else people)

johnx2 · October 07, 2011, 03:03:43 pm

Close enough. ("If brains were dynamite they wouldn't blow his hat off" I thought was the line. Clearly only I thought this)

“Thick as a yard of lard”, “daft as a brush”: smiles including Johnx2? (7)

grumpycrumpy · October 09, 2011, 07:17:27 pm

Similes,mixed metaphor,some will change you (12) ........

john horscroft · October 10, 2011, 10:14:56 am

Quote from: johnx2 on October 07, 2011, 03:03:43 pm

Close enough. ("If brains were dynamite they wouldn't blow his hat off" I thought was the line. Clearly only I thought this)

“Thick as a yard of lard”, “daft as a brush”: smiles including Johnx2? (7)

nice clue John....

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · October 10, 2011, 11:57:13 am

Forty Cherubs metamorphosed - became Larry Grayson? [5,7]

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · October 11, 2011, 01:35:35 pm

We cool with this?

An alternative might be

Forty Cherubs metamorphosed and superseded Leslie Crowther? [5,7]

Duma · October 11, 2011, 02:35:28 pm

I've done it, so I'm sure others have. will try and clue later this pm.

Duma · October 11, 2011, 02:51:14 pm

sequel to bruce forsyth's game perpetuates the species? [3,4,10]

nik at work · October 11, 2011, 04:14:03 pm

the next generation of declining insects? (11)

nik at work · October 13, 2011, 08:33:52 pm

Have I killed this?

SA Chris · October 14, 2011, 09:21:34 am

Forgot about it, was hoping someone would come up with a better clue than my usual rubbish.

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · October 16, 2011, 10:30:26 am

Quote from: nik at work on October 13, 2011, 08:33:52 pm

Have I killed this?

Any letters and/or visual clues?

burbistan · October 17, 2011, 02:44:25 pm

descendants.

nik at work · October 17, 2011, 08:02:10 pm

Now we just need someone to put it in a clue.

johnx2 · October 18, 2011, 10:01:52 am

well if no one minds:

Pours out from descendants, missing successful ascent (7)

johnx2 · October 20, 2011, 02:40:29 pm

...so has this just failed to make it to the top of anyone's to do list yet? I can't think why that would be, so perhaps a clue might be appreciated? In which case what's a common term to describe the successful climbing of a boulder problem?

Duma · October 20, 2011, 02:53:23 pm

I was just so disgusted by your Americanism I was boycotting.

johnx2 · October 20, 2011, 03:17:50 pm

don't hate on the clue dude

Duma · October 20, 2011, 05:00:43 pm

I'm going to regret my previous comment, first because I actually thought it was a great clue, but mainly because this is such rubbish:

Decants wine, sobers up? [11]

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · November 02, 2011, 05:27:21 pm

Any ideas on this one, people?

- Any more clues, D?

johnx2 · November 04, 2011, 10:40:29 am

I can't do it. It looks like a pun-type but with words I don't know which is unlikely as I know a lot about decanting wine.

grumpycrumpy · November 04, 2011, 03:56:21 pm

........ Definitely something to do with words .........

Duma · November 09, 2011, 10:04:00 am

sorry everyone, not only was it an awful clue, I then went to font and left you all with it...

In fact, though I know the answer, I can't remember (or yet work out) how I meant the clue to work!

Duma · November 09, 2011, 10:10:52 am

ummmm, so the definition is at the end. the first half also is a somewhat lateral definition.

grumpycrumpy · November 10, 2011, 06:28:33 am

Hmmmmmmmmm .......... I'm still none the wiser