Anyone like cryptic crosswords? (Read 284086 times)

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · August 21, 2012, 07:46:22 am

We all cool with the answer to this one, or another clue needed?

Stabbsy · August 21, 2012, 10:09:08 am

Was trying to find an anagram of the wrong letters last time I looked. Think I've got it now - no extra clue needed, just need some time to set a new one.

Stabbsy · August 21, 2012, 01:52:32 pm

Brief hesitation after frivolity provides court entertainment (6)

andy_e · August 21, 2012, 02:24:54 pm

Jester visits laughing grouse group's champion (9)

andy_e · August 21, 2012, 06:44:46 pm

What's the etiquette with asking if you lot need some more clues? How long should I leave it?

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · August 22, 2012, 03:01:35 pm

I tend to leave it a week.

[That's either asking if it's OK, or prodding for more help if it's someone else's clue]

andy_e · August 22, 2012, 03:03:39 pm

A week?! I was hoping this would be a quick-fire game. Come on, come on...

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · August 22, 2012, 03:39:28 pm

Then if you want to add more clues, please do.

It's not as if it's meant to be anything other than a mild diversion from the day-to-day existence of our moribund and humdrum lives.

andy_e · August 22, 2012, 03:45:12 pm

"Grouse group" is a little misleading. An area in which grouse perform their mating display is more accurate.

andy_e · August 23, 2012, 10:13:00 am

In Kandahar, Lequin wrote about a jester (9).

mr__j5 · August 23, 2012, 11:52:16 am

the answer is pretty obvious, but I can't be bothered to take the baton and set a new clue

andy_e · August 23, 2012, 01:05:24 pm

Spoilsport

nik at work · August 23, 2012, 10:58:18 pm

confused harlequins lose foreign currency (5)

andy_e · August 24, 2012, 11:15:54 am

This may not be right, and may also be a crap clue.

A din 'ar kid makes in the desert. (5)

nik at work · August 24, 2012, 11:32:10 am

You're right, it's not right.

andy_e · August 24, 2012, 12:43:20 pm

Stumped...

nik at work · August 24, 2012, 01:06:47 pm

Why did you think it was Dinar?

You've got the right idea, a currency, but the wrong one...

andy_e · August 24, 2012, 01:44:44 pm

If you lose money to something it's a drain (on finances) and drain confused = dinar. I've been trying to find synoyms for harlequin that, when rearranged, contain a foreign currency that can be taken away from the word to leave another five-letter word.

nik at work · August 24, 2012, 01:48:17 pm

Keep trying...

andy_e · August 24, 2012, 02:12:51 pm

Real IRA singe sun drunkenly ( 8 )

nik at work · August 24, 2012, 02:32:48 pm

Nope, sorry.

andy_e · August 24, 2012, 02:56:28 pm

Arsemunch. Feel free to solve mine, you'll probably find them easy.

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · September 04, 2012, 09:50:02 pm

Help?

nik at work · September 04, 2012, 09:59:26 pm

Quote from: nik at work on August 23, 2012, 10:58:18 pm

confused harlequins lose foreign currency (5)

It's an ((very) obscure) unit of currency.

"Harlequins lose (another word for) foreign"

Confused

Should be ~~pretty~~ very easy now with a spot of google...

johnx2 · September 06, 2012, 01:57:32 pm

I've no idea what I should be googling. Some anag of quins?