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This one is going to be easy as the theme is already out.
<edited> time starts now, the clue was a bit flawed.
Almost valid, a bit false with blokes down under, Mentalist (10).
modified 10-Sep-19 8:07am.
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Scrotuspocus?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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You are Micheal Martin and I claim my five pounds!
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Somewhat fulfills the down under part, but sadly isn't what I was thinking.
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Maybe I'm wrong and everyone knows their Harry Potter trivia a lot better than I do, but I think this week's theme caters to too small of a niche audience and it might just be a back and forth between yesterday's and today's CCC setters.
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Yes, I have the same feeling. But I am obligated to follow the theme.
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Also, my lack of expertise setting CCC could also be a factor here.
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I agree I don't know anything about Harry Potter - If we are going to continue with themes we need to keep them as broad as possible e.g. Famous Horror Films, Famous westerns - etc... etc.. with the emphasis being on famous and not on the same film all week
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Since no one has given the answer.
Almost Valid = Legi(Legit)
bit false = li(lie)
blokes = men
down under = I think a reference to south s.
The spell delves into the mind and extracts memories hence mentalist.
Legilimens
I would think the continuous reference to how many British hang around the Lounge, they'd have read Harry Potter. Perhaps I'm just falsely stereotyping here.
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Yes, as someone predicted earlier, you're up tomorrow.
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Maybe you should change the theme to something else to make it more inclusive.
Up to you.
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GKP1992 wrote: to make it more inclusive.
Or at least use words in the dictionary ... 
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Even if I had read the books (which I haven't) I still doubt I would remember (m)any of the spells...
If you want to expand on the theme you could broaden it to "general Harry Potter", or even just "wizardry and other magic stuffs". Up to you though, you are the setter and you can do aaaaanything you like.
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musefan wrote: you can do aaaaanything you like
... except for solutions that are actually SCROTUM.
Can you imagine the kind of clue MM* would set? 
* Remember, we are talking about the undisputed holder of the CP "Banned the most times in a single weekend" award.
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I've read all the books. I was still a kid when they came out. I've seen the movies 2-3 times each. The Mrs is also a fan. We've seen/read the spinoffs. Point is, I thought I qualified as a fan, but I haven't a hope of solving these.
I agree, the category should be more broad. I would say Harry Potter is big enough in itself and well enough recognised in pop culture to count as a theme, even if not every one has read it.
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Member 11521271 wrote: I thought I qualified as a fan
Hehehe Clearly not!
Member 11521271 wrote: Harry Potter is big enough in itself and well enough recognised in pop culture to count as a theme, even if not every one has read it.
Here here...
I only mentioned the specifications of the spells yesterday to show my intended theme, I didn't mean to set the week's theme to them. Besides as I said yesterday any of the spells could be used from books to, HP and FB movies, HP games, even the notorious cursed child (such a disappointment BTW!).
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Abbas A. Ali wrote: Perhaps I'm just falsely stereotyping here.
Yes, you are! I'm British and am far more familiar with the (infinitely more literate) works of Dr. Seuss. 
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told musefan.
Quote: This is very bad... you should read Harry Potter. Anyone who asks me for book recommendation (or doesn't) gets recomended Harry Potter. After that The Secret Adversary from Agatha Christie, I could go on, but you get the gist! 
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I did try to read the first Potter but I couldn't get on with it. I liked many of the ideas but just couldn't get on with her prose style. It's quite rare that I don't finish a book, but I abandoned it about a third of the way through.
I did read all of Agatha Christie's output many, many years ago and was quite fond of them at the time.
My own literary recommendation to anyone would be Wodehouse with a side of Wodehouse, washed down with an extra splash of Wodehouse.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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The whole hype about ML/AI made me realize again what an incredible thing a human being is.
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I dunno, more than a few have come out wrong... road rage anyone?
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lopatir wrote: rage
Is this one intended at *me* ?
I never said everybody is cool, I just said the overall information processing of human beings is incredible.
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Reverse Butlerian Jihad.
I'd rather be phishing!
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As long as you don't think Brian's books are as good as his dad's, we're cool.
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Mean devil with dastardly ends (5)
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) but wouldn't aaaanything from the Harry Potter be even more difficult to guess? The last time I had Monday's CCC I wanted to set the theme to HP then, but didn't, everything I thought as the answer seemed so obvious, at least to me 
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