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P0mpeyBoy1-Jun-15 0:47

P0mpeyBoy

1-Jun-15 0:47

That was a bit underhand.

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 1:03

1-Jun-15 1:03

I thought so, but...

Brady didn't get the right answer, so I have to accept the first correct one.

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Agent__0071-Jun-15 1:07

1-Jun-15 1:07

Yes, I know. I am doing one tomorrow to expiate the sin. Sigh | :sigh:

You have just been Sharapova'd.

Agent__00731-May-15 22:07

31-May-15 22:07

OriginalGriff wrote:
WSO CCC OTD 2015-05-01

Time travel again? Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff31-May-15 22:11

31-May-15 22:11

No, I'm just behind the times!

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90823651-Jun-15 1:45

9082365

1-Jun-15 1:45

Poor form, poor form. Definitely not cricket! The definition should obviously be 'brings things to life' and the wordplay should be adjusted to suit, not the other way round! You wouldn't get away with it on rec.puzzles.crosswords let me tell you!!!

OriginalGriff1-Jun-15 1:47

1-Jun-15 1:47

It didn't scan well as "brings"! Laugh | :laugh:

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Agent__0072-Jun-15 1:12

2-Jun-15 1:12

Member 9082365 wrote:
rec.puzzles.crosswords

Interesting group. Thanks for that! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

So someone posts a word there and others compose and post cryptic clues for it? Am I correct? Unsure | :~

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90823652-Jun-15 4:50

9082365

2-Jun-15 4:50

There are three clue writing competitions currently running (there used to be more before everybody forgot about newsgroups - or at least those that don't provide legally questionable file downloading - but we had a bit of a cull last year). In two of them the moderator du jour (well, de la semaine, really) sets a word to be clued as you say. In the other, a clue is lifted from a published crossword to be emulated or improved upon by entrants (I'm moderator of the current running). After a certain amount of time the moderator does a summary of all the clues to ensure that he hasn't missed an entry and that his reading is what the entrant intended, then critiques the clues and picks a winner who, if willing and able, then dons the moderator's hat for the next running.

There are still discussions on specific clues and clue writing in general to be had alongside the contests but they tend to be rather infrequent and considerably more sedate than the humdingers of the past since a number of the rowdier participants have drifted away (unfortunately, I think, but I probably do not speak for the majority on that!)

If anyone from CP would like to 'join' you'd be very welcome. Just pitch up and pitch in. I'm the one with the extraordinary name currently moderating CCVP perhaps better known in crossword circles as Flying Tortoise, my nom de plume as a setter for the Listener puzzle in the Times.

Agent__0072-Jun-15 17:17

2-Jun-15 17:17

--EDIT
Was just browsing through the posts there again, they were great! I am so tempted to join the group and I probably will, but I don't think I will be able to withstand in a group of legendary setters. At the moment, I can't even solve a crossword completely, unless it's set by Roger Squires (Rufus)[^], let alone setting clues. Sigh | :sigh:

I have bookmarked the group though and won't stop from browsing through the posts. Cool | :cool:

Thanks again. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

You have just been Sharapova'd.

modified 3-Jun-15 0:42am.

MQOTD

V.31-May-15 21:43

31-May-15 21:43

Movie Quote Of The Day

Whatever deity may guide my life, dear lord don't let me die tonight. But if I shall before I wake, I'd accept my fate.

Which movie?

V.

(MQOTD rules and previous solutions)

OriginalGriff31-May-15 21:50

31-May-15 21:50

The Pope Must Die![^]

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HobbyProggy31-May-15 22:01

31-May-15 22:01

Romeo & !Juliet

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Agent__00731-May-15 22:03

31-May-15 22:03

Gee, I go!

You have just been Sharapova'd.

RUs1231-Jun-15 0:11

RUs123

1-Jun-15 0:11

Enter Sandman.

glennPattonWork31-Jun-15 0:48

glennPattonWork3

1-Jun-15 0:48

Exit light, Enter Night(?)

RUs1231-Jun-15 0:54

RUs123

1-Jun-15 0:54

And the sequel: Off to never,never land.

Corporal Agarn1-Jun-15 0:51

Corporal Agarn

1-Jun-15 0:51

Ghost Rider

Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.

Simon_Whale1-Jun-15 1:14

Simon_Whale

1-Jun-15 1:14

Margret Thatcher - The movie

Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.

Help end the violence EAT BACON

Vivi Chellappa1-Jun-15 5:27

Vivi Chellappa

1-Jun-15 5:27

Troy?

I slept through that movie last night so I thought I heard part of this dialog in that movie.

Gawd i need vacation...

HobbyProggy31-May-15 21:37

31-May-15 21:37

Yeah, as some may have noticed i was away last week... i had 5 days off but "OFF" is the wrong word to call it. I need vacation from my vacation, everyday something was to do and yesterday i had to cook a dinner for my criminal dinner party. Now it's up to relaxing today ... at work, impossible. Wednesday is the next though step, Rock am Ring is calling. Anyone going to this festival by the way?

I need to get more coffee Sleepy | :zzz:

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Gittum31-May-15 22:11

Gittum

31-May-15 22:11

Happens sometimes. By the way, what did you cook for Diner yesterday, interested to know Big Grin | :-D

HobbyProggy31-May-15 22:26

31-May-15 22:26

We were 12 p and we had a tomato & mozzarella salad and some carrots + Paprika as 1st course.
An asparagus cream soup (fresh made with fresh asparagus) with selfmade croutons as 2nd.
Then i bbq'ued some meat that i had in selfmade marinade and handed a selfmade Tzatziki[^] with bread as 3rd course.
And as finale i made a pina colada tiramisu.

I chose the bbq because i didn't know what to cook for 12 p that fits medival times, as our criminal dinner was set on a "castle" in medival times Smile | :)

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Gittum1-Jun-15 0:27

Gittum

1-Jun-15 0:27

Tiramisu didn't fit in medival times! Others quite good. Asparagus cream soup is yummi!! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

HobbyProggy1-Jun-15 0:50