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===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt #1139863
01/28/18 12:56 PM
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welcome By way of reminder, the object of this game is to solve (and briefly explain) the clue presented by the previous poster and then set your own clue.

Anything from the (worldwide) crossword arena is acceptable by way of clue style, but if you stray too far from the pure path beware the scourge of... Pandora's WET NOODLE! scared wavegirl

The puzzle could be an old favourite or something of your own making. Don't be shy: this is for everyone, not just the old hands!

For those unfamiliar with crossword clues who want to give it a try, there is plenty of guidance online and a quite entertaining and instructive book (not just for beginners) available from amazon http://www.amazon.com/The-Times-Crack-Cryptic-Crosswords/dp/0007546521/ref=dp_ob_image_bk and no doubt elsewhere, and for those who like British Crosswords you may like to try these (which are free): http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords.

There is nothing to prevent (say) a couple of related clues if offering a single clue cramps your style.

If there are multiple answers involved, there is no restriction against one person solving all and the solver of the final clue/part is the one who goes next.

Obviously you need to await confirmation of a correct answer before posting your own puzzle, but please then do so reasonably promptly: if having answered correctly you are not going to be able to set a follow-up clue within about the next 18 hours, please pass your turn to someone else so that the game does not stall.

To save the poor demented solvers from excessive brain damage crazy , you should consider revealing one letter of the answer when the question is set, unless the answer is very short/easy so that provision of a letter hint at the outset would spoil the sport!

If no-one is biting within about 24 hours you should start dropping additional hints.

To try to give everyone a fair crack of the whip, the immediately previous setter is asked not to post a solution to the current clue within the first 24 hours.

The weighty trophy to be passed to whoever solves your clue is the jewel-encrusted World Clue Federation Championship Belt
===[**WCF**]===

Constructive criticism and cheerful badinage are to be expected, not to mention a certain amount of national rivalry, but above all, have a bit of fun! penguin

Next clue coming up shortly from current holder UW

Last edited by Lex; 03/01/18 02:57 PM.

Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1139867
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Thanks, Lex smile


Kept going for every cut (10) - all the vowels are the same


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1139868
01/28/18 01:57 PM
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Thanks to thesaurus.com: keep going = persevere(d)

for every = per
cut = severed

Nice compact crypt Rog!
Did Mrs.Worrier make it up lol


I'm a man of few words, BUT I use 'em often!!
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1139873
01/28/18 02:39 PM
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Nice one, Denis - here comes ze belt ===[**WCF**]=== smile

I cannot tell a lie about Mrs Worrier, so I'll plead the 5th amendment!


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1139878
01/28/18 03:18 PM
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Merci M'sieu.

Cover around a bed (4) pas de e


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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: CanukDenis] #1139897
01/28/18 06:32 PM
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co(a)t wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1139900
01/28/18 06:53 PM
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Hold your coat tight with this ===[**WCF**]===


I'm a man of few words, BUT I use 'em often!!
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: CanukDenis] #1139906
01/28/18 07:40 PM
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Thank you CD

Can't say I've worked with something in a boudoir (10) two words wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: manxman] #1139914
01/28/18 09:01 PM
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vanity case wave

anag. (worked) of "can't say I've"


The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Sherlock] #1139919
01/28/18 11:43 PM
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Right you are Sherlock, but I don't know if this will fit into your vanity case ===[**WCF**]=== wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: manxman] #1139924
01/29/18 12:40 AM
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My son's getting married in Mexico next month so I sure hope it'll fit into my vanity case. I'd love to show it off! wave

Money covers a dog and a container (8) not an e in sight


The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Sherlock] #1139989
01/29/18 09:31 PM
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Direct on the right, 3 vowels, all the same. wink


The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Sherlock] #1140017
01/30/18 08:33 AM
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cvcvcvcc grin


The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140019
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Calabash = container - cash (money) containing (covers) a + lablab + a smile


Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140094
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Lex, put this in your calabash and smoke it! happydance ===[**WCF**]===

(You had an extra a after lab, btw.)


The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140100
01/31/18 02:34 AM
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Thank you: sounds like something you might be doing in Mexico while partying at your son's wedding...! lol

Owe orchestra for playing in limited competition (3-5,4)


Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140106
01/31/18 06:11 AM
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Two-horse race (anag "owe orchestra")

The well known "orchestra = carthorse" anagram helped! lol


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140115
01/31/18 08:14 AM
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Well orchestrated!thumbsup

===[**WCF**]===

Last edited by Lex; 01/31/18 08:14 AM.

Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140132
01/31/18 10:59 AM
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Thanks, Lex smile

Chief registered blunder first (6) - a solitary E


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I wonder what's on television...?
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140276
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Hint time:

Direct on the left
One indicator
Wordplay 5+1
cvccvc

smile


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Urban Worrier] #1140299
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gaffe+r wave


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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Lex] #1140302
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No gaffes there, manxman! ===[**WCF**]===
grin


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
I wonder what's on television...?
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: Urban Worrier] #1140340
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Thank you UW wave

Perversely provides incentive to swallow yellow medicines (6) no 'e' s


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: manxman] #1140470
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Direct is on the right
cvcvcc wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt [Re: manxman] #1140564
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fist vowel is 'y' wave


Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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