===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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01/28/18 12:56 PM
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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! 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 , 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! 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.
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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01/28/18 01:34 PM
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Thanks, Lex 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. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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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
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Nice one, Denis - here comes ze belt ===[**WCF**]=== 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...?
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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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
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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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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01/28/18 09:01 PM
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vanity case anag. (worked) of "can't say I've"
The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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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! 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.
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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01/30/18 10:23 PM
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Lex, put this in your calabash and smoke it! ===[**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.
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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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...! Owe orchestra for playing in limited competition (3-5,4)
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Two-horse race (anag "owe orchestra") The well known "orchestra = carthorse" anagram helped!
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Well orchestrated! ===[**WCF**]===
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Thanks, Lex Chief registered blunder first (6) - a solitary E
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Hint time: Direct on the left One indicator Wordplay 5+1 cvccvc
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Thank you UW 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.
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Re: ===[**WCF**]=== Chain Crypt
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Direct is on the right cvcvcc
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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