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Nearly Sane

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1400 on: August 17, 2020, 04:57:07 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 17, 2020, 04:49:31 PM
Hi Susan,

No - have another look at that G.
And I was just about to write that!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1401 on: August 17, 2020, 05:40:57 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 17, 2020, 04:49:31 PM
Hi Susan,

No - have another look at that G.
thank you. Oh dear, in that case I think I'll have to ask another question.

That G was the start of

23 down: Grand invested in bank for dynamic sort (5)
Letters: - - G - R  so I thought it was GAGER - looked up definition to ensure it Is a word. Could it be WAGER? I do not know why though. I do hope the G and the R are correct … ...






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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1402 on: August 17, 2020, 05:48:20 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on August 17, 2020, 05:40:57 PM
thank you. Oh dear, in that case I think I'll have to ask another question.

That G was the start of

23 down: Grand invested in bank for dynamic sort (5)
Letters: - - G - R  so I thought it was GAGER - looked up definition to ensure it Is a word. Could it be WAGER? I do not know why though. I do hope the G and the R are correct … ...
The G and R are right. Wager is not.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1403 on: August 17, 2020, 06:00:59 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 17, 2020, 05:48:20 PM
The G and R are right. Wager is not.
Thank you. I think I'll just sob quietly for a moment or two!! :D
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1404 on: August 17, 2020, 06:04:58 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on August 17, 2020, 06:00:59 PM
Thank you. I think I'll just sob quietly for a moment or two!! :D
Think of another word for a dynamic economy
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1405 on: August 17, 2020, 06:08:23 PM »
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Thank you. I think I'll just sob quietly for a moment or two!! :D

Don't do that! The G is given to you (grand), and you know it's inside (invested) in a synonym for "bank". So, that then give you a word meaning "dynamic type" - maybe a stripey one?  ;)   
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1406 on: August 17, 2020, 06:29:28 PM »
NS and bluehillside

Thank you for your help - much appreciated as always. Yes, I have thought of CIGAR, LIGER, TIGER … … and thatlast is the answer I now realise. So I shall now try and think of the answer to 22 across before I turn off the computer.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1407 on: August 17, 2020, 06:47:09 PM »
Okay, got it. LITOTES*

pork pies - LIES and I knew that from the start, but forgot that
child - TOT

but I had to look up a definition of LITOTES. I then remembered it has come up before, but of course I'd completely forgotten it.

*Synthetic Dave pronounces it lit -oats but presumably it should be lie-tote-ease.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1408 on: August 17, 2020, 06:51:15 PM »
Quote from: SusanDoris on August 17, 2020, 06:47:09 PM
Okay, got it. LITOTES*

pork pies - LIES and I knew that from the start, but forgot that
child - TOT

but I had to look up a definition of LITOTES. I then remembered it has come up before, but of course I'd completely forgotten it.

*Synthetic Dave pronounces it lit -oats but presumably it should be lie-tote-ease.
Yep, your pronounciation is right
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1409 on: August 17, 2020, 07:03:33 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 17, 2020, 06:51:15 PM
Yep, your pronounciation is right
I can now relax and turn off the computer!! Tomorrow is a different day - Tech chap coming to sort out a few glitches in links etc.

And  I hope you won't mind my very politely, and with a smile :),  mentioning that synthetic Dave also pronounced every word in your answer as spelt!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1410 on: August 23, 2020, 09:16:33 AM »
Slow Cryptic again this week.  May I ask:

1 across: Steal in the ears as Dalek's voice? (7)
Letters: R - B - - - -

The obvious answer is ROBOTIC, steal > ROB, and perhaps TIC for noise in the ears, but if ROBOTIC  is right, could you say why, please?

If wrong, a hint would be much appreciated.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1411 on: August 23, 2020, 10:15:11 AM »
Hi Susan. “Otic” means “related to the ears”.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1412 on: August 23, 2020, 10:29:16 AM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 23, 2020, 10:15:11 AM
Hi Susan. “Otic” means “related to the ears”.
Ah, thank you.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1413 on: August 23, 2020, 03:49:38 PM »
I think this one is a Wednesday or Thursday finish.   

28 across is: Something very irritating in opening chatter (4,3)

Could you please say if I am right that it is an anagram of 'chatter'?
]If it is, I have: ETCH, TECH; plus RAT, TAR or ART or is that grasping at straws?
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1414 on: August 23, 2020, 04:24:39 PM »
It is part anagram, although you haven't listed the 4 letter word I am thinking of.

But that word combined with something you exhale from your mouth as you chatter, gives you the 3 letter word and should get you something irritating!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1415 on: August 23, 2020, 04:28:37 PM »
Trent,

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It is part anagram, although you haven't listed the 4 letter word I am thinking of.

But that word combined with something you exhale from your mouth as you chatter, gives you the 3 letter word and should get you something irritating!

No anagram there I think, but you wouldn't want this in your eyes!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1416 on: August 23, 2020, 04:37:06 PM »
TV and bluehillside

Thank you for your help; much appreciated as always.

So that will be AIR for the second word … ...
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1417 on: August 23, 2020, 04:47:49 PM »
Susan,

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TV and bluehillside

Thank you for your help; much appreciated as always.

So that will be AIR for the second word … ...

Sorry, no. Someone who chatters can be calla a – – – bag...
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1418 on: August 23, 2020, 05:30:06 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 23, 2020, 04:47:49 PM
Susan,

Sorry, no. Someone who chatters can be calla a – – – bag...
Thank you. WIND BAG - I don't think I'd have got that. The lower half of the grid is very empty which is why I thought I'd find the answer to the last clue. 
I'll see what I can do tomorrow.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1419 on: August 23, 2020, 05:47:42 PM »
Susan,

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Thank you. WIND BAG - I don't think I'd have got that. The lower half of the grid is very empty which is why I thought I'd find the answer to the last clue.
I'll see what I can do tomorrow.

No! What do the police sometimes spray in the faces of rioters?
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1420 on: August 24, 2020, 06:45:39 AM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 23, 2020, 05:47:42 PM
Susan,

No! What do the police sometimes spray in the faces of rioters?
TEAR GAS! Thank you - I wouldn't have got that either, I think.
Actually, I went to the CCTV, filled in WIND BAG, then had another look at the down clue which would end in B,, saw that it was one of those coming from ...IC IN G(dansk)' so ICING and put off thinking about the rest until today!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1421 on: August 25, 2020, 04:08:15 PM »
Four answers done yesterday, but having googled two more today, I have confirmed my opinion that the answers are too far removed from the clues to spend much thinking time on them. I'll leave it on the CCTV to see if I can fill in a few more, but my heart's not in this one!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1422 on: August 25, 2020, 04:12:36 PM »
Hi Susan,

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Four answers done yesterday, but having googled two more today, I have confirmed my opinion that the answers are too far removed from the clues to spend much thinking time on them. I'll leave it on the CCTV to see if I can fill in a few more, but my heart's not in this one!

Aw c’mon Susan – you can do this. We’ve got your back!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1423 on: August 25, 2020, 04:44:36 PM »
Quote from: bluehillside Retd. on August 25, 2020, 04:12:36 PM
Hi Susan,

Aw c’mon Susan – you can do this. We’ve got your back!
:) Thank you for the encouragement, I'll plod on a bit more...  I have in fact done one more answer, but it doesn't help with any other.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1424 on: August 26, 2020, 12:05:22 PM »
13 across: Waiting after interval, news can be so old (5-4)
Letters: T - - - D / - A - D

I've thought of TIMED for the first word, but not only cannot think why, but the second word beats me.

Is there a hint which would help, please? 
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