Crossword Thread

[Venod]

Micheal ?

Large fish 7 letters
Answer = special

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Hmm, large can be an expanse of water. A body of water that shares its name with a fish, or fishing?

 

[Aperitif]

Sounds like Hugh explained himself well, and delivered perfectly. (11,5)
(Easy this clue writing business - I just looked out the window and...BOOM! )

Ok, I give in, give us a letter or two...

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / l _ _ _ y

 

[Aperitif]

I was thinking that, but the second word has 7 letters.

IT had '7' the first time I looked, Maz - pass the brandy keg!

 

[Luddite Joe]

Articulated Lorry.

Keeping it cycling related...

Due for renewal in dream event. (4,2,6)

 

[rich p]

Articulated Lorry.

Keeping it cycling related...

Due for renewal in dream event. (4,2,6)

TdF

 

[Spartak]

Moaners wandering around Mediterranean city (3,4)

 

[accountantpete]

That would be San Remo.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

San Remo.

I worked out the articulated lorry clue. Or, perhaps I should say I worked it out of @Aperitif early on Saturday morning....

 

[Scoosh]

Not a crossword clue (that would be a bit tedious ...) but there was an article in the Scotland on Sunday paper t'other Sunday, which included this wonderful paragraph.

One crossword which achieved global fame was printed in the New York Times on election day 1996. Angry readers took to the phones after working out the answer to the clue “Lead Story in Tomorrow’s Newspaper” was CLINTON ELECTED. “How could the paper be so sure of the result when all the votes had not yet been cast?” they demanded. “Was it betraying its political bias?” Closer examination revealed, however, that every solution which fed letters into the two missing words had an equally valid alternative (for example black Hallowe’en animal could be BAT or CAT) so the final solution could also be BOB DOLE ELECTED.

Now that is a brilliant complier !

One of my favourite clues is:

(7)​

The answer is, of course

 

[Scoosh]

missing

 

[ArDee]

Flyer talks average rubbish (6)

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Flyer talks average rubbish (6)

Parrot.

 

[Speicher]

Spoilt

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They say beer used to be fired from ships. (10)