jefmcg
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Which is the paragraph I linked to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Campagnolo#Origin_of_quick_release
Cryptic clues
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deptfordmarmoset
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Ah, sorry, the link didn't seem to take me specifically to that part of the entry.
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Exactly so
Although I suppose it could be argued that a QR is a component rather than a tool, but it's a component with its own integrated tool.
Fnaar
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I have an integrated toolExactly so
Although I suppose it could be argued that a QR is a component rather than a tool, but it's a component with its own integrated tool.
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Motobecane
Guru
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Is that a cryptic clue?I have an integrated tool
RichardB
Slightly retro
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Motobecane
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Pat, pat, pat. Well done! Hoorah!At bloody last! One I can get without any help
Pat me on the head, please - pump.
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Motobecane
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I can't get anywhere with this one. The only answer I can think of is:
kneepad
But I can't make it fit the first half of the clue at all!
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Motobecane
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Another easy one to keep things going:
Cycle at top speed displaying attachment.(5)
Cycle at top speed displaying attachment.(5)
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Then it's either a very good clue or a very bad one. I suspect the latter, there were probably better ways I could have worded it. Time for some hints:
If I'm holding my position, or holding my course, I could also be said to be holding my...
If I'm about to pop the question, the thing I'm holding could...
What part of a bike is designed to give some support (and for holding, I suppose, to link it to the rest of the clue)?
deptfordmarmoset
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bearing
Phew! Needed the hints....
Letters from car maker keep me up (8)
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Motobecane
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Do you know, I really don't know if the clue follows 'rules'. I don't think I would have got it... I even struggled with the extra clues!
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
I think maybe I was trying to be a bit too clever. I desperately wanted to crowbar the engagement ring bit in with the other definitions
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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The devious thing about the ring reference is that it tricks you - well, me actually - into thinking of stuff like chainrings, when it was only the last part of another noun. That bit was wicked.I think maybe I was trying to be a bit too clever. I desperately wanted to crowbar the engagement ring bit in with the other definitions
winjim
Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Ha, I hadn't even thought of it that way.The devious thing about the ring reference is that it tricks you - well, me actually - into thinking of stuff like chainrings, when it was only the last part of another noun. That bit was wicked.
