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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 30, 2006 11:45:24 GMT
If anyone tried and failed to do my mum's one (she is pretty good at these), I'll be nice and put you out of your misery.
Down to mix-up in North, South-West was initially in the lead.
Now. Here's how to fix it.
"South-West...initially" refers to the initials of compass points. Thus you want N for North, and SW for South-West. "In the lead" means that whatever the answer is begins with the letters "Sw"
Now for the other part. "Mix-up" implies some kind of anagram. So what you do is take all the other words and mix up the letters. You already have N for North, so you need to use the letters "SW" followed by some combination of "Down to in N"
It's easy when you know how.
Someone please supply the answer to save me doing it!
I won't let my mum do that to you again. Now do my one!
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Post by ojiveojive on Mar 30, 2006 13:34:54 GMT
Swindon Town is not non-league, is it?
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Post by medibot on Mar 30, 2006 14:35:07 GMT
And that's why i don't like cryptic crosswords...
Loads of little rules and codes to learn before you even come close to completing one.
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Post by ambersalamander on Mar 31, 2006 10:11:36 GMT
Swindon Town is not non-league, is it? Neither was Barcelona. |
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Apr 19, 2006 12:46:54 GMT
Your turn Ambersalamander: Are they not river birds? Ah yes, but the town is so large that the water has become too polluted and pushed them out. I'm buggered if I know! Down Daz down ;D Lost me there Im afraid mate! Cheers Amber  Havent a clue on the stylists tool one... |
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Post by roofless on Apr 19, 2006 19:05:01 GMT
Crowded mini straightener fc?
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Post by ambersalamander on Apr 20, 2006 13:45:50 GMT
ooooh so close! All right. I'll let someone else have a go When surrounded by short personnel, looks rather like a stylist's tool The answer, my friends, is Airdrie. The popular name for personnel departments these days is Human Resources. Thus, "short personnel" would be "HR" Airdrie "surrounded" by HR is "hairdrier" which looks rather like a hairdryer. Happy now? |
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Apr 20, 2006 14:38:05 GMT
THATS VERY CLEVER  |
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Apr 20, 2006 14:41:26 GMT
This teams players were found Marroned in a hole.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Apr 20, 2006 17:12:23 GMT
Cryptic clues can only be worked out be people with female brains... the kind of brains that make up the rules as they go along! ;D  I remember way back in my yoooot spending 4 hours lying on Boscombe beach teaching two attractive Spanish girls how to do the cryptic crossword in The Sun. (Language barrier folks - I don't speak a word of cryptic...) Unfortunately for me, I was also in the Sun for the entire afternoon (spent the morning in the sea  ) and when I tried to stand up you could hear this sound like bark peeling from a tree. Yep, just a touch sunburnt!   When I got on the train to go home that evening I was shivering in the cool night air. All the other passengers were gathering around me as a source of warmth! ;D I looked like a person of Asian descent for the next four months too. Oh yeah, Redditch. |
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Post by luvlydory on Apr 21, 2006 20:55:10 GMT
; Airdrie "surrounded" by HR is "hairdrier" which looks rather like a hairdryer. I got the airdrie bit but didnt post it as i thought it should have had something else with it ! very good though!!! |
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Post by bonehead on May 4, 2006 20:45:30 GMT
How pretty: a poppy-covered slope (HINT: not Kettering going down ;D) In mid-March some people (not mentioning any names) feared the worst and half-expected relegation from a 'poxy league' and the prospect of some non-league teams not winning a big pay day from playing a certain E Midlands team in the FA Trophy/Cup. Next year we will be at least partly professional. The future (in theory) is bright - the future is Poppy red |
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Post by ambersalamander on May 4, 2006 23:44:33 GMT
but i was talking about redhill!  |
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) and when I tried to stand up you could hear this sound like bark peeling from a tree. Yep, just a touch sunburnt! 
When I got on the train to go home that evening I was shivering in the cool night air. All the other passengers were gathering around me as a source of warmth! ;D I looked like a person of Asian descent for the next four months too. 
