If together can be dismantled into TO-GET-HER, then put your wits together to untangle these E-LEG-ANT examples of the charade clue, all culled from 2009 crosswords:
Quick run ending in wicket (5) [Paul]
Love hoarding foreign coin (5) [Armonie]
Just one part of me wanted extra (4) [Virgilius]
Polish plants and animals (9) [Cincinnus]
Financial expert giving English firm clear forecast [...]
PERSIST, and test your STRIPES with these seven anagram gems from the first half of 09:
Play in match and be beaten (7) [Falcon]
Pearl divers hit their target, primarily (9) [Paul]
Teatime’s wind gauge (7) [Cincinnus]
An idee (not fixe) about epic (6) [Cinephile]
Boxers and punters rioting (10) [Moodim]
Every second letter an ‘a’ – bananas? (9) [Satori]
Being out [...]
Only a crossword setter would pounce upon CONDOR, hiding in ’second ornithologist’. See how quickly you can snare these 5 hiddens, the pick of the year so far.
Bird eaten by another one (5) [Times 8270]
Rubric “abracadabra” revealing old curiosities (4-1-4) [Sleuth]
Nationality of Soviet names established (10) [Paul]
Theatre stage housing not working (2,4) [Brummie]
Less likely contribution [...]
How low can you go? Among these clues, all pulled from the days when my hall of fame neglected to note the compiler in question, you’ll find some of the skinniest pieces of wordplay possible.
For the same reason, I’d wager a few of these specimens offer more than one solution, though all the official answers [...]
One small image for mankind, one big pic for this Jacobean blogger. After four years on the airwaves, posting stories and wordsmith whimsy, this mock-magazine marks my first dabble into graphics.
Ridiculous, I know. Fred Flinstone would have j-pegged by now, while the Unabomber would surely be mounting browser polls and You Tube snippets, if not blogrolling Anarchy R Us…
Jennifer Aniston comes [...]
Before Polonius was stabbed through his arras, the Danish sage opined brevity to be wit’s soul. And if the eminence gris was still kicking today, he may well appreciate the array of succinct clues below. All culled from English cryptics, with due credit, these seven embody the beauty of the brief.
See how many you can [...]
Premature, I realise, but here’s my latest resolution: No Tough Crosswords At Bedtime.
Unless I can guarantee a complete grid-fill before Morpheus comes knocking, I’m plumping for an old New Yorker or a novel. (Like the excellent American Rust by Philipp Meyer, which takes free indirect narrative another notch.)
But facing too many elusive clues on the brink [...]
To translate this post’s heading, make tracks for the Book Show on Radio National to see/hear my lukewarm review of a peculiar mishmash by author Ben Okri. Almost 20 years since grabbing a Booker for The Famished Road, the Nigerian-Pom has spliced together stories and haikus to create his very own literary genre: the stoku. Not [...]
First a round of applause for Mr Woowoowoo, the technical saviour who restored this blog. Look – I can write again…
….and finish saluting Bud Tingwell, the late actor I’d interviewed nearly ten years back, quizzing him on the topic of death. Specifically, a macabre pastime called Death Lotto, for which Bud was eternally nominated as the next [...]