Livingstone
12:18 Thu Apr 30
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A man of stone (6) JASPER?
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Livingstone
12:22 Thu Apr 30
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A solid block of cheddar one's grated (10)
DECAHEDRON
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charleyfarley
12:28 Thu Apr 30
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hi livingstone spot on with those 2
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HMP
12:43 Thu Apr 30
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A crossword person, I gather (8)
COMPILER ?
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charleyfarley
12:56 Thu Apr 30
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nice one HMP compiler it is
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charleyfarley
12:59 Thu Apr 30
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To do;-
A bank hold-up? (5,4)
A bed bug? (7)
A bird found in the officers' mess? (8)
A book receiving hot reception (2-4)
A brave tribe revolting? Just so (11)
A house I need, if I celebrate houses (7)
A leading word maker? (6)
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Hugh Jampton
1:16 Thu Apr 30
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A brave tribe revolting? Just so (11) - rebarbative
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charleyfarley
1:19 Thu Apr 30
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hi huge reberbative it is
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charleyfarley
1:20 Thu Apr 30
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*rebarbative*
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WorldCupWilly
1:26 Thu Apr 30
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A bird found in the officers' mess:
ADJUTANT
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gph
1:43 Thu Apr 30
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A book receiving hot reception (2-4)
AT-H-OME
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gph
1:48 Thu Apr 30
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Arf @ etymology of rebarbative - from Old French, rebarbe, to stand beard to beard. (Wiktionary)
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WHU(Exeter)
1:50 Thu Apr 30
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Cheers for doing this Charley!
(not that I can get any....wednesday night lock-in effect)
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Monk~koknee
1:57 Thu Apr 30
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Welcome back Charley and the Crossword Factory
A house I need, if I celebrate houses (7)
edifice
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charleyfarley
2:13 Thu Apr 30
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good stuff world cup wills... hi monk nice to see you back on board.
WHu(ex) takes the credit for getting me back pulled at me heart strings he did i tell ya.
to do
A bank hold-up? (5,4)
A bed bug? (7)
A leading word maker? (6)
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Hammer and Pickle
2:18 Thu Apr 30
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err...
I've never been able to get these.
Can anyone explain why
"A house I need, if I celebrate houses (7)"
is
"edifice"?
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Livingstone
2:21 Thu Apr 30
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Well done Charley, nice to have this back again, thnks
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charleyfarley
2:22 Thu Apr 30
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edifice
1.
a large, imposing building.
synonyms: building, structure, construction, erection, pile, complex, assembly;
A house I neED, IFI CElebrate houses
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Hammer and Pickle
2:25 Thu Apr 30
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I see - it's a combination of the meaning clue and a hidden form.
Thanks charley.
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charleyfarley
2:29 Thu Apr 30
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No problem picks stick around i'm sure somebody of your calibre will pick it up, although obviously only some words are literally hidden in the clue
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charleyfarley
2:39 Thu Apr 30
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A bank hold-up? (5,4)
A bed bug? (7)
A leading word maker? (6)
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