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06-25-2012, 09:35 PM
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Substitute ... ersatz ???
Is centre like the cement in the joke about the wolf ? Just there to get me stuck ?
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06-25-2012, 09:37 PM
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Okay, I see it now. 
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Substitute teachers at Zurich's centre (6)
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06-25-2012, 09:59 PM
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Okay, I see it now. |
Yes.  ersatz was embedded in the clue.
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06-25-2012, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by toetoe
Story ... parable.
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Yes. 
Story of Norm with bee in beer (7)
Straight definition = story
Wordplay:
norm = par
bee = b
beer = ale
par+a+(b)+le = parable
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06-27-2012, 07:31 PM
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Opening for viewing not complete for audience (8)
Pursued article caught in ceiling beam (3,5)
Split wood brought back and lit finally (4)
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06-27-2012, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Pursued article caught in ceiling beam (3,5)
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Straight def here is pursued
article = an
ceiling beam = rafter
the clue tells us the "Article" will be "caught in" the ceiling beam
r + an + after = ran after
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06-27-2012, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by HuggingTheRail
Straight def here is pursued
article = an
ceiling beam = rafter
the clue tells us the "Article" will be "caught in" the ceiling beam
r + an + after = ran after
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Bingo!
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06-27-2012, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
Split wood brought back and lit finally (4)
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Straight def = split
wood = fir, but it is brought back, so that = rif
lit finally....the final part of lit = t
rif+t = rift
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06-27-2012, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by HuggingTheRail
Straight def = split
wood = fir, but it is brought back, so that = rif
lit finally....the final part of lit = t
rif+t = rift
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Yes! Well done. Your talents have truly developed at cryptics in the past year.
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06-28-2012, 12:58 PM
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Opening ... aperture ???
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06-28-2012, 01:06 PM
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Opening ... aperture ???
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Sorry. Try again. (How would you justify that?)
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06-28-2012, 04:44 PM
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Opening for viewing not complete for audience (8)
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Toetoe took a stab, and I am not doing well with this one either....anyone else any ideas?
I am thinking the straight def is "opening for viewing"
the word "complete" makes me think of "whole"..and the audience part tells us it may be a "sound alike"
so, some type of hole perhaps (be nice, its 8 letters not 7  )
porthole?
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06-28-2012, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by HuggingTheRail
Toetoe took a stab, and I am not doing well with this one either....anyone else any ideas?
I am thinking the straight def is "opening for viewing"
the word "complete" makes me think of "whole"..and the audience part tells us it may be a "sound alike"
so, some type of hole perhaps (be nice, its 8 letters not 7 )
porthole? |
Duhhhhhh me..... staring me right in the face
not sounds like knot
knothole
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06-28-2012, 06:30 PM
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Duhhhhhh me..... staring me right in the face
not sounds like knot
knothole
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Exactly.
The word "audience" tells you that anyone listening hears "not complete."
Not complete = not whole = Knothole
Well done.
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06-29-2012, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Greyfox
(How would you justify that?)
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The boilerplate reply to every Toetoe post ever.
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