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Postby Peekay » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:33 pm

Stuck at one this week!

(1) Annual Welsh arts festival
E?S?E?D?O?

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Postby dave2 » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:41 pm

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Postby tobester » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:42 pm

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Postby Peekay » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:42 pm

Ta Dave. I'd just got it myself and was going to post so no little kisses for you I'm afraid :(

Thanks anyhoo,
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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Peekay » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:16 pm

Couple this week;

Affected or extremely pious, 9 letters
R?L???O?E

and

In South Africa any small animal that crawls, 5 letters
??G?A

As usual any help mucho appreciated. Some daft bint from the Mearns won it last week :twisted:

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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Lucky Poet » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:24 pm

Religiose. "Morbidly or sentimentally religious", says Chambers.
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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Peekay » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:17 pm

Looks good to me LP. I'd kinda thought it was going to be relig-something. I've now got a "G" for the other one;

In South Africa any small animal that crawls, 5 letters
G?G?A

Any ideas folks. My x-word solver doesn't come up with owt

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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Lucky Poet » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:59 pm

Me again :) Wikipedia has 'Gogga', which seems to fit, being a bug (from a native African language, apparently). Yeah I know, nobody likes a smart arse :P
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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Lucky Poet » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:05 pm

That nobody likes a smart arse would maybe explain why I'm sat at home on a Saturday night helping solve interweb strangers' crosswords :oops:
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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Peekay » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:27 pm

Yep LP I'll go for that too. Thanking you for your help and don't worry about being a sad-sack. I'm the one in on a Saturday doing the crossword :roll:

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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Peekay » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:38 am

Arrgh! It's an 'Ingerlander' that's won it this time :evil:

Anyhoo, not doing too well today :oops: ;

End of Rugby match (2-4)
N? ??D?

Palace attendants in Turkey, originally gardeners (8)
B???A?G?

Scottish Comedian popular in the 1940s/50s/60s (4,6)
?A?E ?I?L?S

Base of the fuchsin dye magenta (10)
R?S?N?L?N?

Recitative with lyrical quality of an aria (6)
A?I?S? (AriosE/AriosO?)


And they've changed the prize.

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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Doorstop » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:49 am

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I like him ... He says "Okie Dokie!"
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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Peekay » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:54 am

^ n=0.0153 :wink:

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Re: Clever people only need apply!

Postby Doorstop » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:32 am

:roll: ::):
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