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TOPIC: Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
#116659
BrunoMaggiore
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posted 08-10-2008 13:46

 
Wyatt, I'm taking the liberty of PMing you my clue to see if it's workable. Sheepishly, etc.
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#116676
Wyatt Earp
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Newcastle United Gender: Male James Gandolfini Ginger nuts, man, no contest, silly question The Selfish Gene Have a good time ALL the time Not album, single: Pretty Vacant, as perf. on TOTP Location: Cockayne
posted 08-10-2008 14:31

 
Thanks, got it. The answer's not leaping out at me though.
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#116681
Wyatt Earp
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Newcastle United Gender: Male James Gandolfini Ginger nuts, man, no contest, silly question The Selfish Gene Have a good time ALL the time Not album, single: Pretty Vacant, as perf. on TOTP Location: Cockayne
posted 08-10-2008 14:39

 
At last, sends a boy home, as opposed to Richard the Lionheart (7)
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#116701
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posted 08-10-2008 14:54

 
Saladin losing a tussle about returning Lesbian, possibly (8)
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#116753
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posted 08-10-2008 15:42

 
WE: replied.
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#116779
Wyatt Earp
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posted 08-10-2008 16:07

 
Still stuck.
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#116781
Wyatt Earp
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posted 08-10-2008 16:08

 
(On Bruno's, I mean. I've got Hof's.)
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#116791
Wyatt Earp
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posted 08-10-2008 16:22

 
Islander I dismiss after some childish, regressive nonsense (6,5)
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#116807
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posted 08-10-2008 16:46

 
(replied)
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#117140
Wyatt Earp
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Newcastle United Gender: Male James Gandolfini Ginger nuts, man, no contest, silly question The Selfish Gene Have a good time ALL the time Not album, single: Pretty Vacant, as perf. on TOTP Location: Cockayne
posted 09-10-2008 09:02

 
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#117202
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posted 09-10-2008 10:06

 
Er...I'll be brave, don't shoot me:

Puerto Rican exercise, corrupted internally by me meddling around the edges. (7)
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#117423
Wyatt Earp
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posted 09-10-2008 14:38

 
Can we have a hint?
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#117474
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posted 09-10-2008 16:08

 
How about

Puerto Rican popular exercise, corrupted internally by me meddling around the edges.


if that's still opaque I'll give a letter.
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#117478
Wyatt Earp
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posted 09-10-2008 16:11

 
Is the definition bit "Puerto Rican"?
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#117482
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posted 09-10-2008 16:12

 
everything before the comma
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#117485
Wyatt Earp
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posted 09-10-2008 16:16

 
OK, I'll stop googling famous Puerto Ricans then.

So it's a kind of exercise, popular in Puerto Rico? Or something sneakier than that?

I might as well admit it, I'm well stuck.
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#117489
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posted 09-10-2008 16:20

 
Sneakier. Not necessarily the first meaning of popular (nor exercise).

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