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TOPIC: Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
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posted 16-03-2010 14:20

 
Period drama?

(5, 4)
 
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posted 16-03-2010 14:57

 
Taken acid? Blood work reveals everything. (3,3,8)
 
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#352378
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posted 16-03-2010 15:07

 
You sure about that answer?
 
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posted 16-03-2010 15:14

 
Not blood work -or taken acid

period drama or present it.

(5, 4)

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#352381
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posted 16-03-2010 15:14

 
Period drama - blood work.
It seems to fit, but there could be a better one no I think about it.
 
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#352392
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posted 16-03-2010 15:42

 
Incidentally, a typically good themed crossword from Paul in today's Guardian which will appeal particularly to followers of the classical threads over on music.
 
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#352396
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posted 16-03-2010 15:50

 
I stage play for youth only. (6)
 
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#352426
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posted 16-03-2010 16:47

 
ageist German time

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posted 16-03-2010 17:15

 
Something's come to my mind that fits the letter count, but I wouldn't pitch it any higher than that.
 
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#352464
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posted 16-03-2010 17:53

 
Probably better

German time follows ageist phenomenon

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posted 16-03-2010 20:44

 
Giggle within the zeitgeist in bitesize? (7)
 
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posted 16-03-2010 22:11

 
Zeitgeist was what I had too, but I wasn't sure why.
 
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posted 17-03-2010 08:46

 
My execrable German is well known on here, but I'm guessing that 'zeitgeist' (spirit of the age) is one of those words that foreigners use more, to show off?

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posted 17-03-2010 10:39

 
Twitter about a perverse smell enveloping resistance leader (11)
 
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posted 17-03-2010 10:41

 
Mein Herr Gärtner: richtig, aber den Anhalt habe ich doch nicht verstanden.
 
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posted 17-03-2010 12:50

 
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posted 17-03-2010 14:19

 
Twitter about a perverse smell enveloping resistance leader (11)

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#352903
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posted 17-03-2010 17:42

 
Why on Earth... wrote:
Mein Herr Gärtner: richtig, aber den Anhalt habe ich doch nicht verstanden

Vielen dank Herr Erde. I second that er, notion.

Chairperson in transit? (9,7)
 
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posted 18-03-2010 10:59

 
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posted 18-03-2010 11:21

 
Those against furniture remover into custody? (9)
 
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