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TOPIC: Friday Cryptic Crossword Game
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ICQ#: 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 11-02-2010 14:27

 
Hofzinser wrote:
I'm a bit slow off the mark here, but did anyone else catch Brendan's anti-war themed puzzle in yesterday's Guardian? Not a hugely tricky solve, but absolutely terrific stuff, I thought, with some really pleasing clues.

I was going to mention it, but forgot. I've never seen an angry, committed, political cryptic crossword before. Amazing stuff. I half feel I want to frame it or something.
 
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ICQ#: 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 11-02-2010 14:40

 
Bit tentative, but:

Result of overdosing: draw back from those that break (7)
 
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ICQ#: ABR, ABE Gender: Male graduate Bat Out of Hell Location: London Birthday: 11/03
posted 11-02-2010 14:57

 

I was going to mention it, but forgot. I've never seen an angry, committed, political cryptic crossword before. Amazing stuff. I half feel I want to frame it or something.

Yeah, if any crossword is worth framing it's this one. It really rewards going back and re-examining after completion. I find that when doing a crossword it's very easy to get into the cryptic mindset and sometimes I barely even notice the surface readings so accustomed am I to looking out for the cryptic indicators and so on. It was only on second glance that I realised just how angry, elegant and ingenious it was.
 
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ICQ#: Walton and Hersham, Cambridge United, Arsenal Gender: Male David Mitchell Apple, raisin and cinnamon cookie 'The Prodigal God', Tim Keller John 10:10 Prefab Sprout Location: Cambridge Birthday: 01/03
posted 11-02-2010 15:14

 
Correct solution, WoE.

'Hearts' of the preceding words are R + DO + S + I. 'Coverage' by OVEN + G.
 
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#341586
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ICQ#: 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 11-02-2010 15:54

 
Cool!

_ _ _ F _ _ _
 
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ICQ#: 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 11-02-2010 18:42

 
S _ _ F _ _ _
 
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posted 11-02-2010 19:35

 
Digesting Surfeit of lampreys without pair, Yum! Easy!

(10)
 
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posted 11-02-2010 23:58

 
Effortless stirring with hot oil, taking off body armour. (13)
 
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posted 12-02-2010 00:16

 
Tortoiseshell, say, with force of chaotic tornado.

(9, 6)
 
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#341924
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posted 12-02-2010 12:38

 
Hint please.
 
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posted 12-02-2010 13:09

 
Seconded.
 
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ICQ#: Walton and Hersham, Cambridge United, Arsenal Gender: Male David Mitchell Apple, raisin and cinnamon cookie 'The Prodigal God', Tim Keller John 10:10 Prefab Sprout Location: Cambridge Birthday: 01/03
posted 12-02-2010 15:17

 
Got it last night, but no time/inspiration/soundness of body for a follow-up so please play through.

On nef's behalf, may I...?

_ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ C _
 
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posted 12-02-2010 15:37

 
Ah, now, I of all of us should have got that. Though I don't quite follow the logic of the clue.
 
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ICQ#: 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 12-02-2010 15:42

 
Try, immensely ineptly, to create a kind of butterfly effect? (4,8)
 
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posted 12-02-2010 15:54

 
Fluid, or damp line symmetry? (10)
 
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ICQ#: 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 12-02-2010 16:22

 
As a shrewd politician, I discarded palindrome teens set (5,9)
 
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posted 12-02-2010 16:57

 
I think the answer might be an anagram of Salmon repented...
 
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posted 12-02-2010 17:02

 
Raise yor glasses about Peter Mandelson for supporting the yards. (7)
 
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#342051
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ICQ#: 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 12-02-2010 17:05

 
Yor? Deliberate?
 
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ICQ#: 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 12-02-2010 19:26

 
Naval officer, Quiet Man and Fashionable Man aft of topmast (10)
 
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