fsharpminor
Sep 11 2009, 11:11 AM
Well we have a good picture thread running for forumites, and also cryptic clues.
But forumite's names can also be make into cryptic clues eg
Relative of a Major (10)
Heavenly prank (7)
Apply pressure forward and back (8)
barry-clari
Sep 11 2009, 11:23 AM
Top one is you, bottom one is pushpull
fsharpminor
Sep 11 2009, 11:27 AM
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Sep 11 2009, 12:23 PM)

Top one is you, bottom one is pushpull

Of course, surprised you didn't get all three.
They were just three quick ones to ge the thread started, please anyone add some more !
fsharpminor
Sep 11 2009, 12:55 PM
Found on an ancient document (8)
I am lost in a cornfield (6)
Babybird2
Sep 11 2009, 01:13 PM
I don't get cryptic anythings
barry-clari
Sep 11 2009, 01:15 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Sep 11 2009, 01:55 PM)

Found on an ancient document (8)
oldnotes!
controller76
Sep 11 2009, 01:27 PM
Island in South Wales and partly clear, (5-5)
fsharpminor
Sep 11 2009, 01:34 PM
Barry -clari !
(still two unsolved)
river
Sep 11 2009, 02:07 PM
these seem more like normal clues than cryptic clues to me...?
BerkshireMum
Sep 11 2009, 05:05 PM
Heavenly prank = skylark.
river, why not make up some more cryptic clues yourself?
river
Sep 11 2009, 05:05 PM
QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Sep 11 2009, 06:05 PM)

river, why not make up some more cryptic clues yourself?
because i'm useless at cryptic and wouldn't know where to start ;-) although i guess making them up must be easier than answering them...
barry-clari
Sep 11 2009, 05:07 PM
QUOTE(controller76 @ Sep 11 2009, 02:27 PM)

Island in South Wales and partly clear, (5-5)

meeeeeeeee!
fsharpminor
Sep 15 2009, 01:19 PM
There's still one unsolved (cornfield).........
Queen cake (6)
Avoid Jonathan (4,5)
BerkshireMum
Sep 15 2009, 01:38 PM
Have you miscounted again? Seems to me that Avoid Jonathan should be Miss Ross.
fsharpminor
Sep 15 2009, 01:42 PM
QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Sep 15 2009, 02:38 PM)

Have you miscounted again? Seems to me that Avoid Jonathan should be Miss Ross.
Yep Ive always been a bad counter ! But to make 5 from 4
I think that was more of a mistype, but should have ben checked.
BerkshireMum
Sep 15 2009, 01:49 PM
Aw, don't be embarrassed! It's very nice of you to make up all these clues; I really enjoy looking for each new lot. I can't think what the cornfield one is though!
Babybird2
Sep 15 2009, 01:57 PM
Maizie?

Ooooh I know the Queen cake one. Is it lizbun?
fsharpminor
Sep 15 2009, 02:08 PM
Yes , both right !
BerkshireMum
Sep 15 2009, 07:50 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Sep 15 2009, 02:57 PM)

Maizie?

Well done, Bb2! As soon as someone gives the answer I can't understand why I couldn't think of it!
fsharpminor
Sep 16 2009, 08:35 AM
Flower (5)
Dots panics are very frenzied (10)
Soil all mixed up (4)
A stride , a fowl and a hairdresser (7,6)
Babybird2
Sep 16 2009, 01:31 PM
Is the soil one lois?
Babybird2
Sep 16 2009, 01:57 PM
Stephen Barber? Who is he?
fsharpminor
Sep 16 2009, 02:03 PM
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Sep 16 2009, 02:31 PM)

Is the soil one lois?

Yes , just a simple 4 letter anagram !

, and Stephen Barber correct too.
BerkshireMum
Sep 16 2009, 10:36 PM
Could the flower one be Daisy?
fsharpminor
Sep 17 2009, 08:20 AM
QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Sep 16 2009, 11:36 PM)

Could the flower one be Daisy?
No , because I would have needed to cover 'Chain' as well.
Think Cryptic !
andante_in_c
Sep 17 2009, 08:26 AM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Sep 17 2009, 09:20 AM)

QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Sep 16 2009, 11:36 PM)

Could the flower one be Daisy?
No , because I would have needed to cover 'Chain' as well.
Think Cryptic !
river!
fsharpminor
Oct 1 2009, 01:00 PM
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Sep 17 2009, 09:26 AM)

QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Sep 17 2009, 09:20 AM)

QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Sep 16 2009, 11:36 PM)

Could the flower one be Daisy?
No , because I would have needed to cover 'Chain' as well.
Think Cryptic !
river!
Yes of course, a flower is a river !
Big horse follows doggys sound, and what to keep if silent (12)
Endless man with forthright statement is (10)
Does he cut it fine ? (10)
PS just realised no one did the 'dots panics' one
maggiemay
Oct 1 2009, 01:03 PM
Think the first one is Berkshire Mum
fsharpminor
Oct 1 2009, 01:13 PM
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Oct 1 2009, 02:03 PM)

Think the first one is Berkshire Mum
Thats right
Maizie
Oct 1 2009, 01:25 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 1 2009, 02:00 PM)

Does he cut it fine ? (10)
JustinTime
BerkshireMum
Oct 1 2009, 01:59 PM
Ooh, thanks for doing one on me!
The Endless man one is maledictis.
fsharpminor
Oct 1 2009, 02:07 PM
Correct.
Now I cant work out myself what the 'dots panics' one was , but I'm sure it was a straight anagram !
DaisyChain
Oct 1 2009, 10:06 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Sep 17 2009, 09:20 AM)

QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Sep 16 2009, 11:36 PM)

Could the flower one be Daisy?
No , because I would have needed to cover 'Chain' as well.
We do have a member called Daisy but she doesn't post very often!
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 1 2009, 03:07 PM)

Now I cant work out myself what the 'dots panics' one was , but I'm sure it was a straight anagram !
DiscoPants possibly..but you have an 's' missing if so!
fsharpminor
Oct 2 2009, 06:29 AM
No , I haven't !!! There are two S's and the number of letters is right.
Well done for getting it though.
DaisyChain
Oct 2 2009, 08:34 AM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 2 2009, 07:29 AM)

No , I haven't !!! There are two S's and the number of letters is right.
Well done for getting it though.
Oops..my mistake. Sorry!
fsharpminor
Oct 16 2009, 03:05 PM
Amazingly in form , taking bends with instrument (11)
fsharpminor
Oct 28 2009, 12:55 PM
Anyone got this yet ????
fsharpminor
Oct 30 2009, 03:35 PM
Well, it was fsharpminor !
(anagram of 'in form' with S (bends) and Harp inside)
fsharpminor
Feb 24 2010, 03:50 PM
I, a Vatican ###### - horrible (12)
Edit, oops the censor wont allow it ! but nevertheless someone may get it and work out what the offending word was . The missing word is only three letters though.
clavicembalo
Feb 24 2010, 05:21 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 24 2010, 03:50 PM)

I, a Vatican ###### - horrible (12)
Edit, oops the censor wont allow it ! but nevertheless someone may get it and work out what the offending word was . The missing word is only three letters though.
OctaviaPiano - oop's not allowed in reverse eh?
(I got this about twenty minutes ago. My computer connection then decided to play up. Having eventually rebooted, I returned to this forum only to see that the last post was by none other than OctaviaPiano! Spooky!)
fsharpminor
Feb 25 2010, 08:42 AM
Yep thats right Clavi
fsharpminor
Feb 25 2010, 01:03 PM
Formation of Lilac Cave Mob (12)
clavicembalo
Feb 25 2010, 01:11 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 01:03 PM)

Formation of Lilac Cave Mob (12)
Thank you!

Alternatively: It's a sin, with business qualification in instrument lacking another's open string.
Maizie
Feb 25 2010, 01:21 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 01:03 PM)

Lilac Cave Mob
Presumably related to the Lavender Hill Mob?
clavicembalo
Feb 25 2010, 01:41 PM
QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 25 2010, 01:21 PM)

QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 01:03 PM)

Lilac Cave Mob
Presumably related to the Lavender Hill Mob?
Yes, sporting lucky Irish heather in their lapels, their frontman mild-mannered Fingal, they came south to flog Post Office Towers fashioned from Irish gold!
fsharpminor
Feb 25 2010, 02:25 PM
I tuck into cereal (6)
BerkshireMum
Feb 25 2010, 02:27 PM
Maizie!!
(At last, beaten clavicembalo to it!!

)
fsharpminor
Feb 25 2010, 02:50 PM
Sounds like dog speaking to horse, keep this for silence (12)
BerkshireMum
Feb 25 2010, 02:52 PM
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 03:50 PM)

Sounds like dog speaking to horse, keep this for silence (12)
Aw thanks, f#m
clavicembalo
Feb 25 2010, 04:01 PM
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