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fsharpminor
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
Top one is you, bottom one is pushpull smile.gif
fsharpminor
QUOTE(barry-clari @ Sep 11 2009, 12:23 PM) *

Top one is you, bottom one is pushpull smile.gif


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
Found on an ancient document (8)

I am lost in a cornfield (6)
Babybird2
I don't get cryptic anythings tongue.gif
barry-clari
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Sep 11 2009, 01:55 PM) *

Found on an ancient document (8)


oldnotes! biggrin.gif
controller76
Island in South Wales and partly clear, (5-5)
fsharpminor
Barry -clari !

(still two unsolved)
river
these seem more like normal clues than cryptic clues to me...?
BerkshireMum
Heavenly prank = skylark.

river, why not make up some more cryptic clues yourself?
river
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
QUOTE(controller76 @ Sep 11 2009, 02:27 PM) *

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


yay.gif meeeeeeeee! laugh.gif
fsharpminor
There's still one unsolved (cornfield).........

Queen cake (6)

Avoid Jonathan (4,5)
BerkshireMum
Have you miscounted again? Seems to me that Avoid Jonathan should be Miss Ross.
fsharpminor
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 ph34r.gif blush.gif
I think that was more of a mistype, but should have ben checked.
BerkshireMum
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! blink.gif
Babybird2
Maizie? laugh.gif

Ooooh I know the Queen cake one. Is it lizbun? laugh.gif
fsharpminor
Yes , both right ! clap.gif yay.gif
BerkshireMum
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Sep 15 2009, 02:57 PM) *

Maizie? laugh.gif

Well done, Bb2! As soon as someone gives the answer I can't understand why I couldn't think of it! biggrin.gif
fsharpminor
Flower (5)

Dots panics are very frenzied (10)

Soil all mixed up (4)

A stride , a fowl and a hairdresser (7,6)
Babybird2
Is the soil one lois? unsure.gif
Babybird2
Stephen Barber? Who is he? laugh.gif
fsharpminor
QUOTE(Babybird2 @ Sep 16 2009, 02:31 PM) *

Is the soil one lois? unsure.gif



Yes , just a simple 4 letter anagram ! smile.gif, and Stephen Barber correct too.
BerkshireMum
Could the flower one be Daisy?
fsharpminor
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
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
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 ! smile.gif


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
Think the first one is Berkshire Mum
fsharpminor
QUOTE(maggiemay @ Oct 1 2009, 02:03 PM) *

Think the first one is Berkshire Mum


Thats right clap.gif
Maizie
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Oct 1 2009, 02:00 PM) *

Does he cut it fine ? (10)

JustinTime
BerkshireMum
Ooh, thanks for doing one on me! biggrin.gif

The Endless man one is maledictis.
fsharpminor
Correct.

Now I cant work out myself what the 'dots panics' one was , but I'm sure it was a straight anagram !
DaisyChain
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! wink.gif

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! tongue.gif
fsharpminor
No , I haven't !!! There are two S's and the number of letters is right.
Well done for getting it though.
DaisyChain
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! blush.gif tongue.gif
fsharpminor
Amazingly in form , taking bends with instrument (11)
fsharpminor
Anyone got this yet ????
fsharpminor
Well, it was fsharpminor !

(anagram of 'in form' with S (bends) and Harp inside)
fsharpminor
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
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
Yep thats right Clavi biggrin.gif
fsharpminor
Formation of Lilac Cave Mob (12)
clavicembalo
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 01:03 PM) *

Formation of Lilac Cave Mob (12)


Thank you! biggrin.gif


Alternatively: It's a sin, with business qualification in instrument lacking another's open string.
Maizie
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 01:03 PM) *
Lilac Cave Mob
Presumably related to the Lavender Hill Mob?
clavicembalo
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
I tuck into cereal (6)
BerkshireMum
Maizie!!

(At last, beaten clavicembalo to it!! biggrin.gif )
fsharpminor
Sounds like dog speaking to horse, keep this for silence (12)
BerkshireMum
QUOTE(fsharpminor @ Feb 25 2010, 03:50 PM) *

Sounds like dog speaking to horse, keep this for silence (12)

Aw thanks, f#m blush.gif
clavicembalo
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