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by Bob De Caux » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:28 am
Jon Corby wrote:
FAG CODE.
Ah, Dogface! That'll be Sophie Reade then (I really shouldn't know this
) One to follow.
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by Jon Corby » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:48 am
Bob De Caux wrote: Jon Corby wrote:
FAG CODE.
Ah, Dogface! That'll be Sophie Reade then (I really shouldn't know this
) One to follow.
Correct! I didn't see, but I'll assume you were first since Marc's post showing the correct answer has been edited after yours.
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by Marc Meakin » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:53 am
Jon Corby wrote: Bob De Caux wrote: Jon Corby wrote:
FAG CODE.
Ah, Dogface! That'll be Sophie Reade then (I really shouldn't know this
) One to follow.
Correct! I didn't see, but I'll assume you were first since Marc's post showing the correct answer has been edited after yours.
I edited mine because I thought DOGFACE was a seperate anagram so I put Sophie Reade? Before I read your post properly
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by Derek Hazell » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:57 am
To be fair, even I got the answer after that last clue*, having never even watched Big Brother , and was just typing it in a fancy way when Marc's popped up.
*but then I do have a dog face.
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by Jon Corby » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:58 am
Marc Meakin wrote: I edited mine because I thought DOGFACE was a seperate anagram so I put Sophie Reade? Before I read your post properly
Ah, okay. Well the answer to yours is SAWBAN DAM.
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by Derek Hazell » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:59 am
Jon Corby wrote: Marc Meakin wrote: I edited mine because I thought DOGFACE was a seperate anagram so I put Sophie Reade? Before I read your post properly
Ah, okay. Well the answer to yours is SAWBAN DAM.
Not SAWDAN DAM then?
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by Jon Corby » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:11 am
Derek Hazell wrote: Jon Corby wrote: Marc Meakin wrote: I edited mine because I thought DOGFACE was a seperate anagram so I put Sophie Reade? Before I read your post properly
Ah, okay. Well the answer to yours is SAWBAN DAM.
Not SAWDAN DAM then?
No.
Next one:
CARAMEL CENTRE
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by Marc Meakin » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:55 am
Carmen Electra
Here's mine: ATTACK HARELIP RIG
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by Derek Hazell » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:32 am
Marc Meakin wrote: Here's mine: ATTACK HARELIP RIG
kloop lees
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by Sue Sanders » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:55 am
Derek Hazell wrote: Marc Meakin wrote: Here's mine: ATTACK HARELIP RIG
kloop lees
a kneesy one
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by Marc Meakin » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:24 pm
Derek Hazell wrote: Marc Meakin wrote: Here's mine: ATTACK HARELIP RIG
kloop lees
Big clue from the last solved name
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by Derek Hazell » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:30 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Derek Hazell wrote: Marc Meakin wrote: Here's mine: ATTACK HARELIP RIG
kloop lees
Big clue from the last solved name
Ohh very clever! Carmen Electra's real name "Tara Leigh Patrick"
Here's mine: I HAD PISS PRANK HO
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by James Robinson » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:58 pm
Derek Hazell wrote: Here's mine: I HAD PISS PRANK HO
That would be the comedienne SHAPPI KHORSANDI.
Here's a tricky little one: I SEND A BANGER BRA WA
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by Alec Rivers » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:30 pm
James Robinson wrote: Here's a tricky little one: I SEND A BANGER BRA WA
I dunno, but WANDERING ARAB BASE is a pretty cool anagram of it.
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by James Robinson » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:38 pm
Alec Rivers wrote: James Robinson wrote: Here's a tricky little one: I SEND A BANGER BRA WA
I dunno, but WANDERING ARAB BASE is a pretty cool anagram of it.
That's quite good, Alec. I can find the anagrams easy, but I can't make the anagrams difficult.
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by James Robinson » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:05 am
James Robinson wrote: Here's a tricky little one: I SEND A BANGER BRA WA
Well, it's been over a week and still no-one's got it.
Better give you a clue.
It featured on
Pointless under the category
Capital Cities Beginning With "B" and received 0 points, in other words a
Pointless answer.
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by Bob De Caux » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:25 am
Ah, capital cities! Well I can do those.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Give me a few mins to come up with a new one
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by Sue Sanders » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:28 am
Bugger you, Bob - I'd got that, but was working on mine first!
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by Bob De Caux » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:41 am
Sorry Sue! Anyway:
DRIVE POTENTIAL CON
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by Sue Sanders » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:46 am
Bob De Caux wrote: Sorry Sue! Anyway:
DRIVE POTENTIAL CON
I hope this isn't a footballer!
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by Sue Sanders » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:02 am
Victoria PENDLETON
Weeeeeeee!
Right, here's one I prepared earlier
HAVE THEM FROGS RAM ARSE
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by Marc Meakin » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:23 am
Sue Sanders wrote: Victoria PENDLETON
Weeeeeeee!
Right, here's one I prepared earlier
HAVE THEM FROGS RAM ARSE
At last I have solved it.
It is Margrave of the marshes.
Very apPEELing.
A NAKED SOAKING
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by Sue Sanders » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:12 am
Ker - ching!!!!
I'd just logged on to provide a clue -so well done for the clueless solve.
(The title of John Peel's biography/autobiography if anyone's wondering)
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by Marc Meakin » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:15 pm
Sue Sanders wrote: Ker - ching!!!!
I'd just logged on to provide a clue -so well done for the clueless solve.
(The title of John Peel's biography/autobiography if anyone's wondering)
A very good read as I remember.
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by Marc Meakin » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:19 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sue Sanders wrote: Victoria PENDLETON
Weeeeeeee!
Right, here's one I prepared earlier
HAVE THEM FROGS RAM ARSE
At last I have solved it.
It is Margrave of the marshes.
Very apPEELing.
A NAKED SOAKING
I have been wrestling with my conscience about revealing the answer.
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by James Robinson » Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:35 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Marc Meakin wrote: Sue Sanders wrote: Victoria PENDLETON
Weeeeeeee!
Right, here's one I prepared earlier
HAVE THEM FROGS RAM ARSE
At last I have solved it.
It is Margrave of the marshes.
Very apPEELing.
A NAKED SOAKING
I have been wrestling with my conscience about revealing the answer.
KENDO NAGASAKI
I've got one.
A KHAKI AIMS BUOY
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by James Robinson » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:09 am
James Robinson wrote: A KHAKI AIMS BUOY
Well, it's been a week, so I'd better give you a clue.
Fleetwood Mac's Chain might help you with the answer.
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by Marc Meakin » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:20 am
Kamui Kobayashi the not so famous, Japanese formula 1 driver.
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by Dinos Sfyris » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:53 pm
In the absence of a new puzzle I'll set one:
I CAN BLIND A WIZE GIT
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by Derek Hazell » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:55 pm
Dinos Sfyris wrote: I CAN BLIND A WIZE GIT
He's already got
no teeth - cut him some slack!
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by Marc Meakin » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:06 pm
Dinos Sfyris wrote: In the absence of a new puzzle I'll set one:
I CAN BLIND A WIZE GIT
Saw the movie last night Law Abiding Citizen.
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by James Robinson » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:13 pm
Since it's been over an hour, I'll start the next one off.
Y BE GONE GLAZER
I'm currently watching his most famous film, or will be when I get back.
It shouldn't take you lot too long.
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by Marc Meakin » Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:23 pm
James Robinson wrote: Since it's been over an hour, I'll start the next one off.
Y BE GONE GLAZER
I'm currently watching his most famous film, or will be when I get back.
It shouldn't take you lot too long.
George Lazenby (worst Bond ever)
Snaffle Bro Jet
(already gave you a clue)
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by Matt Bayfield » Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:17 pm
Is it Jeff Albertson , recurring character in The Simpsons?
If so, then your next scramble is MAKING LIPS LIE .
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by Marc Meakin » Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:01 pm
Matt Bayfield wrote: Is it Jeff Albertson , recurring character in The Simpsons?
If so, then your next scramble is MAKING LIPS LIE .
I see my comic book guy reference worked then.
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by Matt Bayfield » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:52 pm
Since no-one has offered an answer, a clue:
MAKING LIPS LIE unscrambles to give the name of a famous Irishman.
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by Marc Meakin » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:11 pm
Matt Bayfield wrote: Since no-one has offered an answer, a clue:
MAKING LIPS LIE unscrambles to give the name of a famous Irishman.
Spike Milligan (although I think he became an Aussie before he died)
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by Matt Bayfield » Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:22 pm
Spike Milligan is correct, Marc, not that you really needed me to confirm that.
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by Marc Meakin » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:47 pm
Here's one: Won half the New World's glory
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by Liam Tiernan » Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:10 am
Marc Meakin wrote: Matt Bayfield wrote: Since no-one has offered an answer, a clue:
MAKING LIPS LIE unscrambles to give the name of a famous Irishman.
Spike Milligan (although I think he became an Aussie before he died)
I'm pretty sure Milligan was English, of Irish descent. (what we used to call a "plastic Paddy")
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by Matt Bayfield » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:10 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Here's one: Won half the New World's glory
This anagram has been sitting on my jotter for a week, and suddenly it's occurred to me:
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW .
New puzzle:
KNIT HALF AN REAR . (Yes, I know the scramble makes no grammatical sense...)
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by Alec Rivers » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:44 pm
Matt Bayfield wrote: New puzzle: KNIT HALF AN REAR . (Yes, I know the scramble makes no grammatical sense...)
ARETHA FRANKLIN
Next one:
DECONTAMINATION ERASES DONS
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by Alec Rivers » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:00 am
Time to bump this, methinks. Clue: Footballer.
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by Matt Bayfield » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:42 am
Ah, in that case that'll be the famous erectile dysfunction sufferer Edison Arantes do Nascimento . I'd never have solved that without the clue; there were just too many letters to unscramble.
I'll think up a new scramble, and post it here later...
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by Jon Corby » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:39 am
Matt Bayfield wrote: Ah, in that case that'll be the famous erectile dysfunction sufferer Edison Arantes do Nascimento . I'd never have solved that without the clue; there were just too many letters to unscramble.
I'll think up a new scramble, and post it here later...
I'll steal the point by correcting it to Edson, not Edison
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by D Eadie » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:19 am
Refusing Oral Sex
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by James Robinson » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:26 am
D Eadie wrote: Refusing Oral Sex
That's a fantastic one, Damian.
I believe that's
SIR ALEX FERGUSON
My turn:
CREATES YIN PARK
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by Matt Bayfield » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:33 am
It's spelled Edison on Pele's wikipedia page, although I can't be arsed to argue whether that's the official spelling or not.
Being the sporting statto and wordsmith that I am, I managed without a solver to figure out the scramble was Pele's full name (not many footballers have got names of 25 letters), although I did have to google "Pele" to find out exactly what his first names were.
Looks like James has set a new scramble so I'll leave off setting a new one for now.
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by Jon Corby » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:40 am
Oh. It says his birth certificate says Edison but he prefers to use Edson.
Wait, no he doesn't, the lying bastard, he calls himself Pele.
(Edit to add that I really should have checked before attempting the correction, but I was positive I've only ever seen Edson
)
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by James Robinson » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:44 am
James Robinson wrote: My turn: CREATES YIN PARK
Time to give a clue, I think.
He wears 27 for Huddersfield Town. Although, in fairness, not can name 1 player who plays for my brilliant football team, so I'll give 2 bonus clues.
His first name sounds like a religion and his surname is the same as that of the England Under-21 manager.
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by Marc Meakin » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:32 am
James Robinson wrote: James Robinson wrote: My turn: CREATES YIN PARK
Time to give a clue, I think.
He wears 27 for Huddersfield Town. Although, in fairness, not can name 1 player who plays for my brilliant football team, so I'll give 2 bonus clues.
His first name sounds like a religion and his surname is the same as that of the England Under-21 manager.
So it must be Krystian Pearce.
Will think of a new one soon.
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by Marc Meakin » Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:39 am
The next one is STUFFED CHILD WONDER.
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by Matt Bayfield » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:53 pm
STUFFED CHILD WONDER will be HUDDERSFIELD TOWN F.C. , then...
Next one: HARD FATT TONGUE
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by Matt Bayfield » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:45 pm
Time for a clue, I think.
The unscramble of HARD FATT TONGUE is the name of a series, the editions of which have sold a total of over 120 million units, according to wikipedia.
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by Marc Meakin » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:56 pm
Matt Bayfield wrote: Time for a clue, I think.
The unscramble of HARD FATT TONGUE is the name of a series, the editions of which have sold a total of over 120 million units, according to wikipedia.
GRAND THEFT AUTO
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by Matt Morrison » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:00 pm
I don't play this game really but as Marc hasn't provided another, this is a great one I heard today:
SHY HOMO BE TIGHT
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by Lesley Hines » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:12 pm
Matt Morrison wrote: I don't play this game really but as Marc hasn't provided another, this is a great one I heard today:
SHY HOMO BE TIGHT
The Mighty Boosh!
Hmmm - one to follow
Edit: got one
ADMIRABLY RISKY CUD
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by Sue Sanders » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:14 am
Is it...TIM MINCHIN?
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by Lesley Hines » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:31 am
^ Hubba hubba hubba cimping...
That's MIMIC NINTH. No, wait...
Where's my bloody answer then?!?
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