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Saturday, November 8, 2008

Nuvver crossword

This one's harder, but you'll probably finish it in a blink, just like the last one.

Clues:
ACROSS:
1. Dull, lacking colour.(4)
3. Seafaring thief.(6)
6. Dismal.(4)
9. River and national park in Kenya.(4)
10. Pull this when telling tall tales.(3,5,3)
13. Ubiquitous trouser press.(5)
16. For geeks: .(4)
18. --- Wallach, Ugly from "The Good, the bad and the Ugly".(3)
19. Andrew Lloyd's partner.(3)
20. We say "Less" when we should say "-----",(5)
21. An easy one, to begin.(5)
23. Me? no.(3)
24. Puts back to default settings.(6)
27. Cup-holders, rarely used unless to give tea to a dog.(7)
30. Unwell.(3)
31. Employ.(3)
32. Possibly one time too many.(3,5)
35. Like this clue.(6)
37. Agreement from an individual.(6)
39. Cruel.(8)
42. For geeks: invert the following logic.(3)
43. Large, flightless bird. Not you, lynny.(3)
44. Required for endurance sports, and for compiling crosswords.(7)
45. Concocted, as in beer.(6)
47. Ancient hill. Lots of these in New Mills.(3)
48. Three of these made a terrible racket then went back to opera.(3)
49. Language of Iran.(5)
51. Trick.(3)
52. Become 30 across.(3)
54. Female dancer.(3)
56. Can be past, present, future or nervous.(5)
58. Blues legend, aka McKinley Morganfield.(5,6)
61. Corrosion.(4)
62. ---- to self: write better clues.(4)
63. Can be flat, toe-clip or SPuD.(6)
64. In a short while.(4)

DOWN:
1. Paint in a slapdash fashion.(4)
2. Can be salted, hot, or "I can't believe it's not".(6)
3. Grounds.(8)
4. Irish indy rock band.(3)
5. Listening device.(3)
7. Eye discharge.(5)
8. The seat of consciousness.(4)
9. Medieval weapon.(4)
11. Not from heaven.(7)
12. "Tarka curry, it's like chicken but it's -----" - my favourite joke.(5)
14. Zombies do this repeatedly.(6,2,3)
15. Variety of Tree.(3)
17. They can be wild, chosen or bit-of-a.(4)
22. "A dark and hungry God ------", Stephen Donaldson novel.(6)
23. Young people.(6)
25. When we'll be there. Abbreviation.(3)
26. Test.(11)
28. Slang word for power or influence.(5)
29. Can be King, dirty or shithouse.(3)
33. Pole.(5)
34. Make sterile.(6)
36. Ringed planet.(6)
38. Ingest.(3)
40. Female pronoun.(3)
44. Ah, the sound of these on a frosty winters morning. I miss it.(7)
45. Borrow, colloquial.(4)
46. Ate.(5)
49. Thermal containers.(6)
50. To compost.(3)
51. Tailed celestial body.(5)
53. Flammable moss.(4)
55. Norse god.(4)
57. Deserve, as in respect.(4)
59. Can be lucky, sheep or salsa.(3)
60. Stash of money, colloquial.(3)

1 comment:

  1. ACROSS :

    3 - PIRATE
    9 - MARA
    10 - THE OTHER LEG
    23 - MOI
    27 - SAUCER
    30 - ILL
    43 - EMY
    45 - BREWED
    52 - ILL
    56 - TENSE
    61 - RUST
    62 - NOTE
    63 - PEDDLE

    DOWN :

    2 - BUTTER
    5 - EAR
    7 - TEARS
    36 - SATURN
    33 - STICK
    55 - THOR
    51 - COMET


    THAT WAS FUN ... BYEEE

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