New answers tagged cryptic-clues
6
Theme is:
ORDER OF CLUES
NOTES:
COMMENT:
4 Stood out like a sore thumb,, and gave a big clue as to the theme. The rest were solved via the enumeration, and reverse parsing.
12
Let's break it down into smaller chunks:
Little work
left;
a French female
is propitious
2
Partial answer - one section solved, one mostly solved
Bottom Right
Bottom Left
Thoughts on other sections:
5
These
because these are
Women's magazine on hold, losing design chief after having first child (4,4)
Uncle's unstable thug minion to go about Conakry rioting (7,1'1,5,4,3)
Grandpa explained, "The Navy's discharging leaders by duplicity, left empty but keeping a thick skin" (5,4)
Berry concoction with mixed reaction from grandma (4,3,4,8)
...
3
They are all
Why only seven
Answers
Thanks to Stiv for explanation of #5
4
Axial
Around the rings
Figuring out the desired order for rings
The finished grid
Feedback
7
1 Cousin's park for tigers has need after volatile countries' embargo of llama tails (11,6,2,7)
2 Hesitation in a letter from Greece a clue for granddad (6)
3 Mom's mom is rising (4)
4 Criminal rings broadcast untruth about uncle (6)
5 Brother will be in the house in 24 hours (7)
6 Sister solves density differential equations linearly, ...
6
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I’m stuck on
I was godless yet I warred with God.
Some say I killed my brother,
Inside he bled a lot.
Generally I had a tough reputation.
Yet to modern ears I can sound quite sweet!
3
I pretty sure the answer is
I was godless yet I warred with God.
Some say I killed my brother;
inside he bled a lot.
In general I had a bad reputation
yet to modern ears I can sound quite sweet!
4
I'll bite and write the naive answer which is probably wrong and intended as a distraction from the real one...
I was godless yet I warred with God
In general I had a bad reputation
to modern ears I can sound quite sweet
7
Alright, think I've got them all, although still not certain on #3.
1. Brother's happy mate did a flip? (3)
2. Grandpa used to own a pier (7)
3. Nephew's metal infiltrates dormant party (7)
4. Auntie's unconstrained furniture style (4)
5. Dad feels one more audible will open middle for third-down run (8)
6. Mom lifting melon, removing rind (4)
7. ...
8
ANSWER
They're all
Mom and me losing footing in place where we might be caught up? (7)
Nephew to remove foot from body an hour in advance (7)
Dual transformation fixing initial vectors, derived sister (5)
Abuelita phones shut-in cousin (6)
Aunt Georgia pursuing criminal (5)
Uncle Bill uncovering flaw (5)
Daughter appears in Cuba Gooding's fifth, third ...
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