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Post by willien on Jul 5, 2024 16:40:53 GMT
I kid you not. Look away now if you are still doing The Times crossword: tergiversator and the answer to another clue is the name of the language spoken in Ethiopia - which I seen to have forgotten already. So basically a synonym for politician? |
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Post by kate on Jul 5, 2024 16:46:33 GMT
I kid you not. Look away now if you are still doing The Times crossword: tergiversator and the answer to another clue is the name of the language spoken in Ethiopia - which I seen to have forgotten already. So basically a synonym for politician? He who speaks with forked tongue. |
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Post by peterob on Jul 5, 2024 18:47:58 GMT
I kid you not. Look away now if you are still doing The Times crossword: tergiversator and the answer to another clue is the name of the language spoken in Ethiopia - which I seen to have forgotten already. So basically a synonym for politician? you looked it up. |
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Post by kate on Jul 5, 2024 18:50:22 GMT
I kid you not. Look away now if you are still doing The Times crossword: tergiversator and the answer to another clue is the name of the language spoken in Ethiopia - which I seen to have forgotten already. It was a pig of a crossword! |
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Post by willien on Jul 5, 2024 18:51:29 GMT
So basically a synonym for politician? you looked it up. What were you expecting? A walking friggin' dictionary?  |
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Post by peterob on Jul 5, 2024 19:02:10 GMT
I kid you not. Look away now if you are still doing The Times crossword: tergiversator and the answer to another clue is the name of the language spoken in Ethiopia - which I seen to have forgotten already. It was a pig of a crossword! I haven't finished it yet but I'm going to have to cheat a few [more]. I like the online version that allows you to check the answer. i guessed 7 down given the other letters but what it has to do with the clue beyond the first word I don't know. |
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Post by willien on Jul 5, 2024 19:04:06 GMT
It was a pig of a crossword! I haven't finished it yet but I'm going to have to cheat a few [more]. I like the online version that allows you to check the answer. i guessed 7 down given the other letters but what it has to do with the clue beyond the first word I don't know. If it helps I could tell you what the last word is. Sorry.
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Post by kate on Jul 5, 2024 19:27:10 GMT
It was a pig of a crossword! I haven't finished it yet but I'm going to have to cheat a few [more]. I like the online version that allows you to check the answer. i guessed 7 down given the other letters but what it has to do with the clue beyond the first word I don't know. Sumo (wrestler) and pre (before). I think (but not sure) that crowds is just indicating the pre fits inside? |
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Post by don on Jul 11, 2024 13:35:27 GMT
I do a crossword in a magazine and recently the person setting the question has changed, I’m nowhere close enough for getting on the same wavelength
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Post by willien on Jul 11, 2024 13:42:30 GMT
I do a crossword in a magazine and recently the person setting the question has changed, I’m nowhere close enough for getting on the same wavelength In the mid 70s there were 3 named setters of The Scotsman's concise crossword. With two of them I generally did quite well. With the third I generally got nowhere. I have never got anywhere withe the I's cryptic crossword. |
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Post by kate on Jul 11, 2024 20:36:12 GMT
I do a crossword in a magazine and recently the person setting the question has changed, I’m nowhere close enough for getting on the same wavelength In the mid 70s there were 3 named setters of The Scotsman's concise crossword. With two of them I generally did quite well. With the third I generally got nowhere. I have never got anywhere withe the I's cryptic crossword.
Same here - I also gave up on the National's. I'm definitely a Times wavelength crossworder, though I struggle on some answers, I still enjoy it. |
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Post by Kath on Jul 11, 2024 22:09:23 GMT
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Post by don on Jul 18, 2024 13:30:09 GMT
Thingamiser (it’s a word invented by one of my carers)
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Post by spinno on Jul 18, 2024 18:33:22 GMT
Is like an orgasmatron in Barbarella?
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Post by mick on Jul 23, 2024 7:37:51 GMT
A new word for me - TIMBREL
A tambourine type of instrument.
Mick
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