Crossword clues

Post by **TIGG** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:02 am

its not easy....

could it maybe be Grating?
grating as in raucous, strident, cacophonous and
Grating as in the item?

and:
just a wee something to get us started again while we contemplate Vision's tricksy clue

down under birds (4)

Post by **TIGG** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:45 am

Vision, another thought:

Jarring

Jar and Ring are items?

Post by **truehobbit** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:47 am

That last one sounds convincing to me, TIGG!

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:50 am

Down under birds ....

Are emus down under? And I presume down under means not in the right order if its cryptic, so ... muse, perhaps?

Jn

Post by **Alatar** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:56 am

Kiwi? There's Kiwi birds as well as fruit right?

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:00 am

Yes! New Zealanders are called 'kiwis' after the bird. Kiwi used to be a brand of shoe polish here in the US ... might still be.

Jn

Post by **TIGG** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:09 am

Jny

(I found it in a crossword and it took me nearly an hour to solve becasue I was thinking 'down' as in feathers.)

and of course Kiwi would have been equally correct as the plural of the 'Kiwi' bird is still Kiwi.

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:11 am

Was the answer emus or muse? I wasn't sure if it was cryptic or not.

Jn

Post by **TIGG** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:11 am

emus
and yes as to all the above, Kiwi bootpolish, kiwifruit, nz ers called Kiwis after the bird.

but the emu is in Australia not New Zealand.

we had the Moa

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:16 am

And now there are no moa.

(sorry, terrible pun. extinction is not funny)

Jn

Post by **vison** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 4:36 am

Excellent pun.

I think I must reveal the answer. I suspect my clue stinks.

Post by **TIGG** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:08 am

vison wrote: Excellent pun.

I think I must reveal the answer. I suspect my clue stinks.

HA!!!

suspect teh clue is TOO CLEVER for me.

but it has stayed in my tiggerty brain as a 'poser', and I don't do anagrams or puns so I was rather lost.

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:53 am

Can you give us another hint, vison, without actually telling the answer?

Jn

Post by **Aravar** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:16 pm

Jnyusa wrote:Down under birds ....

Are emus down under? And I presume down under means not in the right order if its cryptic, so ... muse, perhaps?

Jn

Down Under is an idiom for Australia, as in the Men at Work song 'I come from a land down under'.

Post by **TIGG** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:26 pm

yes... another hint Vision... another hint

because we would hate to admit defeat.

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:29 pm

Avatar wrote:Down Under is an idiom for Australia

I thought it might have a double-meaning in this case.

Jn

Post by **vison** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:59 pm

I just did.

Post by **TIGG** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:54 pm

Cacophenous items?

and a pun.

I suspect my clue stinks

IS THE second CLUE?

I shall have to give this one serious thought.

Post by **truehobbit** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:11 pm

So, something that "sounds like shit"? But what sort of item could that be?

Post by **Jnyusa** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:24 am

Bellows?

(oh wait, that's not plural. Oh well, never mind.)