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Jafe

00:40

rent has ever = reverent

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msh210

02:55

@Jafe yep! well found: I'd thought that that one'd last longer

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Jafe

04:16

CCCC: Storm's torn robes off New Zealand bridge (15)

oAlt

04:48

@Jafe Storstrømsbroen = stormstornrobes*. It's a Zealand bridge, since it connects Falster and Zealand, but currently they're building a new version of this bridge (with the same name, I'm assuming), hence "new Zealand bridge".

Jafe

that's right

it doesn't technically touch zealand the island but is still located in zealand the danish region

oAlt

My reading comprehension is breaking

Jafe

also impressively fast solve, i was prepared for that to need a hint or two

(probably one, since hint 1 was going to be the ø)

oAlt

Thanks. In juicifer's clue I was speculating that "Zealand" referred to the island in Denmark, so I guess I was prepared lol

CCCC: Flowing out, not going back in New Zealand capital (10)

Jafe

hehe this is welling + ton<

oAlt

04:58

@Jafe yup :)

Jafe

05:10

CCCC: Kiss refused in cab and breast covered by cute New Zealander (5,7)

i had another clue ready but couldn't break this chain, i take my turn as MC NZ very seriously

oAlt

05:43

@Jafe Ta(-x)i + kawai(tit)i = Taika Waititi, New Zealander filmmaker

Jafe

correct

oAlt

CCCC: I wander around with New Zealander (5)

@Jafe same lol

msh210

06:17

@oAlt maor I <

oAlt

@msh210 that's right

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msh210

07:23

CCCC: New Zealander (and not the one said to wander) replacing success with failure (5,8)

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oAlt

10:42

might be an anagram of "not the one said" with S becoming an F

though looking back I don't know if S = success is common after all

msh210

"not the one fed"?

Dannyu NDos

Error: Success!

oAlt

Sphinx

11:40

Q: Catch the flag!

On a small island somewhere in Europe, a battle is fought in the middle of World War II. Two armies, blue and red, have strategically positioned their troops against each other. For convenience, the battlefield has been divided into squares. All squares are assigned a number starting from 0 in ...