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oAlt

02:41

@oAlt oops I slept

Jafe

03:08

sleep is good

Prince North Læraðr

In the words of my friend

"Sleep is for the weak, or I sleep for a week"

bobble

@Jafe what about magical cursed sleep

oAlt

Jafe

still better than staying up all night playing with a site that lets you measure distances on the globe

bobble

@Jafe that's called dedication

Jafe

03:16

fun fact: it's a longer distance from here to perth, western australia than it is from my finnish home town to africa

i assume culturally the distance isn't as great, although who knows what those westerners are up to

oAlt

CCCC: Intoxicated, agitated, irate in bed (10)

No time for a hard one yet again

Jafe

inebriated* :)

oAlt

It's now @Jafe 's turn

Jafe

CCCC: Country man responsible for Titanic being cut in two by ocean's surface (8)

oAlt

03:36

CAMERO(O.)N @Jafe

Jafe

yep!

Prince North Læraðr

Lmao so my parents are watching the Quiet Place and I'm like

"Nope I'm good I don't like horror", and my mom's like "are you sure you don't want to watch it with us"

I still said

Jafe

the correct response is to sneak up on them during the film and be like "boo!" at the right moment

bobble

No, the correct response is to hack the TV and make it go fritz out and broadcast a ransom demand

Prince North Læraðr

Lol

Sphinx

03:57

Q: 5 days abandoned

6 days ago I was left on a deserted island. 5 days ago I had some hope so I was fine. 4 days ago I outlined SOS on the ground. 3 days ago I felt defeated and depressed. 2 days ago I got saved by a branded ship. Find the hidden word in the story.

oAlt

Thanks North for the clue idea :0

CCCC: Broadcast, for the second time, Quiet Place; coming after hesitation's overturned (6)

Prince North Læraðr

Hehe, no problem

Jafe

re< + p + lay

oAlt

@Jafe your turn once again

Jul 19 '20 at 14:02, by msh210

feels like a tennis match

Jafe

topical clue since a quiet place part 2 is in theatres now!

oAlt

04:05

darn, i actually didn't know that hahah

Jafe

CCCC: Language that's described by a bit of lyrical banjo-playing (6)

in fact its US premiere is literally today

oAlt

L. + OJBAN*

yeah i checked, very cool indeed

Jafe

back to you :)

TakingNotes

come on guys, stop hogging the CCCCs :angery:

Jafe

heheh

oAlt

04:08

heheh (2)

oAlt

05:03

oops, im actually gonna be busy for a while because of a certain event, but i have a clue idea in mind already

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

Wel then, better get to it!

Sid

Question: For n-def clues (n>=2), are connecting words(like from, to, etc) allowed or should the clue only contain the different definitions?

Deusovi

n=2, a connection is allowed. n>2 is nonstandard, but i think people who are lenient enough to allow that will allow connectors between them

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

I think both cases are ok, though I don't have much experience with cryptic clues, for example, my firsr ever working cc was a ddef and I didn't have a connector

Dec 30 '20 at 10:49, by Anonymus 25

CCCC: Google flap let medicine (6)

Oh, wait, it is not, oops

My mistake

Deusovi

it is not a double definition, nor does it follow the rules of cryptic clues

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

05:53

Does it not?

Google flap: TAB, let, def: Medicine (as in a TABLET for medicine)

Deusovi

"google flap" = TAB?

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

As in a googlet tab

2 hours later…

oAlt

07:27

@Anonymus25-ReinstateMonica I know what your intention is in saying that, but others may point out that it seems a bit like pressuring, which I believe you have been reminded here at least once before. In this case, a better phrasing would have been "Do make one if you have the time" :)

(Popping in here because of a break, not because the event is done)

Sphinx

08:13

Q: Another Round of Blended Wordtails

The Blended Wordtails drinks bar has a new selection on offer! Each day, they offer a different range of their patented Blended Wordtail drinks, every one of which has its own tagline for the confused customer. Today's menu looks like this, with every drink worth £5.00: Blended Wordtail Tagli...

word wordplay

3 hours later…

oAlt

11:09

CCCC: Normal writer real brilliant, returning with award, initially; reputation, at the start, brought about (13)

I admit this isn't the smoothest surface, but I also wanted to get it out as quickly as possible

7 hours later…

Sphinx

17:59

Q: Encrypted code with colours and letters. Can you identify the code, I have the possible key

I have a code that I can not break. It has been looked at for such a long time and I have tried to solve what might be the content or message. I recently was made aware that the alleged key for the code had been hidden in plain site in the main code. So I have removed it and separated it to try. ...