Contact - 2017-05-02 (page 3 of 5)

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4:00 PM

yeah I don't know many constellations, I figured if it was the name of one it'd be a lost cause fo rme

Gareth McCaughan

5 is gone (was Força Barça)

Ohh 3

Gareth McCaughan

@GentlePurpleRain haven't read any of that series

Dang I just realized the name as you gave it away XD

2: Rumage

4:00 PM

1 dies FORTIFICATION

2: It's not FORAGE

Contact 2

GentlePurpleRain

@GarethMcCaughan I'm surprised. Have you read any Madeleine L'Engle?

yep

Gareth McCaughan

@GentlePurpleRain nope (and I don't know of anything else she wrote)

5. opening

4:01 PM

1: Porous

I think contact 1/5

GentlePurpleRain

3: The Sphinx's Lair and others

contact 5

Gareth McCaughan

contact 3 @GentlePurpleRain

pass 3

Gareth McCaughan

4:02 PM

oh, really??

5 it's not FORAY

GentlePurpleRain

3: FORA

3: ✔✔

1 was foraminous

GentlePurpleRain

...of course...

Gareth McCaughan

4:03 PM

5 was FORAMEN though it occurred to me only after posting it that it might have been better to make a clue for FORAMINIFERA first.

and yes, 1 and 5 are related

GentlePurpleRain

Are people up for another game?

If someone else wants to defend, I'm down with that.

Gareth McCaughan

I am but may be intermittent and temporary :-)

Roll call: Who is up for a game?

0/

i'm out in ten

GentlePurpleRain

4:05 PM

\o

Gareth McCaughan

o/ with caveats above

Me

on a call now so I can only attack, and only with half a brain :)

Gareth McCaughan

(half of Rubio's brain is still plenty for most purposes)

Can I defend?

GentlePurpleRain

4:05 PM

Go for it, Sid.

Right:

Sid defending: X

1: copy

GentlePurpleRain

6: Like Donald Trump

2: Racist in a way

GentlePurpleRain

contact 1

4:06 PM

ha! contact 6

contact 2, 6

6. Not xenophobic

GentlePurpleRain

contact 2

3: Instrument

GentlePurpleRain

6: correct

Gareth McCaughan

4:06 PM

4. Colonnade

and 2 for that matter.

contact 2

yes

contact 3

3. Not XYLOPHONE

4:06 PM

contact 1

yep

7: Wood sugar

I think: Not 1. XEROX.

1: ✔

Gareth McCaughan

contact 7 @Rubio wood sugar

4:07 PM

I'm off now see you all later

Cya

Gareth McCaughan

bye @BeastlyGerbil

7. Not XYLOSE?

cya bg

7: ✔

GentlePurpleRain

There's a 2 up above, but it won't let me star it.

4:07 PM

2 was solved.

Gareth McCaughan

so it was

GentlePurpleRain

I don't see it solved anywhere above.

i do

2: Sugar

Gareth McCaughan

"and 2 for that matter" -- Sid

4:08 PM

contact 2

GentlePurpleRain

ah.

2. Not (still) XYLOSE?

GentlePurpleRain

3: Thickener

1: Ebbem and flowem??

6: Letter

Gareth McCaughan

4:09 PM

3. Last letter in typesetting system

1. Not XYLEM.

2 no

6. Not X.

1: ✔

no 6

4:09 PM

22: president

Gareth McCaughan

contact 22 @LeakyNun president

3. not X?

contact 3

Contact 22

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid 3 is not X

4:10 PM

22. still not XENOPHOBIC

@Sid no

hm. uncontact 3

Gareth McCaughan

contact 3 @GentlePurpleRain thickener

22. not XI JINPING(I think that is how it is spelled)

@Sid nice

GentlePurpleRain

4:10 PM

contact 6

your president ain't the only president

1: Crafty blade

GentlePurpleRain

contact 1

pass 2. sugar..

GentlePurpleRain

I dont' think there was contact on that one

Gareth McCaughan

4:11 PM

Rubio contacted

I think Rubio did

2 - Xylitol

Yes

Never heard of it.

In gum

4:12 PM

Sid defending: XA

it's an artificial(*) sweetener made from xylose

6 Dies

Gareth McCaughan

my 4 is dead (was XYSTUM)

wow. contact 3

Gareth McCaughan

my 3 is dead (was Xi, last letter in TeX)

4:12 PM

Mine for 6 was the same ^

GentlePurpleRain

3 stands

Gareth McCaughan

my contact on 3 stands

GentlePurpleRain

Pretty sure 1 stands

@Rubio You have a stroke there?

GentlePurpleRain

my contact on 1 stands.

4:13 PM

@n_palum hand in wrong spot. :)

Gareth McCaughan

2. Site of twice five miles of fertile ground

7: In fungicide

4: rhymes with sander

I think, 3 is: that XANTHUN gum or something similar..

xanthan

GentlePurpleRain

4:14 PM

contact 4

3: correct

XANTHAN GUM

4. not XANDER

GentlePurpleRain

There is no 5

right

Gareth McCaughan

5?

Do not try to solve clue 5. That is impossible.

Instead, try to realise the truth: there is no 5.

@leaky No, I don't drink. At least, not yet.

GentlePurpleRain

4:15 PM

Changed to 4.

Nicely played, @Gareth

Gareth McCaughan

thank you

Uhh I may be off on this one

GentlePurpleRain

3: Fear of daffodils, bumblebees, and bananas.

4: Sounds like Chlorophyll

Gareth McCaughan

4:16 PM

contact 3 @GentlePurpleRain though it's not a word I've heard before

contact 3?

Contact 3

Pass 1.

GentlePurpleRain

1: X-ACTO KNIFE

1: ✔

4:18 PM

Sid defending: XAN

Gareth McCaughan

my 2 stands and I bet all the others do too

GentlePurpleRain

3 stands

Gareth McCaughan

actually I have no idea whether 7 does

7 Does

1: gurdrug

4:19 PM

Actually. I missed 4.

Yes, pass 4.

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 @Rubio gurdrug

@Sid did anyone contact 4?

Or, I pass 4 when someone contacts..

Contact 4 I guess

Gareth McCaughan

ok, I'll guess it's something like XANTHOPHYLL

GentlePurpleRain

@Sid is that your word?

4:20 PM

As a matter of fact, it is.

GentlePurpleRain

3 was XANTHOPHOBIA (fear of the colour yellow)

Gareth McCaughan

2 was XANADU (reference to Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan")

4 is XANTHOPHYLL

@GarethMcCaughan thought so but not enough to contact

@Gareth Why do you have to provide such obscure clues every time? Have some mercy please..

4:21 PM

7 was XANTHENE

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid well, the ideal is a clue that's exactly not-obscure enough for one other attacker to get it

and that's roughly what I aim for

GentlePurpleRain

so @n_palum is defending now...

what was 1, gareth :)

Gareth McCaughan

also, y'know, there aren't that many words beginning XA

1 was Xanax, obvs

yar

GentlePurpleRain

4:22 PM

1: +++

I need to go study. Have a nice day folks..

GentlePurpleRain

bye, Sid

cya @sid

Gareth McCaughan

bye @Sid

Defending: A

GentlePurpleRain

4:24 PM

AFK for 10-15.

Gareth McCaughan

1. Siege engine

contact 1

2: Futuristic (or long ago) siege engine?

3: an approached line

Gareth McCaughan

contact 3 @LeakyNun

@GarethMcCaughan ofc you would contact ;)

4:26 PM

contact 3

4: Aarthur

1 ARTILLERY?

Gareth McCaughan

1 is not ARTILLERY

uncontact 1

1 ARQEBUS?

2 ARTILLERY?

Gareth McCaughan

1 is not ARQEBUS either though if I'd thought of the existence of those I might have avoided my 1 for fear of ambiguity :-)

4:28 PM

2: Not ARTILLERY

Gareth McCaughan

(isn't it actually spelt ARQUEBUS?)

5. Arithmetic-performing reptile?

i thought so

Wasn't too sure

contact 5

Gareth McCaughan

4:29 PM

contact 5 @BusinessCat reptile

contact 5

3 ASYMPTOTE

5 ANACONDA?

Gareth McCaughan

contact 4 @Rubio though I'm not certain I have it right

5: no

@n_palum 3: yes

4:30 PM

Pass 4 @GarethMcCaughan

I have no idea

Gareth McCaughan

I think 4 is probably AARDVARK. (I have a super-vague recollection of there being some cartoon character called Arthur the Aardvark.)

4: correct on all counts

Oh I thought about the show but the clue didn't make sense at first

Defending: A N

Gareth McCaughan

1 was ARBALEST and iz ded now

I think 5 died

4:32 PM

5 died, was ADDER

2 dies, was AT-AT

1: Python castle

1 still not ANACONDA?

nope

Gareth McCaughan

2. Metacortex employee

3. Feminine side

2 ANDERSON?

Gareth McCaughan

4:35 PM

yup, 2 was (Thomas) Anderson.

4. Furniture covering

5: They often fall in cartoons

Gareth McCaughan

contact 5 @BusinessCat

GentlePurpleRain

contact 5

contact 5

6: Some are made of snow

Oh geez

GentlePurpleRain

4:37 PM

2: Bioterror weapon

Gareth McCaughan

contact 6 @Rubio though I have a quibble

contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

contact 2 @GentlePurpleRain

Contact 2

@GarethMcCaughan Oh, pish. :)

4:38 PM

2 ANTHRAX

GentlePurpleRain

2: correct

5 ANIMATIONS?

7: A semi-metal

I believe 1 is actually also ANTHRAX

5: no

Gareth McCaughan

4:39 PM

@Rubio can you confirm or deny n_palum's latest guess at your 1?

sorry. 1 ✔

7 ANTIMONY

GentlePurpleRain

2: More than none

Gareth McCaughan

contact 2 @GentlePurpleRain more than none

7 ✔

4:40 PM

2 ANYTHING?

GentlePurpleRain

2: ✔ (I had ANY, but close enough)

6 ANIMALS?

Gareth McCaughan

1. Caesar's eulogist? Quite the reverse (7)

8: Outdated

2: Vex headless closet thing (5)

4:44 PM

1 ANTONY

Gareth McCaughan

1 is not ANTONY

contact 8 @BusinessCat outdated

contact 8

8 ANTIQUATED

very tentative contact 8

8 ✔

GentlePurpleRain

4:45 PM

I still have contact on 5

Gareth McCaughan

pretty sure I know the answer to Rubio's but can't figure out how the wordplay works...

Pass 5

Gareth McCaughan

I also have contact on 5

and I think it's ANVILS

GentlePurpleRain

ANVILS

5 is ANVILS

4:46 PM

Ahh that's fair

Defending: A N T

Gareth McCaughan

1 stands

4 stands

GentlePurpleRain

7: Hymn

Gareth McCaughan

3 was ANIMA (term from Jungian psychology, I think) and is dead

2 dies was (h-)ANGER

contact 7?

4:47 PM

contact 7

Gareth McCaughan

ah, I was wrong about 2, duh

contact 7 @GentlePurpleRain

6 is dead, right?

6 also dies, was ANGEL

8: formic acid secreting animal

Gareth McCaughan

my quibble is that snow angels are really made from the absence of snow

(hey, the outline is in fact made of snow :) )

GentlePurpleRain

4:47 PM

contact 8

contact 8

Gareth McCaughan

contact 8 @LeakyNun

GentlePurpleRain

Star 7, please

(just 1 is sufficient...) :)

contact 7 and 8

3: opposite charge

4:48 PM

Sorry was away for a sec

Gareth McCaughan

2. It's New Zealand for me

contact 2

i think :)

8 ANT?

2 ANTISYMMETRIC? :P

Gareth McCaughan

2 is not ANTISYMMETRIC

GentlePurpleRain

5: Back side

4:49 PM

Contact 2

also for 5?

I've already used my vote allowance?

GentlePurpleRain

@n_palum did you mean 3 for ANTISYMMETRIC?

@n_palum 8: right

GentlePurpleRain

5: no

4:50 PM

ANTISYMMETRIC for 2, 3, and 5 basically

contact 5

44: full form of A.M.

@n_palum not for 3

Gareth McCaughan

contact 44 @LeakyNun

contact 44

GentlePurpleRain

4:52 PM

star 5, please

contact 44

Can I mass guess for a couple

tentative contact 5, I am not entirely sure of the meaning of the word I'm thinking that will fit this clue

6: Dislike of contrary route heading yonder (9)

I think a few of these could go for a few words

Gareth McCaughan

4:52 PM

let's find out

(sorry, that was a reply to n_palum's question about mass-guessing)

contact 6 @Rubio dislike...

2/3/5 - not ANTITHETICAL, ANTITHESIS, ANTIPODE

Gareth McCaughan

we have two 4s btw

GentlePurpleRain

5: no, no, no

contact 4'

Gareth McCaughan

2 is in fact ANTIPODE (I live in the UK)

4:53 PM

@n_palum not any of those for 3

I figured it was something like that Gareth

44 ANTE MERIDIUM (spelling bit off I think)

Gareth McCaughan

spelling quite badly off :-)

Listen mister

7 ANTHEM

hehe

Gareth McCaughan

but if it isn't ANTE MERIDIEM then my contact on it is gone

4:55 PM

alright

That isn't thaaat bad

GentlePurpleRain

7: ✔

Gareth McCaughan

well, ante versus anti is a pretty important distinction

(before versus against/opposite)

Oh I just realized that, I knew that bit, meant the second half

GentlePurpleRain

2: In Flanders, not fields

Hope that's not too obscure.

Gareth McCaughan

4:56 PM

contact 2 @GentlePurpleRain

I think

GentlePurpleRain

Guess not.

maybe not hehe

Gareth McCaughan

it might be too obscure: I'm not at all sure I've got it right

7: Before the War

Gareth McCaughan

contact 7 @Rubio

4:57 PM

Do 1 or 4 have contacts

Gareth McCaughan

I don't think they do.

oh

4 contact

Gareth McCaughan

thank you! :-)

GentlePurpleRain

8: Rabbit ears

duh :)

4:58 PM

Pass 4 sure

contact 8

I'm so stumped

4 - antimacassar

Gareth McCaughan

yup

GentlePurpleRain

contact 6

4:58 PM

Ooo new one

The hell

Actually I may have heard of that before.. hm

GentlePurpleRain

New letter!

Defending: A N T H

Gareth McCaughan

(there is something called macassar oil -- made from macassar nuts? -- which was used for hair styling in years now long gone by. People put cloths on the backs of their chairs to stop them getting oily. The cloths were called antimacassars.

)

4:59 PM

#3 is gone - was antiparticle

7 busts. 6 busts.

Gareth McCaughan

1 was ANTONYM ("Antony, M.") and is dead.

GentlePurpleRain

6: ANTIPATHY?

6 ✔

5: Anterior?

4:59 PM

@GarethMcCaughan I was close on that

GentlePurpleRain

5 dies. ANTERIOR

Gareth McCaughan

(also, I liked the "quite the opposite" given the famous "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him" speech in Shakespeare)

7 was antebellum, of course.

Or was I completely off?

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