Contact

RENTRE

Gareth McCaughan

hmm, an actual French-but-not-English word. Well, all's fair in Contact clues :-).

9:28 PM

Unless it's math, and Rubio's defending

It's about as much of an English word as BILDUNGSROMAN.

actually I should have gotten that one

I wasn't paying attention though

Defending C

*debates "..." clues*

1: ...

1': ...

6: ...

2: saturation explosions

9:30 PM

20: ...

c 1*

c literally all of those

>: ...

ellipses: contact, contract, carbon

ok you can stop now

c >

9:30 PM

1: CONTACT is correct.

85: Harmonious pop singer

20 might be copper

1': CONTRACT is correct.

> comparison?

7: °...

9:31 PM

oh no make it stop

20: COPPER is incorrect.

7 celsius?

7 correct

7': length in normal people units

6: CARBON is correct.

9:32 PM

c 7'

7' centimeter?

yes

^: ...

^ caret

blah blah spelled centimetre here blah

3: preservative

@JohnDvorak yes

9:33 PM

3 condom

73: PPCG's stuffed tiger

@JohnDvorak 3 no

c73

numbers, please

73 calvin?

*helka

1234: ...

9:34 PM

73: yes

1234 consecutive?

c1234

1234 no

3 conservant

@JohnDvorak 3 no

9:34 PM

no pings please, use numbers

4: original recipe of a famous soda had this

Should we clear some stars?

4 coke

contact 4

4 cocaine

9:35 PM

...close I guess?

there you go

@cairdcoinheringaahing No. Everything on there needs to be as far as I can tell.

4 yes

@Mithrandir 73 doesn't

Neither does 7'

edit 2: saturation bombing

2 carpet

9:36 PM

yes

You can always point out specific ones that need to be cleared.

explosions makes it sound chemical, bombing is too obvious

I'll have to work on that one

63: You're mad if you ski it

@Mithrandir Yeah, it seemed like there were more old clues than I thought

5: ... of Tawnos

pass 1234

9:37 PM

oh did you already guess consecutive?

erm

I did

CLUE?

...

1234 dies, was count

What was it?

@micsthepick ...

...

9:37 PM

phew

6: [ HeatDetector ]

3 conservative?

3 no

edit 3: kind of preservative

6 charcoal?

5 needs stars

9:38 PM

1: Sumerian script

6 no

c1

1 cuniform

*cuneiform

6 comment ... moderation bot?

1: CUNEIFORM is correct.

9:39 PM

100, 50, 40. _____ Sakura: _____ _____ (2016 or 2018)

@JohnDvorak 6 was comments

7: mineral in limestone

7 calcium

not quite

looking for the mineral

7 calcite?

7 yes

9:41 PM

2: Torturous Harry Potter

20 might be calcium while we're at it

20: CALCIUM is correct.

c 50,40

2 crucio

52: A Swiss Downgoat

9:41 PM

pass 50

2: CRUCIO is correct.

CHERRY?

... oh

50 is CLEAR

Actually I don't know what 40 is now that I think about it

9:42 PM

40 cherry, then?

(If it helps, 100 is the easier one)

40 is not cherry

I assume uncontact for 40?

Contact 100

yeah

pass 100

9:43 PM

CHINESE? Bit of a stretch though

100 was CARDCAPTOR

ffao

bah

why would you kill that before I get here

4: ~~road~~

So close :P

52 capricorn?

9:44 PM

52 No

4 crossroad

4: CROSSROAD is correct.

4'' ~~word~~

4': Why?

I'm going AFK for about 10 minutes, ping me if I need to check a guess.

9:45 PM

4' chicken

4'' crossword

4': CHICKEN is correct.

4'' correct

> is contacted, BTW.

pass >

@quartata?

9:47 PM

CLUE

...>: CLUE is incorrect.

colon?

well...

COLON would have been correct, yes

8: 2D esolang

9:48 PM

Contact 8

8 cubenet? cubical?

no, more well known than that

^: ...

1: The actual Man in the Moon

^ caret again? colon?

9:49 PM

oh

yes caret again

70. With 40, wallet item for San Fran transportation

40 card

40 is indeed card

20: a lie.

70 commute?

20 cake

9:50 PM

70 is not commute

20 correct

edit 3 once more: acidic preservative

3 citric acid?

yes

Has anyone contacted any of my 3?

9:51 PM

sigh time to pull out the LotR clues

I've already pulled out the winning clue but Sp isn't paying attention

11: Galadriel's spouse

If it's the Tawnos one, I don't actually recognise it sorry :(

types "pass "

2: The last elf

9:52 PM

No, 8 (not on the starboard)

also c70

since I suppose I wasn't paying attention either

ಠ_ಠ I know the LoTR clues, but can't remember the answers

pass 70

clipper?

8 seems like too many options, but I guess I can think of at least one

as in clipper card

9:53 PM

70 is indeed CLIPPER

Defending C A

8 lives

nice

like I said, the obvious one

2 dies; CIRDAN

9:53 PM

5 also lives

11 dies; CELEBORN

19: able to dance??

@cairdcoinheringaahing is 52 still alive?

1 dies; CRATERS

52 dies: CHEESE/CHEDDAR (would've accepted either)

9:54 PM

why downgoat?

63 dies: COULOIR

because cheddar

(if you say "the obvious one" then I feel like I've got the wrong one in mind... oh boy it's been a while)

@JohnDvorak He made a language called Cheddar

19 cancan?

9:55 PM

1: Riker

@Sp3000 well what starts with CA

19 correct

c1

Contact 1

ffao

I did live in the bay area for a bit but never had a clipper card

9:55 PM

1 can

85 still lives

(don't forget starz people please)

any chance 85 is Cascada?

2: Not the USA

63: Kirk and Picard

9:56 PM

2 canada

63 captain

85: No

2: CANADA is correct.

63: Yes

pass 1

3: Gypsy's home

9:56 PM

CALIFORNIA

oh

it made sense in my head stop silently judging me

1: CALIFORNIA is incorrect. @caird?

3 caravan?

3: CARAVAN is correct.

@Mithrandir Why am I being pinged?

because you contacted the clue

9:58 PM

you contacted 1

3 mins ago, by caird coinheringaahing

Contact 1

1 has been passed, your guess?

Oh right, sorry. 1: CAT

1: CAT is correct.

is it?

9:59 PM

he wasn't even a cat for half of christmas

Defending C A B

I missed that he ever was

He was a cat a long time ago, back when he was Easterly Irk as well.

(My guess for 8 would have been Cardinal)