Contact

Mike defending:

Q? ok then

No, not Q. I am defending ""

I see

1: The sound of one hand clapping

So it's one of the many zero-length words

PASS 1

4:16 PM

but ... nobody contacted it.

GentlePurpleRain

I guess that means you've probably guessed it.

Contact 1.

1:

Am I right?

1 ✔️ Yes that was my word. How ever did you guess it so soon

And @Rubio I've been told that I don't need to wait for a contact if I'm sure that a clue is the correct word

(I know. hehe)

(The customary response to "but nobody contacted it" is "I know." :) I'm just playing dumb. I do it well)

Since I obviously attacked successfully it's my turn to defend. so ...

Rubio devending: P

2. No joke, it's @Deusovi's least favorite opera

90. Sourcerer

90: It's not PRATCHETT, but probably isn't

90: It's also not PHP

4:27 PM

90 Nope!

hm

It's also a terrible clue, hold on

90: Sourcerer in a favourite title

welp. I suppose I should ask if the spelling is intentional then.

50% chance of yes

90: It's not POTTER. (meh)

4:35 PM

90 Nope

(10) Mammal playing dead is heard after death

(10) It's not POSTHUMOUS but I don't get where the OUS came from

Because... "POSSUM IS"

oh. gotcha

Why is nobody else here? Someone please save Rubio from my terrible clues

also, terrible clue. I love it.

4:42 PM

(7) First two ply, brown toilet wiper

(3) Nail down a proper start, for example

17. Madly scientific alternative to family therapy

currently experiencing technical difficulties sorry, please stand by

ugh. browser went completely insane.

(3) It's not PEG

(3) ✔️

I can only come up with so many bad clues at a time

4:58 PM

(7) It's not PLUMBER. that took a while. why "wiper" ?

@Rubio It's one of the job's many... duties

feelinferrety

@MikeQ booooo

(5) Right in diseased middleman

5: It's not PROXY

(5) ✔️

5:01 PM

Ha! Diseased=Poxy?

I love that

(4) Left in dog stopper

4: It's not PLUG

17: It's not PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC ?!

4 Yes 17 No

1: **2**
2: **1**
Ok, too easy :P

(8) Boxer, pug, I, I, I, I

5:07 PM

that's horrible.

I know. Say it anyway.

You should be ashamed.

Aug 9 at 2:40, by Mike Q

I'm always ashamed

lol!

8: It's not PUGILIST

I have that bookmarked

8 ✔️

5:09 PM

Can I contact 90?

sure.

PASS 90 assuming you're contacting it.

I'd say 90: Potter

35 mins ago, by Rubio

90: It's not POTTER. (meh)

And twas not the boy who lived

Didn't read up until there

It was however PHILOSOPHER, as in "Philosopher's Stone", the name for "Sorcerer's Stone" used outside the US

5:11 PM

pff, "sourcerer"

And as we all know, "outside the US" is located in the UK, and all British spellings have one more "U" than American spellings

Not a fan. :)

of the clue, not the books

" "outside the US" is located in the UK", wat lol

@ffao TIL ;)

@ffao don't you know there are only two countries on earth? the USA, and the other one

5:13 PM

"The USA, and the unimportant other one."

It's along the lines of "List the countries that use Celsius instead of Fahrenheit"

Ok I changed my location

@Rubio well, that's what I was implying, but I didn't want to outright say it :P

@Avigrail Escellent. Now if you can just revivify yourself in your proufile description, you'll be in good shape.

It's outside the US, so it would be a proufile

5:15 PM

@Deusovi important subtext deserves to not be subtext. :)

(And yes, I know that no matter how many times I make that joke, it still isn't funny)

Do people from inside the US say "S" ?

"I'm from the SA"

no - people outside the USA call it the UUSA.

(Obviously!)

So much to learn! I better stay with my 3D models and the aliens

why has @deus not contacted 2 is my question

5:18 PM

yes, I'm wondering that too

It might be a joke after all

@Avigrail that would make you someone from South Africa

Which essentially is just "not US"

(8) Broken tine in five prefix showing sorrow

contact 8

5:25 PM

15: ...

22/7: ...

contact 22/7

Someone else please make a clue

oh, don't worry, I'm making clues

Save Rubio, he's been trapped in here with me for the past hour

34: peace in jazz

5:29 PM

105: Synonym for "charge" in everyday language but not in physics

205: Synonym for "force" in everyday language but not in physics

305: Chess tactic that effectively immobilizes a piece

405: Common method of expressing an interest rate or the odds of an event

5. ...

@MikeQ better?

hey @Rubio, you there? clues are happening

8: It's not PENITENT

22/7: It's (really) not PI

@Rubio 8 and neither am I ✔️

22/7 ✔️

15: It's not PERIODS ?

contact 15 if not periods

15 No but that's definitely my caliber of dumb clue

5:32 PM

305: It's not PIN

405: It's not PERCENT

305: ✓

405: close enough ✓

5: It's not PERIODS?

5: nope

105 or 205: It's not POWER perhaps

contact 205

5:34 PM

contact 5

105 is POWER ✓ (205 is not)

106. Almost voltage

15: It's not PHOSPHORUS

contact 106

15 P ✔️

5:36 PM

contact 205

205: It's not POTENTIAL? POTENCY?

POUND? heh

none of those

mutter.

PASS 205, I'm gonna kick myself.

205: Pressure

205: PRESSURE

5:39 PM

yup

oh. derp.

verb, not noun

I hope all of my clues die

I hope 5 lives

Rubio defending: P ...er what was my word again? ... oh yeah A

5:40 PM

5 does not live :c

and it was likely POINT

indeed it was

points, surely

7: Marauder

nope

just POINT

I would not have accepted "points" from anyone

5:40 PM

2 lives
17 dies, was PICKLE
106 dies, was POTENTIAL

heh. I was going to guess POTENTIAL on 106 next, then forgot to do it

POWERPOINT, PRESSURE POINT, PINPOINT, PERCENTAGE POINT

ahhhhh.

34 still alive

Would "Voltag! (9)" be a valid &lit for POTENTIAL?

5:42 PM

I'd say no. hehe

definitely not

@MikeQ I don't understand that clue

Voltage is electric(al) potential, I think, and the non-word "Voltag" is potential (almost) the actual word "Voltage"

That would be the def, okay. Wordplay?

Ah you're right, it's not valid cryptic

5:46 PM

34: It's not PACIFIC maybe

9: Thick Skin?

9: It's not PACHYDERM

9: yep

7: It's not PATHOGEN?

7: nope

5:49 PM

7: it's not PARASITE ?!

7: nope

5. Song of praise

5': Someone who might sing 5

contact 5

5 It's not PAEAN

close enough, I guess. PAEAN

5:49 PM

er. that's what I typed.

(8) 2d6 sounds like heaven

see?

yep, looks reasonable to me

contact 8

6: Athenian Aspect?

I'm really trying to pretend 8 isn't there.

5:51 PM

(7) PhD and MD sounds like an impossibility

ugh.

contact 7

someone stop him before he puns away

err, although it's the second 7

7, 8: It's neither PARADOX nor PARADISE

5:52 PM

20. 20c (sometimes)

7, 8 ✔️✔️ You are welcome

5': eh. It's not PAGAN ? hehe

yup

that felt like a stretch.

that's because it was a stretch

5:54 PM

(8') $0.20 sounds standard

...contact 8'

oh. contact 20?

8' and 20: It's not PARADIGMS.

thanks mike

you blew that for Deus. alas.

5:55 PM

No problem. Glad to help, as always.

^^

that was driving me crazy too

sigh

we might've gotten another letter from that

9: Focus, brace rocks with rope?

any contacts? I lost track for a bit

5:57 PM

contact 6

35: Lives in a pear tree

contact 35

35: It's not PARTRIDGE

Too bad you know it :P

I've never heard this song in my life and I know it

Contact loves that

5:59 PM

yes, because it has a long list of words starting with fairly common letters

and it's not immediately gettable

(usually)

PASS 6