• WG 60 announcement

    From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 9 10:23:06 2021
    Many thanks to Rob for running WG 59.

    Please write a clue for a number, any old number (although it's my birthday tomorrow, so the lower the number, the better). I will not be 69, so no smut.

    Please submit up to three clues.

    Deadline is midnight, your time, Friday, July 16. l will respond if still reasonably not senile.

    Thanks,

    Luciano

    P.S: I'm 50% Irish, 50% Italian and 100% Scottish, so Forza Italia on Sunday. Apologies to all Englanders, though not really.

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 10 15:06:53 2021
    Part of hairdo's eventually natural (5)
    Number it takes to tango with Oscar? (3)
    Blackjack broke, yet went on (6-3)

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 12 14:19:37 2021
    Bonus:

    Crew dined on ears? (5)
    Prince's party time puts "Smart Co-worker" on the tail of prime under-twenty (8, 10)

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  • From Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Mon Jul 12 23:44:59 2021
    On Saturday, 10 July 2021 at 3:23:07 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:
    Many thanks to Rob for running WG 59.

    Please write a clue for a number, any old number (although it's my birthday tomorrow, so the lower the number, the better). I will not be 69, so no smut.

    Naughty character? (4)

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  • From Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Mon Jul 12 23:15:46 2021
    On Saturday, 10 July 2021 at 3:23:07 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:
    Many thanks to Rob for running WG 59.

    Please write a clue for a number, any old number (although it's my birthday tomorrow, so the lower the number, the better). I will not be 69, so no smut.

    Head of state put on uniform for Cardinal (5)

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  • From David A@21:1/5 to David A on Tue Jul 13 08:03:01 2021
    On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 12:24:49 PM UTC-2:30, David A wrote:
    Legs (6)
    Caught out? Possibly, or possibly not (6,3)

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  • From David A@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 13 07:54:48 2021
    Legs (6)

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  • From Rob@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 16 05:10:40 2021
    Leave zero, pass fifty, and generate a much bigger number (6)

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 7 04:28:18 2021
    Many thanks to those who submitted clues for WG 60, and apologies for the delay.

    The clues are below, with my interpretations. Please comment, if necessary.

    ??? indicates my puzzlement/density.

    Results won't be for a week and a half.

    Luciano

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    Duke:

    Part of hairdo's eventually natural (5)
    SEVEN: hidden; def = natural

    Number it takes to tango with Oscar? (3)
    TWO: T + W + O; def = number it takes (by implication)

    Blackjack broke, yet went on (6-3)
    TWENTY-ONE: YETWENTON anag; def = blackjack

    ---------

    Steve:

    Head of state put on uniform for Cardinal (5)
    SEVEN: S + EVEN; def = cardinal

    Naughty character? (4)
    ZERO: as in 'the naughties'

    ---------

    David:
    Legs (6)
    ELEVEN: ref to number eleven in bingo

    Caught out? Possibly, or possibly not (6,3)
    ??? can't see this

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    Rob:
    Leave zero, pass fifty, and generate a much bigger number (6)
    GOOGLE: GO + O...and I can't work out the rest ???

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    Bonus clues:

    Duke:
    Crew dined on ears? (5)
    EIGHT: ATE homophone

    Prince's party time puts "Smart Co-worker" on the tail of prime under-twenty (8, 10)
    ??? can't see this

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 7 10:12:39 2021
    Bonus clues:

    Duke:


    Prince's party time puts "Smart Co-worker" on the tail of prime under-twenty (8, 10)

    The answer is NINETEEN NINETY-NINE. Perhaps I got that enumeration wrong. The definition is "Prince's party time," referring to the song "1999" by Prince (hey, it's a bonus clue). "Smart Co-worker" refers to the co-worker of Maxwell Smart in the "Get
    Smart" series: she was Agent 99. That sits on the tail of nineteen, which is a prime number under twenty. The surface is supposed to refer to Prince Andrew.

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  • From David A@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Sun Aug 8 14:28:23 2021
    On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 8:58:19 AM UTC-2:30, Luciano Ward wrote:

    David:
    Legs (6)
    ELEVEN: ref to number eleven in bingo
    Caught out? Possibly, or possibly not (6,3)
    ??? can't see this

    Catcha Twenty Two!!

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 21 07:09:26 2021
    Result tomorrow. Thanks for your patience.

    Help with Rob's clue would be helpful.

    Luciano

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 21 12:32:01 2021
    Rob:
    Leave zero, pass fifty, and generate a much bigger number (6)
    I think it's GOOGOL. Leave gives GO, zero gives O, pass gives GO again, and fifty gives L.

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to Duke on Sun Aug 22 11:27:22 2021
    On Saturday, 21 August 2021 at 14:32:02 UTC-5, Duke wrote:
    Rob:
    Leave zero, pass fifty, and generate a much bigger number (6)
    I think it's GOOGOL. Leave gives GO, zero gives O, pass gives GO again, and fifty gives L.

    I am a dope. Thank you.

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 22 11:54:20 2021
    Repeated thanks to those who submitted clues for WG 60, and apologies for the long delay.

    My judgments are below. The winner is exposed at the end.

    Luciano

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    Duke:

    Part of hairdo's eventually natural (5)
    SEVEN: hidden; def = natural
    -- Fair enough wordplay and definition. I at first struggled to find 'natural' (noun) as an alternative to 'natural number'. However, 'natural' (noun), I discovered, can also mean ' a throw of 7 or 11 on the first cast in craps'. I know that Duke (or '
    The Duke') is a gambling legend in Reno and Atlantic City, and presume that this is the meaning that he intended. With all that said, the surface reading does not read naturally ('eventually natural?').

    Number it takes to tango with Oscar? (3)
    TWO: T + W + O; def = number it takes (by implication)
    -- 'to' isn't doing anything, really, but I like this a lot all the same, even if it is a bit transparent.

    Blackjack broke, yet went on (6-3)
    TWENTY-ONE: YETWENTON anag; def = blackjack
    -- My only beef with this is that I'd much rather 'broke' be 'broken' (though apparently 'broke' is a rather antiquated past participle of 'break').

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    Steve:

    Head of state put on uniform for Cardinal (5)
    SEVEN: S + EVEN; def = cardinal
    -- For some reasons, my dictionaries smile more on 'cardinal' (noun) for 'cardinal number' than they do on 'natural' (noun) for 'natural number' (as in Duke's clue above). This clue works very well in all respects, not least for the believable surface
    reading.

    Naughty character? (4)
    ZERO: as in 'the naughties'
    -- Imaginative play on naughty/naughties. 'character' as the other half of the clue doesn't quite please me as much.

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    David:
    Legs (6)
    ELEVEN: ref to number eleven in bingo
    -- A question mark might have been advised. Otherwise, this is good (on the understanding that the solver knew the theme of the competition).

    Caught out? Possibly, or possibly not (6,3)
    TWENTY-TWO; ref to CATCH 22 and its paradoxical nature
    -- Lots of potential with 22 in this context. I feel that this is just a bit vague, however


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    Rob:
    Leave zero, pass fifty, and generate a much bigger number (6)
    GOOGOL: GO + O + GO + L; def = a much bigger number
    -- My inability to understand this clue was entirely my (and, of course, Google's) fault. The wordplay is good, as is the definition. The surface reading is a bit hyperbolic (that's quite a leap from 50), but there you go.

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    Bonus clues:

    Duke:
    Crew dined on ears? (5)
    EIGHT: ATE homophone
    -- Very good.

    Prince's party time puts "Smart Co-worker" on the tail of prime under-twenty (8, 10)
    NINETEEN NINETY-NINE: (agent) 99 after 19; def = Prince's party time (ref 1999 by Prince)
    -- Of course, I'm much too young to remember this song, but my grandmother confirmed that it was something of a thing during the last century. A bit obscure with the Agent 99 reference. The surface reading's Prince Andrew allusion is a bit tenuous,
    though his guilt, as far I see it, is somewhat less so.

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    The winner is Steve with his 'seven' clue. Duke is second ('two'). Rob is third ('googol')

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  • From Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Sun Aug 22 17:11:16 2021
    On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 4:54:21 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:

    The winner is Steve with his 'seven' clue. Duke is second ('two'). Rob is third ('googol')

    Thanks for that. I'm a little pre-occupied at the moment. Would someone else care to take up the mantle for WG61?

    Thanks again,
    Steve = : ^ )

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  • From Luciano Ward@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 23 09:30:50 2021
    On Sunday, 22 August 2021 at 19:11:17 UTC-5, Steve = : ^ ) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 4:54:21 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:

    The winner is Steve with his 'seven' clue. Duke is second ('two'). Rob is third ('googol')
    Thanks for that. I'm a little pre-occupied at the moment. Would someone else care to take up the mantle for WG61?

    Thanks again,
    Steve = : ^ )

    'The Duke'?

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  • From Duke@21:1/5 to Luciano Ward on Wed Aug 25 09:00:14 2021
    On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 9:30:51 AM UTC-7, Luciano Ward wrote:
    On Sunday, 22 August 2021 at 19:11:17 UTC-5, Steve = : ^ ) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 4:54:21 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:

    The winner is Steve with his 'seven' clue. Duke is second ('two'). Rob is third ('googol')
    Thanks for that. I'm a little pre-occupied at the moment. Would someone else care to take up the mantle for WG61?

    Thanks again,
    Steve = : ^ )
    'The Duke'?

    I'm sure sure why I'm in quotation marks there, but, sure, I'll do it. Give me a day or two, please.
    Duke

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  • From Steve = : ^ )@21:1/5 to Duke on Wed Aug 25 17:52:06 2021
    On Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 2:00:15 am UTC+10, Duke wrote:
    On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 9:30:51 AM UTC-7, Luciano Ward wrote:
    On Sunday, 22 August 2021 at 19:11:17 UTC-5, Steve = : ^ ) wrote:
    On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 4:54:21 am UTC+10, Luciano Ward wrote:

    The winner is Steve with his 'seven' clue. Duke is second ('two'). Rob is third ('googol')
    Thanks for that. I'm a little pre-occupied at the moment. Would someone else care to take up the mantle for WG61?

    Thanks again,
    Steve = : ^ )
    'The Duke'?
    I'm sure sure why I'm in quotation marks there, but, sure, I'll do it. Give me a day or two, please.

    "Thanks!"

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