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Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:35 pm
by MatGubbins
24A Ocean (I hope!)

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:37 pm
by MatGubbins
17D Wizball

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:38 pm
by Kweepa
11 across - THE EDGE

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:38 pm
by PeterJ
1 Down: Mask

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:39 pm
by Kweepa
25 across - MIAMI VICE

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:45 pm
by MatGubbins
20 and 5D Green Beret

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:46 pm
by Rorthron
All correct so far, except Wizball.

Yes, Demon is niche, but it was all I could find that would fit.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:47 pm
by Rorthron
R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 8:32 pm 9 across, ICUPS was an inspired clue, I'd be well pissed off that Mat got it so quickly :mrgreen:
He gets all the clues quickly!

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:50 pm
by MatGubbins
Rorthron wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 8:46 pm All correct so far, except Wizball.

Yes, Demon is niche, but it was all I could find that would fit.
wizball was my curveball... to annoy mr Tape:)

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:54 pm
by R-Tape
Mat - bad boy, 60 minutes of Eurovision as punishment.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 8:57 pm
by MatGubbins
26 Sanxion -

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:01 pm
by Kweepa
23 down - FEUD
Image
[edit] pre-Sanxion... :(

ACROSS
14. Educational title. [Straight] [7]
22. Prattle, the Americans' last letter. [Cryptic] [6]
DOWN
14. Headless father and wife's head buried in stuff. [Cryptic] [9]
17. Attribute wizard. [Straight] [7]

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:02 pm
by MatGubbins
R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 8:54 pm Mat - bad boy, 60 minutes of Eurovision as punishment.
Can I re-watch the 2003 contest? It had many great tunes, but a crap winner.
Tatu(Russia), Jemini(UK), Lou(Germany), Beth(Spain), Lior Narkis(Israel), Esther Hart(Netherlands), Fame(Sweden) - they all had great tunes.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:11 pm
by R-Tape
14. Educational title. [Straight] [7]
Horizons.

No question, back of the net.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:13 pm
by Rorthron
R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:11 pm
14. Educational title. [Straight] [7]
Horizons.

No question, back of the net.
I'm just waiting for Kweepa to write that into his grid.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:13 pm
by Kweepa
Except it doesn't fit :)

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:14 pm
by Rorthron
BTW 17 down also hasn't been guessed correctly yet.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:14 pm
by R-Tape
MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:02 pm Can I re-watch the 2003 contest? It had many great tunes, but a crap winner.
Tatu(Russia), Jemini(UK), Lou(Germany), Beth(Spain), Lior Narkis(Israel), Esther Hart(Netherlands), Fame(Sweden) - they all had great tunes.
We was robbed that year, I blame the unsporting Paraguans for messing with the audio equipment.

And Jemini's singing.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:20 pm
by MatGubbins
R-Tape wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:14 pm
MatGubbins wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:02 pm Can I re-watch the 2003 contest? It had many great tunes, but a crap winner.
Tatu(Russia), Jemini(UK), Lou(Germany), Beth(Spain), Lior Narkis(Israel), Esther Hart(Netherlands), Fame(Sweden) - they all had great tunes.
We was robbed that year, I blame the unsporting Paraguans for messing with the audio equipment.

And Jemini's singing.
We were indeed, an so were Tatu, they came 3rd. 1st and 2nd were utter crap, but back to an all important crossword and the last remaining clues.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:30 pm
by MatGubbins
14 Magnets .... give it a whirl

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:32 pm
by Kweepa
14 across - PHYSICS
14 down - PADDYWACK (headless father - ADDY, wife's head - W, buried in stuff - in PACK)
22 across - YAKZEE (prattle - YAK, Americans' last letter ZEE)

Just 17 down attribute wizard ..E.I.. to get.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:36 pm
by MatGubbins
well done, I was messing around with Magnets and Physics .

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 9:56 pm
by Rorthron
Kweepa wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 9:32 pm 14 across - PHYSICS
14 down - PADDYWACK (headless father - ADDY, wife's head - W, buried in stuff - in PACK)
22 across - YAKZEE (prattle - YAK, Americans' last letter ZEE)

Just 17 down attribute wizard ..E.I.. to get.
Correct.

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 10:12 pm
by Kweepa
I just noticed 12 down (missing from the grid).
Seasonal games developer? EPYX

Re: ZXword

Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 10:17 pm
by Rorthron
Kweepa wrote: Sat May 12, 2018 10:12 pm I just noticed 12 down (missing from the grid).
Seasonal games developer? EPYX
Correct. Sorry it was missing from the grid; the error happened during the image upload.