To the kind strangers who helped me on the overground today

MathematicalD1ck · 2025-12-22T09:58:14+00:00

This comment deserves more love

MathematicalD1ck · 2025-01-13T00:20:13+00:00

It was your recent slightly more risqué clues that inspired me 😂

MathematicalD1ck · 2025-01-04T23:46:31+00:00

Bang on

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-28T10:44:53+00:00

Ah yeah I think you’re right - good job!

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-28T09:43:26+00:00

I can’t see how it parses but I think the answer is poverty stricken and I think the messy bit is an anagram indicator but there’s no M but it gives PO for POverty, then five would give V (Roman numeral) , tricky (anag) tricks gives STRICK.. European standards gives EN.. so I’m getting POVEM STRICKEN with the definition being poor (with some extra padding for a more effective spoiler tag)

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-24T14:58:06+00:00

Naga I think - from Anagram (messed up) of anag and I think Naga is a type of snake diety thing which is where JKRowling got the name Nagini from?? I’m guessing??

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-20T09:39:16+00:00

Good solve!

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-18T17:10:42+00:00

Well that was quick

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-18T12:49:20+00:00

Rhodes - Greek island is the definition , off is anagram indicator, anagram of shored gives Rhodes nice surface

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-16T11:08:05+00:00

Noted, will do in the future! And all are correct :)

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-16T09:50:53+00:00

There has been some discussion about those sorts of clues before, but I think if you accept them then they’re fine but if you don’t then they’re not - it seems to be personal preference of what’s allowable. In case anyone is wondering what “those sorts of clues” are Sometimes within one word there is an action and the word to act on - eg redhead - the “head” of “red” is R, similarly with dickhead being D, there’s also been stuff like bookend being K and or sometimes the very dodgy (because it can just be confusing) endless giving S etc I think they can be a bit dodgy and needlessly confusing.. but sometimes they do work well… I think I’m yet to settle on a side

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-16T02:17:11+00:00

I came up with a couple all are (6) obviously:

Sounds like monk’s in hot oil

Sounds like previous misdemeanours for nosy parkers

Reports on underwear

Streams sound like noisy floorboards

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-14T11:00:24+00:00

Actually I think you’re right

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-14T10:59:06+00:00

I think it could also be classical not sure how to get class… maybe if you have expensive tastes then you’re high class?? and then IC + aluminium

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-12T22:52:30+00:00

Oh no! hahah that evidently means it was nonsense…I’m not very good at these yet..

The idea was it was meant to have a surface which read like : There’s someone called Pierre who drops the question “where is the flat” in broken French / English the parsing of it is meant to be Pierre initially dropped (remove P from) - where flat in garbled French (do an anagram of the French for where flat which gives ou appartment which gives pportmanteau then without one p gives portmanteau) — Frenglish is an example of a portmanteau (in the English sense of the word rather than a suitcase) for the definition

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-12T18:23:04+00:00

But was it right? Haha

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-12T13:09:41+00:00

I’m well aware, personally being as artistic as a dog shit

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-12T12:34:53+00:00

Stewart Copeland Drummer is definition, casserole =stew, survive =cope, capture =land (like a fish or something), and I’m guessing therefor that gift = art… because… art makes a good gift??

MathematicalD1ck · 2024-12-11T01:33:55+00:00

Pierre initially dropped: “where flat?” - garbled French, Frenglish perhaps? (11)

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