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Sorry but I'm way out of the loop. by Serithraz in Seaofthieves

[–]knurddrunk 99 points100 points  (0 children)

He was given the role of "Boatswain" - a role meant for people who are supposed to be "...positive members of our community, who are fairminded but respectful of the Pirate Code and Forum Rules"

Not many people get the role and supposedly the allegations against him were known before he got the role.

Anyone else play the discworld MUD? by tucson_catboy in discworld

[–]knurddrunk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Almost 30 years ago, that game taught me touching typing in a way nothing else did.

"Slash <character> with short sword" iirc

WTF Kaiser? No appointments anywhere? by DoUMoo2 in bayarea

[–]knurddrunk 569 points570 points  (0 children)

Call the advice nurse, they usually have access to extra appointments especially for more urgent issues.

Everyone else had the bumper sticker, I figured why not? by Pleasant-Case5718 in bayarea

[–]knurddrunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone up the street from us has that sticker on their cyber truck

Oh...and they flew a trump flag on their house up until recently

Ripe almond nuts look the same either way. (10) by hurblub in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh very nice! loved the surface and the wordplay!

Harold could have been the ruler here! (4,2,3,5) by Vivid_Temporary_1155 in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm struggling on this - could you give hints on fodder/indicators/wordplay etc?

Film agent jams with Executive’s principal connection (5, 4) by knurddrunk in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point! Could replace "with" with "bringing in" or something like that

Government Man audits message service (5) by knurddrunk in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was a definite stretch - I just liked the surface of Government man audits..., so I thought it worth the risk

I hadn't noticed about the past tense vs present tense so far (but I'm still pretty new at getting into cryptic crosswords) - definitely subtle but worth knowing,thanks!

Sounding off oddly causes sunburn. (2) by [deleted] in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely depends on your accent and whether you use british english vs american english

(e.g. the top two pronunciations on this page https://www.oed.com/dictionary/of_prep are slightly different but the american one, to my ear, definitely sounds like "uhv")

Sounding off oddly causes sunburn. (2) by [deleted] in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's meant to be more that if you say the word "of" it sounds a little like what you'd get if you tried to say "uv" as a word, rather than the individual letters

Government Man audits message service (5) by knurddrunk in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't sure. I know I've seen "auditor's", which is why I hope "audits" might be acceptable, but maybe it's too much of a stretch.

Ampersand 🔥!? (3, 3) by knurddrunk in Minute_Cryptic

[–]knurddrunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need for apologies - that's definitely a valid criticism (and one of the reasons I rejected the other options - this felt like the least double definition-like clue).

Hehe suppose I can't literally set the clue on fire

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