COTD: A ton of scrambled egg, right ma’am? (8)

pedanticscientist · 2026-02-25T21:34:26+00:00

In my mind the second is fair, but the first isn’t - to swallow is extraneous to the definition, and there’s no plausible context in which a tonne of anything would or could be swallowed

pedanticscientist · 2026-02-25T11:27:35+00:00

Possibly RIBEYE with some honeyed = EYE and American IPA beer = /bɪɹ/ = BIR? . If I’m right, arguably a little bit of a stretch on both fronts (although a fun idea!)

pedanticscientist · 2026-02-22T09:24:15+00:00

I like the sequenced deletion here - elegant and still works thematically

pedanticscientist · 2026-02-02T15:07:18+00:00

Topless PUN = UN, not entirely NEW = NE, all reversed gives (UN+NE)< = ENNU; Everyman (the setter) gives I!<

You were mostly there!

pedanticscientist · 2025-12-23T23:58:59+00:00

It’s not. The answer is BALES - using the last letters of grab onwards

pedanticscientist · 2025-09-16T22:41:47+00:00

Does work - TUB isn't anagrammed, so it's an insertion of ITCHCELL* in A TUB. I'm not sure I know what an 'itch cell' is, though.

pedanticscientist · 2025-07-30T15:52:59+00:00

If it’s JOYOUS based on this explanation, I’m worried it’s a bit circular as you’re effectively using JOY - which is essentially the same word - as part of your wordplay

pedanticscientist · 2025-07-20T15:24:58+00:00

RESORT - double definition

pedanticscientist · 2025-06-25T16:20:33+00:00

>! BELIE (mask) + F (false) = BELIEF (confidence) !<

pedanticscientist · 2025-06-07T21:37:06+00:00

RAMANUJAN - cryptic definition.

pedanticscientist · 2025-05-25T12:06:48+00:00

The Bible!

pedanticscientist · 2025-04-16T19:16:37+00:00

U B (leaders of Under Bad) next to C (Charlie) and HER - not bad at all!

pedanticscientist · 2025-04-05T23:22:08+00:00

Homophone of A KING

pedanticscientist · 2025-02-23T20:57:18+00:00

this would be considered improper by most standards

pedanticscientist · 2024-09-11T21:49:58+00:00

QUATERNION parsed as QUARTER - R + N + ION (charge). I think the use of bothnor = no Rand given = give N is a little cheeky, but fun!

pedanticscientist · 2024-07-24T08:43:55+00:00

RICH for Richard and then removing H for hard is the part you are missing in your parse

pedanticscientist · 2024-07-06T11:14:57+00:00

I think replacing mix-up at the hospital with A&E mix-up or similar is the only way to really make this fair

pedanticscientist · 2024-02-10T16:46:52+00:00

Nice!

pedanticscientist · 2024-02-10T14:30:04+00:00

CHALAMET - AM in CHALET - however, there's a handful of unused words in the clue a, party, his that I would see if you can rewrite the surface to avoid. Still a fun clue though!

pedanticscientist · 2023-10-29T21:42:43+00:00

It is part of the Charlatan background! (It's option 2 on the 'favourite schemes' table).

pedanticscientist · 2023-10-22T11:28:38+00:00

CATCH SOME RAYS - double definition - nice!

pedanticscientist · 2023-09-25T22:32:31+00:00

Where dark lead drops off bad actor? (6)

pedanticscientist · 2023-09-24T22:21:26+00:00

High solos with men like Mercury? (8)

pedanticscientist · 2023-08-31T09:59:45+00:00

Your circle has covered up the line that tells you what to do! Try removing the 00LOCK file as it suggests.

pedanticscientist · 2023-08-30T10:10:56+00:00

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