A forum for games, puzzles and sports-related discussions.
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
its not easy....
could it maybe be
Grating?
grating as in raucous, strident, cacophonous and
Grating as in the item?
and:
just a wee something to get us started again while we contemplate Vision's tricksy clue
down under birds (4)
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
Vision, another thought:
Jarring
Jar and Ring are items?
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
truehobbit
- Cute, cuddly and dangerous to know
- Posts: 6019
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:52 am
-
Contact:
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by truehobbit »
That last one sounds convincing to me, TIGG!
but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
Down under birds ....
Are emus down under? And I presume down under means not in the right order if its cryptic, so ... muse, perhaps?
Jn
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-
Alatar
- of Vinyamar
- Posts: 10608
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:39 pm
- Location: Ireland
-
Contact:
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Alatar »
Kiwi? There's Kiwi birds as well as fruit right?
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
Yes! New Zealanders are called 'kiwis' after the bird. Kiwi used to be a brand of shoe polish here in the US ... might still be.
Jn
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
Jny
(I found it in a crossword and it took me nearly an hour to solve becasue I was thinking 'down' as in feathers.)
and of course Kiwi would have been equally correct as the plural of the 'Kiwi' bird is still Kiwi.
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
Was the answer emus or muse? I wasn't sure if it was cryptic or not.
Jn
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
emus
and yes as to all the above, Kiwi bootpolish, kiwifruit, nz ers called Kiwis after the bird.
but the emu is in Australia not New Zealand.
we
had the Moa
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
And now there are no moa.
(sorry, terrible pun. extinction is not funny)
Jn
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-
vison
- Best friends forever
- Posts: 11961
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:33 pm
- Location: Over there.
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by vison »
Excellent pun.
I think I must reveal the answer. I suspect my clue stinks.
Dig deeper.
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
vison wrote: Excellent pun.
I think I must reveal the answer. I suspect my clue stinks.
HA!!!
suspect teh clue is TOO CLEVER for me.
but it has stayed in my tiggerty brain as a 'poser', and I don't do anagrams or puns so I was rather lost.
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
Can you give us another hint, vison, without actually telling the answer?
Jn
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-
Aravar
- Posts: 476
- Joined: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:15 pm
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Aravar »
Jnyusa wrote:Down under birds ....
Are emus down under? And I presume down under means not in the right order if its cryptic, so ... muse, perhaps?
Jn
Down Under is an idiom for Australia, as in the Men at Work song 'I come from a land down under'.
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
yes... another hint Vision... another hint
because we would hate to admit defeat.
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
Avatar wrote:Down Under is an idiom for Australia
I thought it might have a double-meaning in this case.
Jn
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-
vison
- Best friends forever
- Posts: 11961
- Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:33 pm
- Location: Over there.
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by vison »
I just did.
Dig deeper.
-
TIGG
- ta'veren'
- Posts: 1012
- Joined: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:08 pm
- Location: Hundred Aker Wood
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by TIGG »
Cacophenous items?
and a pun.
I suspect my clue stinks
IS THE second CLUE?
I shall have to give this one serious thought.
da TIGG is back and bouncin'
Face Book ID Kathy Roper ( New Zealand)
-
truehobbit
- Cute, cuddly and dangerous to know
- Posts: 6019
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:52 am
-
Contact:
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by truehobbit »
So, something that "sounds like shit"? But what sort of item could that be?
but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
-
Jnyusa
- Posts: 7283
- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:04 am
-
Quote
-
0
login to like this post
Post
by Jnyusa »
Bellows?
(oh wait, that's not plural. Oh well, never mind.)
A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.