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Too Ridiculous A'Baffler?...

Timothy Reddan-A'Blew
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...I hope not!

Another week and still no actual footy, so puzzle on we must?

OK then, what do we have here?

  • Carpet, beaten roughly
  • Crow, once and for always!
  • Damn cold swims!
  • Evil, elevated or embracing
  • Face top/north
  • Fight, fight?
  • Fight, fight!
  • First Unorthodox Church
  • Flower
  • Flowers
  • Go back for a biblical flower
  • Grab win now and then
  • Gun carried by hired criminal
  • Improv, in eye-catching series
  • Mars broadcast
  • Mess meals
  • Move ND along
  • Quite not right
  • Sounds like a nose job!
  • Tending to “bending”?
  • ‘Underwear - Gently’ end on ‘Wash’ cycle
  • Viney’s going!
  • Weaving Lane, Bulleen (not East)

…aaaand,

  • 25/9/21, a little understated!
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    38 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Answers to four of the above sent via PM.  I assume that's how you want it done, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

    I guess so. I'm thinking it's going to be all over pretty quickly!😄

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    @Demonstone has just reminded me I was going to bump this. Yep, let's see if there's any stragglers out there, re-fired-up by his latest.😊

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    Looks like there's a few nibblers. Get on it!

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    It seems I've missed a lot of quizzes during the break!!

    Tim, is that you I heard complaining about @old55holding out on giving the answer in his quiz? 😉  And you've had this thread on the go for weeks and provided not a single clue!

    I shall ponder your quiz later today. 

    In the meantime could you identify the items @Demonstoneand @Mazer Rackhamhave correct and show the answer.

    TIA

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    Welcome back Luci.  Good to see your smiling avatar again!

    Once you get a couple of the answers, all the others will fall into place.

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    1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    It seems I've missed a lot of quizzes during the break!!

    Tim, is that you I heard complaining about @old55holding out on giving the answer in his quiz? 😉  And you've had this thread on the go for weeks and provided not a single clue!

    I shall ponder your quiz later today. 

    In the meantime could you identify the items @Demonstoneand @Mazer Rackhamhave correct and show the answer.

    TIA

    Fair call, Luci. Apologies. And thanks for the restraint in only saying 'complaining'!

    I'm afraid @Demonstone and @Mazer Rackham have fully answered now. As has @mo64, and @Jjrogan was well on the way last week, but I've neglected him(?) since, like I've neglected this puzzle. Oops.

    I suggest you count the number of clues, see if that suggests anything, have the biblical flower at number 23 (for a couple of reasons!) and also ask yourself how 25/9/21 might be referred to in an understated way. As demonstone says, the others might then start to fall in place?

    Ooh, I'm feeling a bit @old55ish! 😄

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    I think I just solved 'old's' quiz so my brain is a bit too fried to tackle another one today.

    Maybe you can show one answer to get me and others started?

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    5 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    I think I just solved 'old's' quiz so my brain is a bit too fried to tackle another one today.

    Maybe you can show one answer to get me and others started?

    Me, too, Luci! So my fried brain may mess with my response.

    Anyway - and sorry if this is an 'egg-sucking-lesson-for-your-granny' - they're cryptic clues of the crossword variety. Do you do cryptics? If so, you'll know there are several different types of clue, so one answer won't necessarily help you with the others.

    Maybe I'll go via my previous post and spell that out now. There are 23 clues: it's the size of an AFL team. So 'what we have here' is an AFL team (and what else but a Dees one?!), with a separate 24th member. And, being a team, i.e. of people, it's safe to assume the 24 clues are of names.

    Who might be seen as a 24th 'member' of an AFL team? To answer that, for this team, back to its clue: How might what happened on '25/9/21' be 'understated' in that person's name? (Hint: In true cryptic fashion, two words can be made one, and vice versa)

    Now, who is (was?) notionally the 23rd member of an AFL team? The medi-sub. Who has been a 'famous' ('singularly unfortunate'?) medi-sub, who is also 'number 23' in a second way? Here's how their clue works: Go back = back of 'go' = O / for = 'in place of' / a = A / biblical flower = biblical flow-er = biblical river = JORDAN; thus, 'O in place of A [in] JORDAN'.

    Keep going, Luci, but let's PM on any more help. I love spreading the 'joy' of cryptics but I'm conscious of clogging the boards. There's no prizes left to be had; Gold was shared by @Demonstone and @Mazer Rackham - Demonstone would possibly have had it on his own, but he did a 'Peter Landy' to potential 'Ron Clarkes', only this time he then failed to catch Mazer Clarke - and @mo64 took Bronze. @Jjrogan didn't place but gets a Rising Star nomination.

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    3 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Demonstone would possibly have had it on his own, but he did a 'Peter Landy'

    I would much preferred to have done a 'John Landy'.  :D

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    10 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    Welcome back Luci.  Good to see your smiling avatar again!

    Once you get a couple of the answers, all the others will fall into place.

    That’s what you reckon 

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    26 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    I would much preferred to have done a 'John Landy'.  :D

    This is where this should have been:

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    Firstly, congratulations on solving @old55's puzzle!!  I thought I had but it was only half right 😿

    Thanks for the expansive clue.  It did occur to me that each was a cryptic clue for player names but didn't have time yesterday to think it through.  Not just saying that based on your latest post, as I am into cryptic crosswords and recognized the usual 'triggers'. You may recall with the 'roamin Bryan' puzzle we had a pm discussion about cryptic puzzles.

    Anyway, I have solved the second one, I think.  Rather than go the 'early crow' like I did with old's puzzle thinking I have it, I'll pm it to you.

    Unfortunately, I have a busy day so can't finish this or 'old's puzzle.  Will check in tonight to see the answers.

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