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Post by jen on Mar 3, 2013 14:12:12 GMT
Cryptic ant hunt. Each answer contains 'ant' in the word. Number of letters in brackets.
1. Third gear in a horse gearbox (6) _ANT_ _
2. Large furniture removal van (12) _ANT_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. Critter is a Belgian town twit (7) ANT_ _ _ _
4 This piece isn't the crusty part (6)_ANT_ _
5 The naughty lady attacks the asian soup with abandon. (6) _ANT_ _
6 The Tar Tunes The Tumbledown Town (6) _ _ANT_
7. Badly behaved terrible French child (6) _ _ _ANT
8. Leaning towards another point of view (5) _ _ANT
9. Bridging the overhang. Or possibly, overhanging bridge! (10) _ANT_ _ _ _ _ _
10. Actually... Something is missing... Oh, my cladding! (8) _ _ANT_ _ _
11. This person insists that 'bike' must be 'bicycle'. 'Just because it is...' (6) _ _ _ANT
12. Good prisoner does what he is told (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ANT
13. The study of what things mean (9) _ _ _ANT_ _ _
14. It's a tight squeeze in the American ladies stocking department (9) _ANT_ _ _ _ _
15. Talk about getting on a soapbox! (4) _ANT
16. Can't sing a song of biblical proportions (8) _ANT_ _ _ _
17. Chinese child turns on the night light (7) _ANT_ _ _
18. Religiously hunting for bugs (name) (6) _ANT_ _
19. Large pink cat is returning to the Sellers (7) _ANT_ _ _
20. No serious talk about the ants in this post. It's just some light-hearted - (6) _ANT_ _
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Post by Jenny on Mar 3, 2013 16:47:51 GMT
Are we keeping the answers or placing them on the forum?
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Post by jen on Mar 3, 2013 21:16:35 GMT
I think... Post answers on the forum.
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Post by Jenny on Mar 4, 2013 4:56:12 GMT
No 19: Panther No 15: Rant A starter for somebody to follow .......
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2013 8:48:45 GMT
I believe the answer to number 12 is Compliant. 8. Slant. 21. This bird almost has a PhD, but has missed putting a letter in the post. (One of my own Jen )
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Post by jen on Mar 4, 2013 10:42:54 GMT
Compliant was one of the hard ones! 21. Cormorant? (9 letters?)
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2013 12:32:51 GMT
Compliant was one of the hard ones! 21. Cormorant? (9 letters?) Nice try Jen, but it isn't a Cormorant.
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Post by jen on Mar 4, 2013 12:44:19 GMT
21. Pheasant! (doh!)
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2013 13:17:08 GMT
Yes, the "D" was the letter missing from the post.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2013 19:51:36 GMT
4 is perhaps mantle, as in the inner crust of the Earth?
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Post by jen on Mar 4, 2013 21:22:07 GMT
Yep! So far: 4. Mantle 8. Slant. 12. Compliant. 15. Rant. 19. Panther. 21. Pheasant.
I think my clues are waaaay too cryptic. Perhaps I should put the ant in the word... As in: _ _ _ANT_ _. Even then it might still be tricky. Jen and wood - Your forum, what do you reckon?
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2013 22:52:05 GMT
Yes they are rather cryptic, as I am finding them hard to decipher and I'm generally good at most crossword clues as a rule. As this is your topic Jen, I think Jenant would agree that placing the word ANT into the clue is a good idea.
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Post by jen on Mar 5, 2013 0:24:04 GMT
Changed some clues and stuff! Still probably hard though... Ah well, thinking is good for the brayne!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 5, 2013 9:02:10 GMT
3 is Antwerp
7 is Shanty
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Post by jen on Mar 20, 2013 12:16:13 GMT
Warning! I will put the answers in the next post. So if you don't want to see the answers, skip past it!
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