AGS Cryptic

Baron · Sat 27/12/2014 03:52:51

Merry Christmas:

Muddled aspects about the Spanish question make extensive lampoonery (5,5)

edit: Adventure related

edit edit: reordered clue to read more clearly.

Dadalus · Sat 27/12/2014 09:41:56

the only thing I can think of is

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BOARD QUEST.

I was thinking QUE (Spanish question) & (BOO) for lampoonery. After that I ran out of ideas.

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Stupot · Sat 27/12/2014 10:12:21

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Space Quest?

I'm not sure how the extensive lampoonery fits in ~~but 'space' is an almost-anagram of 'aspects'. In fact if makes 'space st' so I guess you put the final 'st' after 'que' to make 'quest'~~
Actually, that's too convoluted. I suppose you just solve the Spanish question first, to give 'aspects que' and then un-muddle it.

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Dadalus · Sat 27/12/2014 12:41:09

stupot+ I think your right

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Quote from: Stupot+ on Sat 27/12/2014 10:12:21
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Space Quest?

...~~but 'space' is an almost-anagram of 'aspects'. In fact if makes 'space st' so I guess you put the final 'st' after 'que' to make 'quest'~~

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I think this is what Baron intended

'ASPECTS' muddled about 'QUE'.)

Nice one.

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Baron · Sat 27/12/2014 13:51:19

Correct!

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Aspects muddled = spacest
spanish question = que
about = space que st
extensive = spacious

spacious lampoonery = I was trying to come up with a not so obvious secondary clue for space quest....

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Good solving guys!

Dadalus · Sat 27/12/2014 21:28:15

Nobody jumping in?

Ok, time for an easy one.

PROMOTING A MAJOR CONFABULATION (7,10)

Baron · Mon 29/12/2014 02:52:07

I think I got it....

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General Discussion

promoting a major = general

confabulation = informal discussion (although usually it's some sort of memory fabrication....

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Just in case I was successful:

Bristly tangle set on mirror (7,5)

hint: AGS related

Dadalus · Mon 29/12/2014 05:22:40

Aha, well done Baron.

As for yours it has to be

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Trilby's Notes (BRISTLY -->TRILBY & ON & SET---> NOTES)

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Time for someone, other than me or Baron, to step up and set the next clue.

CaptainD · Mon 29/12/2014 13:00:50

Sorry folks, I'm neither as smart nor as quick as Baron or Dadalus, and this is probably painfully easy, but at least it is my own!

Who is on fire in charge of the car on top of the hill? Why, it's Miss O'Hara, who is in the lead! (3,3,9)

AnasAbdin · Mon 29/12/2014 13:08:37

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Red Hot Overdrive?

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CaptainD · Mon 29/12/2014 13:29:19

Well that didn't last long... you are quite correct Anas!

It took a whole 8 minutes... could you not have waited until it got into double figures?!?!

AnasAbdin · Mon 29/12/2014 14:53:27

Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 29/12/2014 13:29:19It took a whole 8 minutes... could you not have waited until it got into double figures?!?!

I don't usually notice the time on messages

Here's a quick one I just came up with:

Surpassing The guitarist (7)

Baron · Tue 30/12/2014 03:23:20

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I'm thinking The Guitarist refers to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, just because page would make a good ending for a clue. There's also an outside chance it might be B.B. King, but that's harder to work into an answer. Surpassing is where I start to lose it.... Cap? Top? That's all I got.... Somebody stand on the shoulders of this giant and take us the rest of the way.

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AnasAbdin · Tue 30/12/2014 08:50:51

Well Baron you're on the right track buddy

CaptainD · Tue 30/12/2014 09:21:04

The guitarist - I was thinking

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Jimi Hendrix

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?

AnasAbdin · Tue 30/12/2014 11:41:10

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 30/12/2014 09:21:04
The guitarist - I was thinking
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Jimi Hendrix
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Nein.

Hint:

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Once the guitarist is revealed, the answer is obvious

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Andail · Tue 30/12/2014 16:51:37

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I don't know if "The guitarist" means something else than just a very prominent guitarist, in which case we have
Yngwie Malmsteen, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Santana
to mention a few. Santana made me think of Santa Claus, but that's not the right letters.

If the italic The means something else, like a guitarist of any of the myriad "The [something]" bands, then I think we need more clues.

I too remain clueless about the "surpassing" part. I guess we simply need to add something to the name?

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AnasAbdin · Tue 30/12/2014 17:00:21

Quote from: Andail on Tue 30/12/2014 16:51:37
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I don't know if "The guitarist" means something else than just a very prominent guitarist, in which case we have
Yngwie Malmsteen, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Santana
to mention a few. Santana made me think of Santa Claus, but that's not the right letters.

If the italic The means something else, like a guitarist of any of the myriad "The [something]" bands, then I think we need more clues.

I too remain clueless about the "surpassing" part. I guess we simply need to add something to the name?
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'The' is italic to indicate he is indeed a famous guitarist. You are on the right track with your guessing but still not the one. Believe me, once you get the name the surpassing part will be very conspicuous!

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you guys are going to kill me

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Andail · Tue 30/12/2014 17:28:54

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I wonder if surpassing means just adding -er or -est, is if you compared an adjective? Or should we add something like "more"

I also wonder if the guitarist is Mark Knopfler, in which case we have the rather viable mark to work with?

Just some wonderings.

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AnasAbdin · Tue 30/12/2014 17:32:00

Andail you're right about the surpassing part