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57 minutes ago, Deathray said:

 

Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon

 

56 minutes ago, En Passant said:

Give peace a chance.

Sadly there are many anagram solvers out there. Makes setting something not instantly solvable online quite hard :S

 

 

And whilst I'm adding the explanation, Deathers sneaks in under the wire ^_^

Correct. Won't do it again then.

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This is probably the hardest one on that crossword from the other day,. (Except no 40; A note for anyone having a go, I fucked up 40 by the looks of it lost the answer key so can't see what i did wrong but there's no pair for it). 

 

Provide guidance to the charlatans and cheats (band) (7,3,5)
McCoy's producer might have said this to him in more exuberant moments (song) (5,6,5)

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7 hours ago, Deathray said:

This is probably the hardest one on that crossword from the other day,. (Except no 40; A note for anyone having a go, I fucked up 40 by the looks of it lost the answer key so can't see what i did wrong but there's no pair for it). 

 

Provide guidance to the charlatans and cheats (band) (7,3,5)
McCoy's producer might have said this to him in more exuberant moments (song) (5,6,5)

 

By no stretch of the imagination can that be called a crossword.

The 'cryptic' clues are awful, solo artistes are referred to as 'bands', 40 down is two words - 6,4 - yet there are only six spaces, some clues don't say whether it's a song title or performer and your latest clue "McCoy's producer might have said this to him in more exuberant moments (song) (5,6,5)" has only 15 spaces in which to write a 16 letter answer (similar to many other 'clues').

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17 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

 

By no stretch of the imagination can that be called a crossword.

The 'cryptic' clues are awful, solo artistes are referred to as 'bands', 40 down is two words - 6,4 - yet there are only six spaces, some clues don't say whether it's a song title or performer and your latest clue "McCoy's producer might have said this to him in more exuberant moments (song) (5,6,5)" has only 15 spaces in which to write a 16 letter answer (similar to many other 'clues').

 

It's a crossword. A shit one but a crossword nonetheless. 

 

On your first point, well there's no solo artists as answers at all in the entire crossword so i'd love to know how you worked that one out.....

 

And that would be because it's a 15 letter answer and actually 5,5,5

 

All except the last clue for down "Parks Ajoining Green Spaces" fit in there respective boxes even if the word by word numbering is a little out a times, I've actually done the crossword to check (lost the answer key). Which i  pointed above I'd fucked up. With the exception of that 40 down clue the crossword is entirely complete-able.

 

Clues were knocked out quickly that's much of the point. (Also I don't think I ever stated they were "cryptic  clues"  they don't meet any of the rules for that,  I'll give you that, just random allures to the word, I'm aware).

 

However you should still be able to deduce the song from the clue with a bit of mental effort. (especially when you know each of the songs is by a band featured in the crossword, that's the other issue with 40 down; it's not paired).

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The main problem with it is the lack of "checked" letters.  Some answers only have one intersecting letter.

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40 Down is the 10 letter answer 'LINKIN'.  :facepalm:

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1 minute ago, Toast said:

The main problem with it is the lack of "checked" letters.  Some answers only have one intersecting letter.

 

Yeah that fucked me off once I'd submitted the "clues" to but I'd already done at and there was no paramater to increase checked letters. That doesn't null the point that it is technically complete-able (contrary to COF's claim above), if a bit shit. The fact much of the music is relatively niche as well probably doesn't help matters, that i'll cop for....

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29 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

40 Down is the 10 letter answer 'LINKIN'.  :facepalm:

 

Yeah of course it's linkin park, missing 4 of it's required letters. It is actually paired then.... maybe it's another song that isn't or i can't count.....

 

The full answersheet by the way

 

 

 


Across

2) Enter Shikari

3) Reel Big Fish

5) Wizard Battle

7) Rise Against

9) Semisonic

10) Foo Fighters

11) Closing Time

16) Radiohead

19) Milk Teeth

24) System of a Down)

26) Institutionalized

27) Schism

29) The Ghost of a Thousand

31) Make It Stop

32) The Gallows

33) Tragedy

35) Karma Police

36) Bullet for My Valentine

37) Suicidal Tendencies

38) Candy Coated Fury

39) Steps

41) House of Cards

42) Dance Gavin Dance

 

Down

1) Cannibal Corpse

4) Bright Lights

6) Broken Machine

8) Good Grief

11) Final Episode

12) Tool

14) London is the Reason

15) Asking Alexandria

17) Tears Don't Fall

18) Arguing With Thermometers

20) Nothing But Thieves

21) Chop Suey

23) Inspire the Liars

25) Shadow Moses

28) Madina Lake

30) Bring Me the Horizon

34) Hammer Smashed Face

40) Linkin (Park)

 
 

 

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Four down 'Bright Lights' and 19 across 'Milk Teeth' are about the only decent clues.

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7 Up is lemonade.

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1 minute ago, Cat O'Falk said:

7 Up is lemonade.

 

Edit: oh fuck nevermind :D

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2 minutes ago, Deathray said:
3 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

7 Up is lemonade.

 

What are you on about?

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

Four down 'Bright Lights' and 19 across 'Milk Teeth' are about the only decent clues.

 

To be honest I thought "instruction for an intern with God", "fetch me the long running show" and "satisfactory grudge" were okay.

 

The rest are complete horseshit, I'll accept (but are still do-able).

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Oh and a) in recognition of what Cat's rightly pointed out and b) because I genuinely doubt most of you have even heard of Gavin McCoy (the radio presenter referred to in the clue) or the answer it's:

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Deathray said:

Oh and a) in recognition of what Cat's rightly pointed out and b) because I genuinely doubt most of you have even heard of Gavin McCoy (the radio presenter referred to in the clue) or the answer it's:

 

 

i got 'The'!

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1 minute ago, time said:

i got 'The'!

 

You're up next then :D

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45 minutes ago, Deathray said:

 

You're up next then :D

OK...

An international hit from the early noughties, though not a hit in their homeland. It reached number one in many countries, going gold in the process. It made the top 20 in the US.

The accompanying video was 'risque' prompting calls for it to be banned.

They also appeared in the Eurovision song contest the year following this song's release (though not with this song obviously).

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Just now, time said:

OK...

An international hit from the early noughties, though not a hit in their homeland. It reached number one in many countries, going gold in the process. It made the top 20 in the US.

The accompanying video was 'risque' prompting calls for it to be banned.

They also appeared in the Eurovision song contest the year following this song's release (though not with this song obviously).

Smells like teen sprit.

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2 minutes ago, The Mad Hatter said:

Smells like teen sprit.

 

"though not a hit in their homeland"

Got to number five in the US, which counts as a hit.

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3 minutes ago, time said:

 

"though not a hit in their homeland"

Got to number five in the US, which counts as a hit.

All the things she said, all the things she said, running through my head, running through my head, running through my head?

 

t.A.T.u.

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Just now, Clorox Bleachman said:

All the things she said, all the things she said, running through my head, running through my head, running through my head?

 

t.A.T.u.

Correct, even down to the punctuation.

 

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Hmm, okay. Haven't thought about this at all.

 

Satirical 90s single by a popular band. The song lampoons several people, including a person whose family member was a DL hit, and another person who is now approaching 100 and deathlisty.

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13 hours ago, time said:

 

"though not a hit in their homeland"

Got to number five in the US, which counts as a hit.

Bunch of tin-eared Ruskies....that’s a fine song.

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On 01/02/2019 at 00:03, Clorox Bleachman said:

Hmm, okay. Haven't thought about this at all.

 

Satirical 90s single by a popular band. The song lampoons several people, including a person whose family member was a DL hit, and another person who is now approaching 100 and deathlisty.

 

No guesses?

 

The band in question are on BBC Four right now.

 

The song relates to religion.

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On 1 February 2019 at 00:03, Clorox Bleachman said:

Hmm, okay. Haven't thought about this at all.

 

Satirical 90s single by a popular band. The song lampoons several people, including a person whose family member was a DL hit, and another person who is now approaching 100 and deathlisty.

Genesis - Jesus he knows me? 

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